我不认为艺术家要去想象未来｜林枞 Lin Cong

“我希望图像本身回归到一种剥离了符号指向性的“元素”状态。”

林枞不仅对传统绘画的形式和功能进行了“解构”，通过设置画面里的“框”，在这个面积恒定的范围里，他通过对"图像""颜料"功能的漂移，从传统的表达方式中解放出能量和强度，探索原概念松动后的可能。

Lin Cong has not only "deconstructed" the traditional forms and functions of painting, but through setting a "frame" within the constant area of the canvas, he shifts the functions of "images" and "paints," liberating energy and intensity from traditional expressions to explore the possibilities after loosening original concepts.

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林枞的作品中能看出他对图像的理解与传统大不相同，图像不再仅仅是被动地显现形象，而是积极地承担起颜料原本的角色。

In Lin Cong's works, his understanding of images differs greatly from tradition; images are no longer just passively displaying forms but actively take on the original roles of paints.

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颜料不仅是构成画面的基础物质，也可以是形象的直接表达者，使它本身具有主动形塑和传递意义的能力。

Paints are not only the basic material constituting the canvas but also direct expressers of forms, granting them the active ability to shape and convey meaning.

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在林枞的作品中，颜料模糊了质感，也让观者重新认识到图像的物质基础。

In Lin Cong's works, the paints blur textures and also make viewers re-recognize the material basis of images.

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他将这些经过精心组织的颜料放置于特定的框架中，这些框架不仅物理上界定了视觉内容，更提供了一种观看的方法论，引导观者深入理解图像和颜料之间的内在联系。

He places these carefully organized paints within specific frames, which not only physically define the visual content but also provide a methodology for viewing, guiding viewers to understand the intrinsic connection between images and paints deeply.

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林枞在其作品中巧妙地将具有冲突感的元素置入画面中，通过精湛的造型技巧，在二维的画布上描绘，混淆质感。

Lin Cong skillfully incorporates elements of conflict into his paintings, using exquisite modeling skills to depict on a two-dimensional canvas, blurring textures.

Information8, 270 × 150 cm, 布面油画 Oil on canvas, 2023

他不仅仅是在画布上模拟三维形态，而是通过"元素"的碰撞让观者感受颜色和形状本身的直观影响，而非其文化或历史在其上的载荷。

He does more than just simulate three-dimensional forms on the canvas; through the collision of "elements," he allows viewers to feel the intuitive impact of colors and shapes themselves, independent of their cultural or historical burdens.

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Q：您的作品中有无意识地融入了哪些跨文化的影响？这些如何影响了您的艺术表达？

A：创作中图像的选择不是基于文化属性和符号指向考量的吸引我做出选择的是图像本身的质感和颜色。我希望图像本身回归到一种剥离了符号指向性的“元素”状态。

Q: Have unconscious cross-cultural influences shaped your work? How do these affect your artistic expression?

A: The choice of images in my work isn't based on cultural attributes or symbolic directions. What attracts me is the texture and color of the images themselves. I strive for images to return to a state of "element" stripped of symbolic directionality.

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Q：这次展览的作品多是上下两幅的组画，是什么契机考虑用这个形式？作品及展览的名字都是“信息”是有什么考虑？

A：组画的模式来自于壁画的一种格式借此营造出一种遗迹感。元素即是信息，只是他们进行了重组，所以信息也产生了新的变化。

Q: Many works in this exhibition are diptychs. What prompted you to use this format? The title of the works and exhibition is "Information." What was the thought process behind this?

A: The diptych format draws inspiration from a type of mural layout, which I used to create a sense of relics. The elements themselves are information; they have just been reorganized, resulting in new changes to the information.