肖鲁之“鲁”

“Lu” (Rashness) of Xiao Lu

性别是被创造出来的,还是天然存在的,对于女性艺术家来说,这似乎是一直被讨论但永远不会有结论的问题,而女性艺术家掩藏在性别之下的性格和情感透过其特有的思维展现于作品,其中的感性的色彩往往较之男性艺术家更为浓郁。对于肖鲁而言,更是如此,她的名字在某种意义上正是其性格的真实写照——在甲骨文中,"鲁"字从鱼从口,本意为鱼儿摆尾,引申为任由天性,不受约束之意,作为艺术家的肖鲁放任情绪,富于爆发力,也在创作的过程中不断寻找如何安放情感。

For female artists,whether gender is something created or a natural existence seems to be a question which has always been discussed,but the conclusion about which can never be reached.However,the character and feelings of female artists hidden under their gender are reflected in their works through their unique way of thinking,and the emotional factors in their works tend to be stronger than those in works by male artists.For Xiao Lu,it is all the more so.In a sense,her name is a real reflection of her character.In the oracle bone inscriptions,the character 'Lu( 鲁)' consists of two parts,fish and mouth.Its original meaning is a fish wiggling its tail,and its extended meaning is to follow natural instincts without restriction.Xiao Lu,as an artist who gives free rain to her own emotions and who is full of explosive force,also keeps seeking how to convey her own emotions in the process of artistic creation.