用手想象

Using the Hand for Imagination

“用手想象”这一创作方法,是当代绘画在与机器图象的竞争中,为自己找到的新的立足点和出发点。当代哲学思潮的身体转向为这一方法提供了思想基础和理论依据。它是对画家身体在绘画中的重要作用的发现,是绘画向身体的转向;它珍视偶然性,拓展视觉经验,开发右脑的造型、想象和创造潜能。“用手想象”不仅对绘画艺术意义重大,而且对其他实践活动,同样具有启发意义和实用价值。

Using the hand for imagination is a creative method which modern painting has established as a foothold and a starting point in the competition with machinery graphics. The physical turn in contemporary philosophy provides theoretical basis for the method. It is a discovery of the important role the painter's body plays in painting. It values coincidence, broadens visual experienceand develops the modeling, imagination and creative potential of the right brain. Using the hand for imagination is not only of important significance to painting but also to other creative activities.