树林的灵魂

The Forest and Its Soul

展览“树林的灵魂”标志着新加坡艺术家韩少芙在STPI(新加坡泰勒版画院)的第二次驻留项目和个展,她在短短三周内创作了35件新的版画和纸本作品。艺术家使用了全新技术,如凹版和激光切割。最终的作品体现了艺术家持续的艺术探索精神,在她几十年的职业生涯中,她的创作不受单一媒介的限制。本次展览的作品取材于艺术家本人在茂密树林中穿行的体验,她称之为“情感景观”,作品由多种元素组成——风吹,飘落的树叶、奔涌的水流、泥土和碎屑中的微生物、地上的碎屑,能唤起整个森林生态系统丰富层次和深度背后所隐藏的无限能量感。在文章中,艺术家介绍了个人经历与创作历程,以及她对美、自然、环保等问题的思考。

The Forest and Its Soul marks the second residency and solo exhibition of Singaporean artist Han Sai Por with STPI,and she creates 35 new print and paper works in a span of just three weeks.The artist uses technologies that are new to her,such as photo intaglio and laser-cutting,the eventual works exemplifies Han’s enduring spirit of artistic exploration that is not bounded by a singular medium,even at this stage of her decades-long career.This body of work draws from the artist’s own experiences of walking through dense forests,of which Han has described as being“an emotional landscape”.Additionally,it serves to evoke a sense of boundless energy hidden behind the many layers and depth of the whole forest ecosystem,composed of many elements–the wind blowing,leaves dropping and dancing,rolling waters,micro-life teeming among the mud and detritus on the floor and more.In this article,the artist introduces her personal experience,and her reflections on aesthetics,nature and environmental protection.