怀古与逍遥

Leisurely Meditation on Traditional Culture

作为一种生活与生命的隐喻式图像,刘国夫所关注的东西都与心灵的流动、梦幻、冥想有关。他从视觉的隐含性出发,在作品中构筑关于社会的、政治的或是个人隐秘性的精神思考。他从绘画语言的途径,探讨视觉形式在图像中隐含的意义的延伸性和可能性。在影像手段发达的今天,静态的手工绘画的意义与价值何在?那就是由思想碰撞出的梦幻与想象,表达出超现实的意识潜流。从这一理念出发,刘国夫强化了他的艺术中对梦境的捕捉,他的绘画,无论是从内容或是从画题上都呈现出强烈的梦幻意趣,将个人的经验与现实的痕迹组合在一起,为我们提供了新的视觉图像。

As a metaphor to life and being,the works Liu Guofu creates has always been connected with dreams,meditation and stream of consciousness.As a painter,he starts from the visually subtle expression to open a window to his own spiritual mind,which involves social,political factors and individual mystery.By painting,Liu has explored the range and limits of visual forms in function of carrying subtle hidden meaning.We are in an age of dazzling images,quickly changing and moving,how can we recognize the significance and value of still painting today?Liu feels a little bit of lost and simply expressed it in his works.