非池中藝術網

印尼新銳藝術家Naufal Abshar近年來的創作探討著「笑」在所處社會下所賦予的意義，結合大笑與幽默的概念呈現出大眾普遍的行爲模式。在本次Art Taipei參展的《HAHA》系列中，可見不同情境下所反映出來的笑，如物質慾念被滿足後的笑、嘲弄他人的訕笑、對於社會事件偏執瘋狂的笑，以及對未知恐懼無力的笑。藉試圖重複「笑」的行為，來回應現時社會型態結構，同時略帶嘲諷意味暗揭人性的虛偽與愚昧。

The recent works of emerging Indonesian artist Naufal Abshar explore the different meanings of “laughter” in society and showcase universal behaviors through integrating the concepts of laugher and humor. The HAHA series presents different kinds of laughter that surface in varying scenarios, such as material satisfaction, ridiculing others, the lunatic, paranoid laughter of social incidents, and the fearful and helpless laughter when facing the unknown. In this Art Taipei, he will present the series works of“ The laughters” , which are critiques of social structures and political satires that expose the hypocrisy and idiocy of humanity.

2013年是Naufal Abshar「HAHA」系列發展方向的創作元年，首度發表至今發展近九年，被視為最經典代表系列。其系列靈感源於他讀到法國哲學家亨利·柏格森（Henri Bergson）《笑》一書中闡述著對「笑」在人類心理表象的各種形式及在社會發揮的功效，無論是看上去多自然的笑，與被笑者間總意味著某種互通、神秘的關係。而西格蒙德·佛洛伊德（Sigmund Freud）提出「幽默」被視為釋放維持社會必要束縛的精神能量之概念，更成為他的探究動因。藝術家加入大家所熟悉的「HAHA」符號及多個標語，暗示時下大眾普遍的行爲模式與事件，以輕鬆幽默的語境揭露生活乃至社會中的乖謬現象，期盼成為化解人們壓力的宣洩出口。

The HAHA Series began in 2013, and throughout the nine years since the works were first introduced to the public, it has been recognized as a signature masterpiece of Naufal Abshar. The series was inspired by the book Laughter by French philosopher Henri Bergson and how “laughter” has different forms and functions psychologically and socially. All laughter, no matter how natural it may seem, are forms of mysterious connectivity and communication between the laughing individual and the recipient. Sigmund Freud introduced the idea that “humor” releases psychological energy from necessary restrictions that exist to maintain social order, a concept that also became his research motive. By adding the familiar “HAHA” symbol and several slogans into the works, Abshar alludes to common behaviors and incidents that appear among people and discloses the absurdity of life and society through humor, hoping to become an outlet for the pressure that people experience.