林靖子
Yasuko Hayashi
關於
一九七四年生於日本神奈川縣。東京藝術大學日本畫系碩士畢。採用抽象的寫實手法來體現作為東方女性的內心世界，其作品以日本膠彩畫為主，細膩、純真、唯美。她的畫不同於其它類似的日本繪畫那種流於表面且一目了然的小清新，而是在繁複的肌理下，蘊含著十分豐富動人的東方精神。她的畫作營造著一種悠遠的沉靜與難以言喻的神秘感，觀者驚覺於畫面的厚實肌理與多層次的情境之外，更讓人對她畫作中的祕境為之嚮往。她創造出來的情境，深深地打動了觀眾的內心。她用獨特的技巧將其昇華為一種普遍，但卻豐富寬廣的心靈風景。這個風景是空靈幽靜的，默默地，她創造了生命泉源的感動。
林靖子自述
接觸到新的事物，如果仔細盯住看，會發現他的形狀、顏色、質感，以及其散發出來的氣氛，會使人很純粹的感受到一種好玩的驚奇⋯⋯。他經過後，在我身上產生的記憶及體驗，是一種全然未知的感受，使我想要更深入的去看、去了解⋯⋯。這探索過程的不斷交錯，使我從原本未接觸過的事物，產生一股懷舊的思緒，也衍生出一份超越常理的激情。我將我的心房毫不保留的打開，盡情享受與他們之間的對話，這是我在創作上最重視的一件事情。如果有人問我：「藝術是什麼？」，我絕對無法回答。因為藝術是無法一言以蔽之的，他是一種很廣的、曖昧的、寬容的東西；無論是創作者或觀者，都可以是很自由去看待並詮釋的。
對我來說，創作之所以有趣，有一大部分是在於把原本不存在的東西創作出來，並讓他存在。透過我雙手不斷的移動，顏色被我恣意的堆積、削減、流過，然後再度被堆疊⋯⋯。在平面的紙上看到寬廣的世界，是我的幸福。我經常很感謝這些深深影響我的事物，也很感激這一顆顆來自遠方的礦物質顏料們；因為有這些向我靠攏過來的萬物，所以我才能進行創作的吧！我不知道未來會創作甚麼，也很好奇想知道自己未來可能產生的變化。但是我知道，我永遠希望我的作品，能夠讓觀者透過我的作品，想起已遺忘的事物、或是曾擁有過的感受及回憶⋯⋯
Born in 1974, in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Hayashi graduated from the Tokyo University of Arts’ Department of Painting, where she specialized in Japanese Painting. Hayashi uses abstract realism to represent the vicissitudes of eastern feminism. Working mainly with traditional Japanese painting, which is delicate, pure, and exquisite. Hayashi does not shy from engendering the poignancy of Eastern spirituality through complex and textured layers in her works, marking her apart from artists that fall trapped to superficiality and banal straightforwardness.
The indescribable mysteriousness and profound serenity that her works present, breathing through the intricate constructions of layers and scenes, seduce the mind to mystic lands they seem to promise. Hayashi’s sceneries are ethereal, peaceful, and silently in progress. Tempered and elevated, moments born of the undulating rhythm of life come into full bloom on her canvas.
Self-Statement
When encountering an object for the first time, I notice the shape, color, texture, and atmosphere that lead me to feel a pure sense of playful curiosity. After the encounter, the memory and experience that become engraved in my mind are completely unknown feelings that make me want to dig deeper into my memory to explore…to understand it more deeply…
The constant interaction during this exploration process brings out nostalgic feelings for objects that I had not previously encountered. It spawns a passion that surpasses common sense. Unreservedly, I keep my heart open, allowing myself to enjoy the dialogue between the object and my heart. This is the thing that I pay the most attention to in my creations. If someone asks me, “what is art?”, I am absolutely unable to answer them. Art cannot be described using words. It is a broad, vague, and all-encompassing thing which can be observed and interpreted by both the creator and viewer.
For me, creating art is interesting because a large part of it involves manifesting things into existence. Through the continuous movement of my two hands, colors are willfully stacked, reduced, and passed over each other. Then, they are stacked again…. Seeing the vast world reconstructed on a piece of paper brings me joy. I am very grateful for the experiences which have shaped me and the mineral pigments I paint with. Without either one, I cannot create. I do not know what I will create next, and am curious of how I might change as an artist. However, I do know that I will always want my works to bring out a viewer’s memory of past objects and feelings.