【展覽論述】　
　
　　我很喜歡石濤在〈苦瓜和尚畫語錄〉中的一段文字：“山川萬物之有具體，有反有正，有偏有側，有聚有散，有近有遠，有內有外，有虛有實，有斷有連，有層次，有剝落，有豐致，有縹渺，此生活之大端也”。當我們看到山景，其實我們看到的不只是山，我們是從一個人的角度同時感受到許多不同層次的關係，這些關係有些顯現為風景，有些則是更為隱秘的氣息。一個人若能感受到這些品質，則表示他的內心也存在相對應的東西，比如說，當一個人在某個特定的時刻，因為看到隆冬裡光禿禿的樹枝，進而感受到一種特殊的內心的震動，那麼在此刻，世界顯現為另一種存在。這種時刻大約就像小孩子憑直覺感受到的世界，真實而奇妙，卻又平平常常，我一直在嘗試捕捉這些時刻中的事物。

　　影像對我而言一直像是一則寓言，它既是此物又不是此物。這看似無法解決的矛盾（也無需解決），仔細去想，有極深的含意。在這次的展覽中，我沿著時間的線條開始，逐漸拉出了原本隱藏在我生活中的一些意象，將時間以另一種方式還原給一張照片，這不同而並置的時間與空間，我常常在實際的生活中感受到。這些大小／遠近／輕重／快慢的各種品質，也總在我的心中一亮一暗地交替著。當我偶然在書架上拿起多年前在日本買的谷川俊太郎的日英對照詩集，翻到影印自他筆記本原稿的那一頁時，在看了那麼多次的書本上，好像有什麼感覺突然浮現，於是過了幾天，我將這翻開的頁面放在工作室久未清理的黑色桌布上，一幅奇妙的景象出現了，時間在這裡彎成一道迴圈，我也忽然了解這位詩人的另外一首詩，沒錯，鑽石就是雨滴。

◆　關於藝術家｜王雅慧

1973年生於臺北，臺灣
1998，藝術學士，國立師範大學美術系，主修油畫，臺北，臺灣
2004，碩士，科技藝術研究所，國立臺北藝術大學，臺北，臺灣

個展｜
2020，「鑽石就是雨滴」，絕對空間，臺南，臺灣
2019，「時間簡史」，誠品畫廊，臺北，臺灣
2018，「問影」，基森新藝術協會，基森市，德國
2016，「返影入深林」，TKG+，臺北，臺灣
2012，「遙遠的與鄰近的那些事物」，TKG+，臺北，臺灣
2012，「Pick up a leaf when it falls」，小山登美夫畫廊，京都，日本
2011，「新的一天又一天」，中央大學藝文中心，桃園，臺灣
2010，「手工童話」，Cable Gallery，赫爾辛基，芬蘭
2009，「彩虹與弓」，新苑藝術，臺北，臺灣
2008，「熱帶計畫：雪人」，國立臺灣美術館，臺中，臺灣
2007，「I’ve been here before and will come again」，新苑藝術，臺北，臺灣

聯展（2016 - 2020）｜
2020，「給火星人類學家」，新北市藝文中心，臺北，臺灣
2019，「自成徑──臺灣境派藝術系列三」，伊通公園，臺北，臺灣
2017，「藝術，關於亞洲的提問」，大邱藝術工廠，大邱，韓國
2017，「空間行板」，臺北市立美術館，臺北，臺灣
2017，「聲東擊西：當代東亞水墨再造」，銀川美術館，銀川市，中國
2017，「集什麼」，臺北市立美術館兒童藝術教育中心，臺北，臺灣
2016，第一屆大臺北當代藝術雙年展「去相合──藝術與暢活從何而來？」，國立臺灣藝術大學，臺北，臺灣
2016，第35屆義大利阿索洛國際藝術電影節「TAIWAN VIDEA 2.0:文化秘遇──臺灣前衛影像展」，Teatro Eleonora Duse，阿索洛，義大利
2016，「舞弄珍藏：召喚／重想／再述的實驗室」，臺北市立美術館，臺北，臺灣
2016，「2016 城市遊牧x臺北當代藝術中心　──　一種當代的凝視」，松山文創園區製菸工廠，臺北，臺灣

獲獎｜
2012，國立臺北藝術大學傑出校友，臺北，臺灣
2007，Loop 最佳藝廊作品與呈現獎，西班牙錄影藝術博覽會，巴塞隆納，西班牙
2005，國巨科技藝術獎，臺北，臺灣
2002，臺北美術獎，臺北，臺灣

駐村｜
2010，赫爾辛基國際駐村計畫，赫爾辛基，芬蘭
2007，西堤國際藝術村，巴黎，法國
2006，Location one，紐約，美國

主辦單位：絕對空間
空間營運贊助：國藝會
展覽贊助：臺南市政府文化局、國藝會

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Date｜2020 / 6 / 10 Wed. - 7 / 19 Sun.
Opening｜2020 / 6 / 13 Sun. 15 : 00
Forum｜2020 / 6 / 13 Sun. 15:30 -17 : 30
Guest｜Esther Lu

【Statement】

I really like a passage in Shih-t’ao’s Friar Bitter-Melon on Painting: “Life in nature consists in the ink-wash expressing the concrete forms of hills and rivers and things, seen from the front or the back, from the side and on a slant, scattered or clustered together, distant or near, external or internal, solid or empty, continuous or broken; they have layers and sections and falling aspects; they have charm and elusive expanse. Thus all nature presents its soul to man and man has the power to control its vitality and culture.”

When we see the scenery of mountains, what we actually see is not just the mountains but differ-ent layers of connections from a personal perspective. Some of these connections appear as scen-ery, while some as subtle atmosphere. If one can sense these qualities, it means that there is some-thing corresponding in his or her heart. For example, when a person sees the barren tree branches in the midwinter at some particular moment, and thus feels a special resonance inside; then at this moment, the world appears as another existence. This kind of moment is like the world that chil-dren capture with intuition. It is wonderful and real, yet usual. I have always been trying to capture things in these moments.

Images to me have always been like fables: it is what it is yet it isn’t so. This seemingly unsolva-ble contradiction (yet unnecessary to be solved) actually has very deep meanings inside. In this exhibition, I started along the timeline and gradually picked out the imagery that was originally hidden behind my lives. I returned time back to a single picture in another way. I often feel this different-yet-juxtaposed time and space in my mundane life. Big and small; distant and near; light and heavy; fast and slow. These different qualities have always been alternating bright and dark in my heart. The other day, I picked out a poetry collection by Shuntarō Tanikawa from my book-shelf by chance. I bought it in Japan many years ago and all the poems have Japanese and English translation side by side. When I flipped to the page that was copied from his original notebook, there seemed to be some feelings emerging from this book that I had read for so many times. Therefore, after a few days in my studio, I put the book with this page open on the black tablecloth that had not been cleaned for a while. A wonderful scene showed up, where time became a loop, and suddenly I understood another poem of the poet. That’s right. The Diamond that is Raindrop.

◆　About　WANG Yahui｜

1973 Born in Taipei, Taiwan
1998, B.A. in Painting, Department of Fine Arts, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan
2004, M.A. in Arts and Technology, Taipei National University of Arts, Taipei, Taiwan

SOLO EXHIBITIONS｜
2020, “Diamond is Raindrop” absolute space for the arts, Tainan, Taiwan
2019, “A Brief History of Time”, ESLITE GALLERY, Taipei, Taiwan
2018, “Questions to Shadow”, Neuer Kunstverein Giessen, Giessen, Germany
2016, “A Slant of Light”, TKG+, Taipei, Taiwan
2012, “Near and Far”, TKG+, Taipei, Taiwan
2012, “Pick up a leaf when it falls”, Tomio Koyama Gallery, Kyoto, Japan
2011, “A day and a new day”, National Central University Art Center, Taoyuan, Taiwan
2010, “Handmade Fairytales”, Cable Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
2009, “Rainbow and Bow”, Galerie Grand Siècle, Taipei, Taiwan
2008, “The Tropical Work: Snowman”, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan
2007, “I’ve been here before and will come again”, Galerie Grand Siècle, Taipei, Taiwan

GROUP EXHIBITIONS｜
2020, “Aux anthropoloques martiens” New Taipei City Arts Center, Taipei, Taiwan
2019, “Sui Generis of Taiwan-Jing Pai”, It Park, Taipei, Taiwan
2017, “Arts. Ask about Asia”, Daegu Art Factory, Daegu, Korea
2017, “A Space Andante”, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
2017, “Crisscrossing East and West:The Remaking of Ink Art in Contemporary East Asia”, Moca Yin Chuan, China
2017, “Collecting and son on”, Children’s art Education Center, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
2016, Greater Taipei Biennial of Contemporary Arts “Dé-coïncidence—d’où viennent l’art et l’existence?”, National Taiwan University of Arts, Taipei, Taiwan
2016, The 35th Asolo Art Film Festival “TAIWAN VIDEA 2.0: Cultural Encounter─The Taiwanese Avant-Garde Video Exhibition”, Teatro Eleonora Duse, Asolo, Italy
2016, “Dance with the Museum Collection – Retrieved, Reimagined, Restated”, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
2016, “Urban Nomad x TCAC (A Gaze on the Contemporary)”, Songshan Cultural and Creative Park, Taipei, Taiwan

AWARDS｜
2012, Outstanding Alumni of Taipei National University of the Arts, Taipei, Taiwan
2007, Loop Award, Best Gallery Work and Presentation, Barcelona, Spain
2005, Yageo Tech-Art Award, Taipei, Taiwan
2002, Taipei Arts Award, Taipei, Taiwan


RESIDENCIES｜
2010, The Helsinki International Artist Programme, Helsinki, Finland
2007, Cité des Arts, Paris, France
2006, Location One, New York, USA