宋琨

款識
《冰河世紀》，Ice Age，2004.10，宋琨，SongKun (作品背面)

香港，蘇富比，2009年10月6日，拍品編號633
中國私人收藏

〈12〉，(中國，北京，中央美術學院，二〇〇四年)，彩色內頁

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作為「最值得期待的年輕女性藝術家」，宋琨始終將藝術作為她經驗生活的一隻窺鏡，以女性獨有的纖細、敏感，描繪著來自日常生活的「關心」、「恐懼」、「慾望」、「成長」、「快樂」以及「迷惑」，內容單純、瑣碎，有稚秀和靈氣，有時又暗露鋒利，與生活、情緒、日常一以貫之，被稱之為攜帶著「水靈靈的個人主義」。

創作於二OO四的《冰河世紀》便是一幅注入強烈主觀色彩並充滿奇妙與神秘主義幻想的內心景觀。宋琨曾說，「複雜、微妙和神秘感符合我的心理需要，有點難度的東西會讓我覺得貼近事物本質。」因此，在《冰河世紀》中，藝術家本人被描繪成精靈公主一般的主人公，孑然一身地獨立于超現實的時空要塞。作品中冰期景觀的意象尤似來自宋琨對其家鄉風物的深層記憶，常年積雪的陰山山脈、闊遼的草原和巨型的重工業基地是生長于內蒙古的宋琨最深沉的鄉愁，她始終對這派蒼涼和自由的景象懷有著特殊的感覺。

宋琨作品中最令人著迷的一點便是她能夠繪出一種霧濛濛的淒美，在光影迷離的流轉間，撲面而來一種陰鬱氣息的感官之美。皮力說：「宋琨總是試圖用一種特殊的東西將這個時代的紛繁蕪雜整合起來，使其富有一種獨特的光暈。這種整合並非古典意義上的美化，而是一種難以言狀的願望和現實的奇特融合。」《冰河世紀》正是宋琨這種獨特性的繪畫語言最典型的代表之作。整幅畫面仿佛輕輕彌散著一層透明的柔霧，拉開了一段記憶與幻境相疊的窗片，散發出一股難以名狀的情緒與氣息，似內心的純淨與洞悉世事的悵惘之情，在亙古不變的某個凝滯的瞬間循環往復、揮之不去。