劉小東

一九九一年作

香港，佳士得， 1991年9月30日，拍品編號62
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中國，北京，中央美術學院〈劉小東：1990 - 2000〉二〇〇〇年九月十八至二十五日，49頁

〈劉小東〉(中國湖北，湖北美術出版社出版發行，二〇〇〇年)，15頁

This work is generally in good condition. There are some craquelures on the green sleeves, as well as on his bare arm. Please note that, the vertical white accretions on the man's green sleeves previously shown in the printed catalogue have been removed. Under Ultraviolet light, there is no sign of restoration. Please note that this work was not examined out of its frame.
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一九九三年，劉小東與喻紅本色出演了同學王小帥執導的首部電影《冬春的日子》，這部電影也被譽為中國第六代導演的發軔之作。劉小東在這部半自傳體的電影中所展示的是：「在一個物質窮困和精神苦悶的時代裡，愛情芨芨可危，靈魂不知所終。差不多在同一時候，方力鈞從自己的個人形象出發，創造了象徵無聊潑皮的光頭符號，他的作品與劉小東同期那些描繪自己或朋友瑣碎生活的繪畫一起，被稱為『玩世寫實主義』。至此，中國架上繪畫的寫實傳統從憂國憂民的遼遠思緒回落到眼前現實的細枝末節。」¹

同一時期，劉小東創作了一系列以身邊朋友為模特的「愛情」題材作品，真實地記錄了八十年代末到九十年代初情人們熱戀的心理歷程以及中國在社會和文化在轉型時期的豐富性。作於一九九一年的《纏綿》是這一階段的代表作之一。整幅畫面的構圖被一對糾纏在一起的戀人滿滿地佔據，沒有多餘的情節與縫隙，男子緊緊環扣著女子，卻未有踰矩；女子完全地交付出身體依偎在戀人的擁抱中。在這幅只有二人世界的圖像片段中，積滿了無言的情感糾纏，愛欲、激情、疲倦、依靠與消磨……，一切的故事與想像都在藝術家所描繪的神情與體態中被釋放出來。徹底脫離了宏大敘事與歷史關照的劉小東，癡迷地表述普通人的真實，個體的人性價值在他的繪畫中被重塑了觀看的高度。正如艾未未對其的評語：「劉小東的目光所及，自然地構成了他的繪畫世界。它們自然和真實的屬性使人們解脫，使觀者無語。這不僅僅來自他的觀察和感悟的方式，更來自於他獨特的繪畫語言的消解性，使現實在他筆下如同冰遇到火一般融解。這個繪畫性如同行雲流水一樣魔術般地承載和包容著不容置疑的現實世界，使藝術的片斷成為了另一種平行的現實，使人們在困難的無能為力的生活常態中變得有可能以另一種方式來接近、關懷和同情。」²

1 劉小東與第六代電影，歐寧著

2 沒有立場的立場，艾未未著