凱斯·哈林

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倫敦，Phillips拍賣，2014年10月16日，拍品編號157
現藏者購自上述來源

This work is overall in good condition. There is evidence of light craquelure in the black paint areas across the surface. The paper is slightly undulated. A cut mark is located 47 cm to the top edge and 2 cm to the right edge of the work, presumably inherent to the artist's working method. Not laid down and hinged to the backing board in two places along the top edge. Frame under Plexiglas.
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1988年創作的《無題》充分反映凱斯·哈林精湛嫻熟的藝術才能。哈林受到安迪·沃荷及其同儕尚·米榭·巴斯基亞的啟發，相信藝術實乃個性的極致表現。本作展示藝術家與眾不同的創意元素，既受前例影響，並加以自我演繹，締造獨特無比的創作成果。達文西的《蒙娜麗莎》被譽為藝術史上最著名的肖像名作，哈林卻在本作特意塗改她的經典形象，添上自己獨特的繪圖風格。

哈林在畫中解構客觀的經典形象，引領觀者對傳統觀念與理解提出疑問。三個《蒙娜麗莎》圖像以不同程度的繪畫方式重複呈現，透過藝術家簡單而銳利的線條輪廓，組成構圖的中心部分。哈林獨有的簡化形態發揮得淋漓盡致，與既有成熟的藝術形式直接比較下，原始的創作元素更見強而有力。動勢繪畫如躍紙上，筆觸澎湃瀟灑，引人注目。