司徒強 火 壓克力彩、複合媒材畫布 二〇〇六年作

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SZETO KEUNG 2006（左下）

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〈司徒強〉誠品畫廊，台北，二〇〇九年九月十九日至十月十八日

〈司徒強〉誠品股份有限公司出版，台北，二〇〇九年，九頁

This work is in very good condition. There is a very small paint loss located 30 cm from the left edge and 35 cm from the bottom.
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司徒強的穹界之花

司徒強生於廣東，在香港成長，於台灣師範大學美術系畢業後即赴美國著名的普萊特設計學院（Pratt Institute）攻讀碩士，從此定居紐約直至辭世。其照相寫實的功力卓著，為華人世界首屈一指。其四處漂移的經歷，使他對個人生命與歷史宏景都有深刻的領悟，曾自述道：「死亡是任何有情生命的必然輪迴，繁花殞落，繽紛又淒哀，臨終繾綣回首，以豔無盡悲哀，尤有熾烈執著的熱情。」

是次上拍的《火》，為其經典的創作代表。當中既有寫實亂真的鮮豔玫瑰，如滄海一粟孤獨地綻放在炙紅的幻境裡，也有凋零的花朵，以殘骸之姿飄浮在黑洞般的渾沌間。虛實結合的畫面營造了一個與觀者對話的空間，其美其哀的意境將藝術家對生命的透視與眷戀凝聚、釋放。其畫意情境裡的綺纂絢煌、落花煙重，亦讓閱讀者產生中國古典文學的遐思。作品強而有力，讓人在讚嘆其寫實功力之餘，又遁入無窮的想像空間之中。

其作品特色，如藝評家高千惠所言: 「像是前朝舊事裡一抹短促的記憶，飄落到另一個陌生的幻境裡。儘管他的畫面以枯殘、孤零、凋落之物為主題，但這種似以萬古長空一羽毛的姿態，顯現出藝術家極欲在已逝的物象生命中，捕捉住可以永久保存的形體生命，他讓這些頹逝中的物象，在另創的圖像世界復活，將它們的最後餘姿定格在不再被時間磨損的藝術生命之中，真幻對照，常與不常對視。」給人留下深刻的印象。