朱德群 高飛 壓克力彩畫布 一九九二年作

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朱德群 CHU TEH-CHUN 92（左下）

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This work is in very good condition. There are four holes on the canvas which are inherent to the material. One can see some light wrinkles across the surface; two minor scratches, one 40 cm to the left and 28 cm to the bottom, another 10 cm to the left and 10 cm to the bottom. Under ultraviolet light, there are dot spots of fluorescence at the bottom right corner and in the lower left area.
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騰躍而上 乘風飛揚
朱德群特殊構圖傑作

步入盛年, 朱德群依然創意不斷。1992年，藝術家赴美國東岸展開旅行，途中經過尼亞加拉大瀑布。印第安語意為「雷神之水」的大瀑布以其壯麗澎湃的姿態和氣勢，賦予了朱德群豐沛的靈感源泉，在畫布上闡述其眼、耳、身、意的體驗感受。藝術家曾說，中國山水畫的虛實空間美學給了他深刻的影響。他不追求西方寫生的精確，而是用在觀察宇宙大地之後由心中孕育出的省思和感受，以意為形，來引領觀者進入一個新的世界神遊。

藝術家在《高飛》以大排筆自由揮灑着薄暮輕盈的壓克力彩，為作品鋪上一層氤氳水氣，清朗生輝，深藍、赭褐和墨黑的闊筆線條，跳躍在由雪白畫布創造的通透空間中，其間交錯着縱橫糾葛的細筆。朱德群從小勤習書法，遒勁有力的線條中，中國書法的提按、頓挫、絞轉均可見，生動而自然；尖細銳利的筆觸團聚中央，與周圍恣意揮灑的寬闊色塊形成強烈對比，宛如山澗間的瀑布奔瀉而下，氣勢如虹。點線的交錯窜动如音符般時急時緩，晶瑩跳躍的顏色似水霧清風，與磐石般堅實沉穩的深色調形成輕重並濟、高低起伏的旋律，共同譜寫了一曲和諧卻又強烈的樂章。一連串火球般的紅點，就像旭日初升的軌跡，閃耀的色彩如陽光漫射開來。

源自故鄉民藝的特殊構圖
中國的風箏素有「北鳶南鷂」兩大流派，而《高飛》採用的特殊六角形佈局，正好呼應產自朱德群故鄉的「板鷂」風箏的造型基礎。鷂裡裝有大小不一的哨口，放上天後得風則鳴，其聲隨風抑揚，故也有空中交響樂之美稱。在《紅樓夢》裡，薛寶釵曾以「好風憑借力，送我上青雲」表達對未來幸福的向往與憧憬，此語同樣可以應用在風箏之上。這時的朱德群，正享受着來自世界各地接連的展覽邀約與榮耀，以及幸福的家庭生活，除了在為巴塞隆那奧運會創作紀念石版畫，更開始籌劃重回闊別57年的故鄉蕭縣。《高飛》就像他的一面風箏，放飛了他的自由心境，承載着喜悅與對未來的期許，願觀者的目光和理想也隨同畫作騰躍而上，乘風飛揚。