線—石晉華當代宗教藝術展: 高雄市立美術館
策展人/陳宏星
從古代至近代,宗教之神聖與偉大均透過藝術而得到了永恆。只是在現今之創作中,「當代宗教藝術」卻是一個不存在的類別。此缺席所象徵的是藝術世俗價值的抬頭以至於宗教內涵之消失?是起因於藝術家批判精神所帶來的嘲諷、敵對與虛無態度?還是如許多藝評人所說的那般,藝術最終已取代了宗教,成為人們朝聖之對象?從藝術服務於宗教的時代,到藝術與宗教水火不容之當代,曾經共榮過的兩者難道只能分道揚鑣?
從塗有大象糞便的黑人聖母像(Chris Ofili)、被隕石擊倒在地的教宗像(Maurizio Cattelan)、到浸在尿液中的耶穌像攝影作品(Andres Serrano),當宗教遇上當代藝術,其結果幾乎等同於醜聞。這些以宗教為題材的創作,其本質還是當代藝術一致的嘲諷與批判。在此,宗教不過與時事、政治、體制、資本市場一樣,乃藝術攻擊的對象之一,並不具任何特殊性或代表性。
《線—石晉華當代宗教藝術展》想要呈現的剛好相反,不同於時下藝術對於宗教之攻訐、戲謔與褻瀆,此展之作品均為「當代宗教藝術」這不存在類別之特殊個例,是信仰與藝術的完美結合;既不是以宗教為題材之藝術創作,也並非為服務信仰所創作之藝術,而是藝術本身的實踐就是信仰之體現。法之身乃藝術本身,這便是石晉華當代宗教藝術的原創性。
本展所呈現的作品並非西方概念下的「行為藝術」或「觀念藝術」,這些創作也不是為了挑戰美術典範所製造的偶發、表演或挑釁之作,而是作為一名當代行者對生命存在及苦難所做出的藝術沉思。我們將以「行」這概念重新定義石晉華之作:「行之藝術」或「行者藝術」,此為理解當代宗教藝術之核心概念。信仰外顯為藝術,藝術就是信仰的修行法門,此兩者合而為一,不分彼此。在此,宗教不再只是藝術的題材,藝術也不再只是宗教的推手,這兩者交融在每天的「行」之中,不是「行為藝術」之「行」,而是苦行者之「行」,把人生苦痛與存在化為各式各樣的「線」,忘我無我地行至生命盡頭。
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Shi Jin-Hua1964-2024Pen Walking #1, 1994.10.14Pen on paper, document21.59 x 27.94 cm;
21.59 x 27.94 cm (The poem of “The Last Drawing of His Life ”);
42 x 30 cm (Chinese version of the poem);
14.1 x 1 x 1.4 cm (Pen);
42 x 29.7 cm (Document) -
Shi Jin-HuaPen Walking #51, 2008Pencil on paper and document97 x 219 cm,
42 x 29.7 cm (Document). -
Shi Jin-HuaPen Walking #77, 2009Pencil on acid-free cardboard, glass jar and document82 x 102 cm,
(Pencil shavings in a glass jar),
42 x 29.7 cm (Document). -
Shi Jin-Hua1964-2024Pen Walking #79, 2009-2014Pencil on canvas and document61.5 x 206.5 cm,
42 x 29.7 cm -
Shi Jin-Hua1964-2024Pen Walking #103, 2011Pencil on paper and document97.5 x 109.5 cm,
42 x 29.7 cm -
Shi Jin-Hua1964-2024Pen Walking #106, 2011Pencil on paper, document190 x 219 cm;
42 x 29.7 cm (Document) -
Shi Jin-HuaPen Walking #112, 2011Pencil on paper and document96.5 x 218.5 cm,
42 x 29.7 cm (Document). -
Shi Jin-Hua1964-2024Pen Walking #117, 2011Pencil on paper and document126 x 126 cm,
42 x 29.7 cm -
Shi Jin-HuaPen Walking #123, 2012Charcoal and kneaded eraser on paper, and document44 x 32.5 cm,
42 x 29.7 cm (Document). -
Shi Jin-Hua1964-2024Pen Walking #129, 2012Color pencils on paper, document133 x 133 cm;
42 x 29.7 cm (Document) -
Shi Jin-HuaPen Walking #140, 2014Pencil on paper and document54.4 x 79.2 cm,
42 x 29.7 cm (Document). -
Shi Jin-Hua1964-2024Pen Walking #155, 2015Pencil and digital photograph on paper22.5 x 83.9 cm
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Shi Jin-HuaPen Walking #163, 2012-2016Pencil on paper and document76 x 111 cm,
42 x 29.7 cm (Document),
29.7 x 21 cm x 3 sheets (English version of the document). -
Shi Jin-HuaPen Walking #165, 2017Pencil on paper and document95 x 215.5 cm,
42 x 29.7 cm (Document). -
Shi Jin-Hua1964-2024Six-syllable Mantra - Chapter I, 2016-2017SignedArtist's own blood on paper, audio176 x 133 cm,
14′ 53″ (audio) -
Shi Jin-Hua1964-2024Six-Syllable Mantra - Chapter III, 2017Artist's own blood on paper and audio.109.5 x 97cm,
3′ 44″ (audio). -
Shi Jin-Hua1964-2024Six-syllable Mantra - Chapter IV, 2017Artist's own blood on paper, audio130 x 123 cm,
7′ 36″ (audio) -
Shi Jin-Hua1964-2024Six-syllable Mantra - Chapter V, 2017-2018Artist's own blood on paper, audio11 x 35cm x 108 pcs
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Shi Jin-Hua1964-2024Seven Words Mantra, 2012-2016.Pencil on paper, ceramic incense plate, glass jar, and document94.5 x 215.6 cm,
9.5 x 9.5 x 2.5 cm (ceramic incense plate),
5.5 x 5.5 x 9 cm (Pencil shavings in a glass jar),
48 x36 cm(Document). -
Shi Jin-HuaTen Practices and Vows, 2006-2009Pens and correction pen on papers, and document492 sheets of 29.7 x 21 cm,
124.6 x 50.2 cm (Document). -
Shi Jin-Hua1964-2024Close-Up Toothpaste Project, 2009-2010Toothpaste, toothpaste Box, digital photograph and pen on diary20 x 10.4 x 3 cm (Toothpaste),
21.4 x 4.8 x 4.1 cm (toothpaste Box),
21.6 x 15.5 x 2.3 cm (Diary). -
Shi Jin-Hua1964-2024Body Inscription, 2001-Puzzle floor mats, cotton gloves, counter, process images137 x 314.5 cm (Puzzle floor mats),
14 x 18.5 cm x 17 pcs (process images) -
Shi Jin-Hua1964-2024Pencil Walker , 1996-2015Pencils on wooden board, tapes, zipper storage bags, videotapes, audiotapes, pencil sharpeners, extension cord, digital print, single channel video (color, sound)73 x 112 cm (Image of pencil wall),
47 × 66.5 cm × 30 pcs (Image of procedure),
18′01″ (Video),
48.3 x 32.9 cm (Document)Edition of 12 plus 2 artist's proofs(Edition record) -
Shi Jin-Hua1964-2024I Try, 1996 / 2016Digital photograph, single-channel video (color, with audio), and documentation.16′ 29″,
15 x 22 cm x 15 pcs (Process images). -
Shi Jin-Hua1964-2024X Bodhi Trees, 2010-2024Trees, basalt, canvas, cement paint, digital photograph, pencil on paper, documentation42 x 29.7 cm (Artist Statement),
166.5 x 235 x 4 cm x 2 pcs (Counting Canvas) ,
130 x 52 cm x 12 pcs (Documentation)
35 x 23.5 x 3.8 cm x 30pcs (Wooden board),
97 x 23 x 14 cm x 2 pcs (shovels) ,
15.5 x 10.5 cm x 250 pcs (Prayers) ,
10.2 x 15.2 cm x 25 pcs (Process images) ,
27.9 x 21 cm x 12 pcs (six letters),
14 x 17.25 cm (bankbook of the replant events)
42 x 29.7 cm x 3 pcs (Tree Planting List of the replant events). -
Shi Jin-Hua1964-2024Lincoln Tunnel, 2004Pencil on paper, prayer beads65 x 116 cm ,
22 x 16.75 cm x 6 pcs (Process images) -
Shi Jin-Hua1964-2024To Cross Over, Brooklyn Bridge Project , 2004 projectPencil on paper, digital photograph69 x 116 cm,
13.39 x 20cm x 8pcs (Street View) -
Shi Jin-Hua1964-2024The Yoga Tree, 1994-1996Original objects (yoga mat, towel for meditation, cloth rope), digital photograph, single-channel video (color, with audio), and document18 Tree Images Average: 275 x 36 cm (each varies),
20′ 43″,
65 x 44.38 cm (Process image),
44.58 x 65 cm (Process image),
65 x 44.21 cm (Process image),
44.25 x 65 cm (Process image),
42 x 29.7 cm (Document).Edition of 8(Edition record) -
Shi Jin-Hua1964-2024Pearl Rosary , 1994-2024objects (Sealed bags of medical waste resulting from blood glucose testing procedures), Digital photograph, red thread, documentDimensions variable,
16 x 16.5 x D7 cm (“pearls”),
193 x 103cm (“1994”),
42 x 29.7 cm (Document)
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Shi Jin-Hua1964-2024Being Level , 1983-2024Pencil on blood sugar record, documentDimensions variable;
32.5 x 6.5 cm (early blood sugar record), 26.5 x 6.5 cm (blood sugar record), about 779 pieces in total;
14 x 18.5cm x 9 pcs (Image of process) -
Shi Jin-Hua1964-2024The Denial One - Self-portrait Journal, 2002-2022Digital photograph, document29.7 x 21 cm x 12 pcs (2013 Monthly portrait),
130.4 x 93.5 cm (2013 Annual Portrait),
42 x 29.7 cm (Document). -
Shi Jin-HuaOne Thousand Days, 2012.04.20-2015.01.14Artist's own blood and pencil on paper, and document.126 x 126 cm,
48.3 x 32.9 cm (Document).