提到展覽名「Peaceable Kingdom」,可能會令你聯想到 Patti Smith 的同名歌曲〈Peaceable Kingdom〉。這位有着「龐克教母」(Godmother of Punk)之稱的歌者,為悼念在加沙離世的社會運動者而譜出此曲。在溫柔的聲線中,緩緩唱出一份治癒的歌詞。餘音裊裊,但那一句「Why must we hide all these feelings inside?」卻縈繞心頭。
高橋盾笑說,在上次的日本首個展「They See More Than You Can See」中,曾有人問他是否不會畫眼睛,遂以在畫中留白。於是,他便用行動和事實證明,不畫眼睛是故意為之的事,與能力無關。「大家都問我懂不懂得畫眼睛,我可以啊!其實我也蠻喜歡畫眼睛的。」 於是,這次他帶來了兩幅巨型作品,就能看見他故意用半遮面具的方式,畫出了露出雙目的肖像畫。
「如果畫中有眼睛,大家很自然會將注意力直接投向眼睛,但當眼睛被蓋上了,你會開始想象。」高橋盾說。 這句話,倒令人想起《小王子》的一句:最重要的東西只用眼睛是看不到的。畢竟抹去了眼睛之後,確實使許多事情變得不確定,例如畫中人是誰?又是一個怎樣的故事?全都陷入了匿名狀態。高橋形容,抹去眼睛的創作行為,屬一種象徵性的方式,能通過吸收每個人的「視角」並轉化為自己的一部分;同時也體現了高橋對於不完美的迷戀,以及對原始、不完整、破碎所產生的怪異美感的著迷。 縱使沒有了靈魂之窗,但大家依然會覺得畫作中人似曾相識,例如一頭金髮的女孩(下圖中右方),外表就與和 Judy Garland 試鏡《綠野仙蹤》主角桃樂絲十分相似;而另一幅(下圖中左方)則明顯是取自於 David Lynch、Mark Frost 經典懸疑電視劇《Twin Peaks》的靈感,與主角 Dale Cooper 有着相似的輪廓。
蘋果和雲彩,成為展覽中反覆出現的主題。蘋果,象徵了流淌成血紅色的水潭,或漂浮於太空,或消失於無形 —— 似乎象徵著純真與腐朽間錯綜複雜、相互關聯的本質;而雲彩,則貫穿於整個展覽中,帶來了希望的基調。 不禁好奇問,為何蘋果如此吸引他的目光,難道是 The apple of his eyes?結果,他卻立刻否定說:這不只是蘋果!「我總喜歡表現一些關於對立、平衡的事,如黑暗和光明、陰陽等,而蘋果就是兩者都有的象徵。就像 UNDERCOVER,都是充滿着混亂和平衡的感覺。」
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