Description: 生命之泉 The Fountain of Life 作品《生命之泉》的創作是藝術家「井、山、田」系列中「井」的這一模組的代表性紙本彩墨作品之一。雖然畫面沒有看 到「圓形」用來代表「井、山、田」系列當中的「井」字。但是,畫面中央一條銀色也就是畫家把自己當成是在土壤裡看 到泉水,從地底下湧現直衝向土壤表層的綠色草原。在這裡綠色的草也就是生命力的象徵。井水也就是泉水,因此畫作命 名為《生命之泉》。畫面結構簡單,以墨色代表土層,銀色代表井水以及淺綠色代表土層表面的綠草。風格類似上世紀60 年代在美國盛行的極簡主義。從這幅畫,也可以窺探出李德庄在跨入本世紀的第二個十年的作畫風格,已經從抽象表現主 義轉移到概念創作,和類似極簡主義的風格了。作品主旨如藝術家所言:「當年我們的老祖宗要選擇地點來挖掘一口井, 首先就要看地面是否有生長茂盛的綠草,如果地面上有綠草,那就可以斷定地下有水了。而這幅呢?正好可以說明這個淺 白的道理,與此同時,也直接道出生命和泉水有著不可分割的密切關係。」 李德庄,新加坡出生,祖籍中國海南文昌。本世紀初,從美國紐約回來之後 ,就一直旅居在中國上海,廈門和浙江台州, 其繪畫藝術飽含著濃鬱的東方元素,以獨特的繪畫語言溝通了東西方藝術,積極推動促進相互之理解,開展其繪畫藝術生 涯。 "The Spring of Life" is painting from the series "Well, Mountain, Farm". Although the representative component for the "Well" is absent in this work, the silver in the center of the picture is designed by the artist as the spring water in the soil emerging from the ground directly to the surface of the grassland. Here the green grass is a symbol of vitality. Well water is also spring water, so the painting is named "The Spring of Life." The structure of the picture is simple, with the ink color representing the soil layer, the silver representing the well water and the light green representing the green grass on the ground. The style is similar to the minimalism prevailing in the United States in the 1960s. From this painting, we can also glimpse the style of Li Dezhuang's paintings in the second decade of this century, which has shifted from abstract expressionism to concept creation and a style similar to minimalism. Li Dezhuang, born in Singapore, Wenchang Guangdong native, graduated from the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts. This special location where eastern and western cultures clashing together gave him a broader vision and a sense of collaboration within artistic creation. He's spent an almost 20-year time in the international environment to create, experiment, explore and transfer, his expression skills sharpened, and his aesthetics sophisticated. He combined the languages of the west and the east and came out with his own unique idiom of abstract art.