周克吾谷 Joke Valley

1958年生于陜西 祖籍湖北

現(xiàn)居西安 法國(guó)

著名當(dāng)代藝術(shù)家

法國(guó)巴黎GALERIE DJEZIRI BONN 畫(huà)廊特別邀請(qǐng)藝術(shù)家

我的自述：

對(duì)于繪畫(huà)來(lái)說(shuō)真的是一個(gè)非常有意思的問(wèn)題，不用去驗(yàn)血，一查就能知道自己缺什么，而同時(shí)當(dāng)你開(kāi)始準(zhǔn)備工作的時(shí)候，在畫(huà)布與色彩之間形成鮮明的反差的不同程度中，你便知道你內(nèi)心深處想要說(shuō)什么的時(shí)候到了。找野花吃野味的意義，無(wú)非就是，看不一樣的面部表情，聽(tīng)不一樣的叫床聲音，體驗(yàn)不一樣的激情，睡不一樣的身姿，享受不一樣的靈魂，感受不一樣的快活。美人不同，味道不同，自由狂歡，雖死無(wú)憾。這大概就是我在繪畫(huà)中的個(gè)人體驗(yàn)，非要把我用過(guò)的雜物放置在畫(huà)面里，尋找一種美妙的快感……這是沒(méi)有做過(guò)體驗(yàn)的人無(wú)法感悟到的。運(yùn)用一些破壞的技法，來(lái)開(kāi)始另一種繪畫(huà)形式的嘗試。

我不滿足于寫(xiě)實(shí)形象的繪制，總是在努力嘗試，尋找一種既區(qū)別于其它畫(huà)派風(fēng)格語(yǔ)言，又能在傳統(tǒng)繪畫(huà)中找到突破的那么一種繪畫(huà)形式。我在宣紙和亞麻面料之間來(lái)回轉(zhuǎn)換，以示我對(duì)藝術(shù)劃分的質(zhì)疑。我的紙本作品約占全部作品的一半，但若把我的布面作品與紙本作品割裂開(kāi)，則將有損對(duì)我繪畫(huà)整體創(chuàng)作的全面理解。我的這段話闡述了我對(duì)具象繪畫(huà)和非具象繪畫(huà)的理解：這個(gè)把自己打扮成一個(gè)歸國(guó)華僑法國(guó)藝術(shù)家你畫(huà)的畫(huà)還是挺不錯(cuò)的，好吧，就是一點(diǎn)兒亂。稍微帶色情。一個(gè)中間由你拿著壓抑，透露出一種狂躁。還有一個(gè)可看性，所以我邀請(qǐng)你參加做一個(gè)反面教材。我瞧不起你對(duì)不對(duì)。你是個(gè)狗屁呀，你什么都沒(méi)有。我蠻享受一個(gè)人對(duì)我的這段批評(píng)。

我必須找到一種方法，馬上就能既快速又無(wú)拘無(wú)束地作畫(huà)。作品要是能看上去不怎幺差，那就讓我挺快樂(lè)的，有時(shí)能快樂(lè)一整天。

有時(shí)候?qū)L畫(huà)作品的談?wù)摚粌H很難表達(dá)，甚至毫無(wú)意義。你只能用現(xiàn)有能表達(dá)的詞匯來(lái)表達(dá)，再通過(guò)語(yǔ)言來(lái)傳達(dá)，而繪畫(huà)通常跟這些是兩碼事。

繪畫(huà)是思維的又一種形式，通常我對(duì)繪畫(huà)所感興趣的是內(nèi)容與方法，而不是去理解我所不理解的。這適用于每一幅畫(huà)。

我生活、睡覺(jué)、吃飯都在工作室里，一般畫(huà)畫(huà)都在晚上。每當(dāng)晚上關(guān)了燈以后，我的腦子里就會(huì)浮現(xiàn)出很多東西，然后我會(huì)馬上去畫(huà)，皆盡可能地將自己的感受投注到畫(huà)面中。我在畫(huà)第一筆的時(shí)候，是沒(méi)有知覺(jué)的，然后跟隨自己的潛意識(shí)不斷在畫(huà)面中尋找元素，在不知不覺(jué)中形成畫(huà)面關(guān)系。繪畫(huà)和個(gè)人的修養(yǎng)息息相關(guān)，這與你平時(shí)對(duì)社會(huì)的認(rèn)知，讀書(shū)、音樂(lè)等聯(lián)系密切。不論當(dāng)代還是傳統(tǒng)，繪畫(huà)都有自己獨(dú)特的語(yǔ)言和內(nèi)涵，它不需要文字來(lái)說(shuō)明。你將自己的所思所想表現(xiàn)出來(lái)，這個(gè)畫(huà)面就是你的語(yǔ)言。偉大的藝術(shù)家應(yīng)該是擁有舒適的生活，財(cái)富和安全感。賺大錢活得更久，想上多少女人都可以。但飲酒要適量。繪畫(huà)是一條漫長(zhǎng)而永無(wú)休止的路。直到現(xiàn)在，我也沒(méi)有停止對(duì)畫(huà)畫(huà)的訓(xùn)練，每天都在畫(huà)，時(shí)刻琢磨著把自己的雜亂不堪的情緒變成現(xiàn)實(shí)。這需要很漫長(zhǎng)的時(shí)間去造化弄人……真是永遠(yuǎn)也弄不清楚的事情了……

——周克吾谷 2018.5.29

Personal Statement

Its really interesting for painting that you dont have to take a blood test and you will know what youre missing. While you are preparing for starting to work, the time comes when you are aware of what you want to express in your deep heart with the different degrees of contrast between canvas and color.

The meaning of looking for wild flowers and venison is nothing but to look at different facial expressions，hear another sexual moans, enjoy different souls, and feel different joys. Different beauties with different styles, the feeling of freedom makes one’s life with no regrets.

These are my personal experience in painting. I use destructive techniques to try other painting styles. Rather than being a realist, I choose to try hard to find another painting style and expression which can distinguish itself from others and that is a new breakthrough from traditional forms. I switched back and forth between Xuan paper and flax fabric to show my doubts about the art division. In all of my works, 50% are paper works. The separation of cloth and paper works would undermine my overall understanding of painting. The following passage illustrates my understanding between figurative painting and non-figurative painting：

An artist who dressed himself up as an overseas Chinese in France，his works are pretty good, although they are a little messy and pornographic, he added. Because of mania and depression as well as salacity in the works, I invited you to take them as negative study materials. I despise you because you have nothing. Actually, I enjoyed this criticism about me.

I need to find a way that I can draw a picture freely and fast. If the work doesn’t seem too bad, I can be a happy man all day.

Sometimes it’s too hard to express painting works; also you will find that’s meaningless. You can only express your thoughts by using available vocabulary, and then use the language to convey them. However, it has nothing to do with painting.

Painting is another form of thoughts, what I am interested is content and method, not to understand what I don’t understand, and this works for each painting.

I live, sleep and eat in the studio. In the evening, when the lights are off, a lot of inspiration emerged and I will draw it down quickly with all my feelings and passion. But in the first stroke，I have no perceptions. And by following my sub-consciousness to keep looking for elements, the painting is formed as a natural result. Painting is closely related to personal taste and it also connects to your individual cognition about society, reading and music.

No matter its contemporary or traditional, painting has its unique language and connotation beyond words. You show what you think to form your language without explanation. Great artists should have a comfortable life, wealth and security. Besides, making a lot of money, living longer, and fuck as many women as you like. While being moderate in alcohol. Painting is a long and endless road, so I never stop painting. It takes a long time to figure out how to make disordered emotions come true, and that’s a problem will never be solved…

Joke Valley

May 29, 2018

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