Miquel Barceló
米格尔·巴塞洛 2 COUPLES 1 SINGLE 《两对与一个》, 2015

In 2 COUPLES 1 SINGLE (2015) Miquel Barceló draws upon the underwater world of his native Mallorca – the largest of the Balearic Islands located in the Mediterranean and part of Spain – which serves as a key motif in his oeuvre. Against an atmospheric blue haze, black and white skulls of animals with dark, hollow eyes appear in relief. Their forms are defined by volume and colour, rather than line, to evoke the experience of glimpsing a sea creature indistinctly through water. The artist has dived to catch octopus, squid and fish since childhood, and has often compared the act of painting to the experience of being underwater: ‘For me, diving is very close to painting. To float in space, you are parallel [...] And sometimes we are underwater for more than two minutes; we are still.’

A solo exhibition of new work by the artist, Grisailles, is currently on view at Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris Pantin until 7 January 2023.

在《两对与一个》(2 COUPLES 1 SINGLE,2015)中,巴塞洛(Barceló)借鉴了他的 家乡马略卡岛的海底世界,这长久以来一直是他作品中的重要主题。画面中,带有 空洞黑眼窝的黑白兽类头骨,自一片蓝色濛雾的氛围中浮现出来。它们的形态非由 线条所勾画,而是透过面块和色彩来呈现,这手法正正唤起我们在水中隐约与海洋 生物不期而遇的体验。艺术家本人自童年起便有潜水捕捉章鱼、鱿鱼和各种鱼类的 经验,亦因此经常把潜水和绘画相提并论:「对我来说,潜水与绘画非常近似。在太 空中漂浮,你是平行的[......] 有时我们在水底超过两分钟;我们是静止的。」艺术家的个展《灰色绘法》(Grisailles)将展示他的新作,现正于2022年10月8日到 2023年1月7日期间,在巴黎庞坦的Thaddaeus Ropac画廊展出。