莎莉來(lái)了，帶來(lái)了拉美的絢麗色彩，也帶來(lái)了天使的溫度。
其實(shí)，我挺怕看冷冰冰的畫、假惺惺的畫、心里糾結(jié)的畫、委屈為難的畫、諂媚討巧的畫、著急上火的畫。那些看起來(lái)絲毫不快樂(lè)的畫，總讓我對(duì)作畫者充滿同情。我的直覺(jué)和心情會(huì)告訴自己，什么畫好看，什么畫別扭，什么畫勉強(qiáng)。聰明人畫畫當(dāng)然也讓人佩服，但如果畫里面的計(jì)算太多、修飾過(guò)度，太冷靜、沒(méi)情緒，也不完美。
所以，我看莎莉的畫就很開(kāi)心，她的畫是快樂(lè)的，像溫暖的太陽(yáng)直接照到人心里面，可以治療抑郁癥。莎莉的畫有原生藝術(shù)的自由、直接、奔放，色彩和線條充滿音樂(lè)感和節(jié)奏感。她想把生活本身的情態(tài)畫到畫面里，既不是講道理，也不是擺學(xué)理，她感興趣的是萬(wàn)事萬(wàn)物平等相處、不求分辨的那種“傳神”——用畫直接表達(dá)大千世界和日常生活中充滿生命細(xì)節(jié)的情緒美感、氣氛美感、色彩美感、聲音美感、身體美感、神態(tài)美感。
莎莉是幸運(yùn)的，她有一位全力愛(ài)護(hù)她，守護(hù)著天使的天使——她的母親，還有她在中央美院遇到的好老師、好同學(xué)，賞識(shí)她作品的藝術(shù)推廣人和策展人——他們懂得欣賞這樣的藝術(shù)，知道天使畫畫不用照著一般的規(guī)矩來(lái)，可以穿透表面直達(dá)萬(wàn)事萬(wàn)物照耀生命輝煌的光明本質(zhì)。她的色彩、線條、筆觸、造型、構(gòu)圖、節(jié)奏，表達(dá)得如此自信而直接，似乎不帶任何成見(jiàn)地看事物、看生活，感覺(jué)永遠(yuǎn)強(qiáng)烈，感情永遠(yuǎn)投入，讓看畫者內(nèi)心也如孩童般興致勃勃。仿佛每一張畫，都是獻(xiàn)給生命的一份禮物，畫畫像過(guò)節(jié)一樣開(kāi)心！
這么好的感受力和自信表達(dá)，只有不藏城府的天使才有。
2017年6月14日于北師大
甄巍，教授，博士生導(dǎo)師，北京師范大學(xué)藝術(shù)與傳媒學(xué)院副院長(zhǎng)，京師美術(shù)館館長(zhǎng)
The Everyday Angel of Art
Sally has arrived, bringing with her the warmth of an angel, in her vibrant colors that are tinged with Latin-American flavors.
To be honest, I am rather afraid of paintings that are gloomy and cold, that are insipid and superficial, distressing and ambivalentand paintings that are about chagrin and grievance, anxieties and angst. These paintings, which do not containa speck of joy, always fill me up with sorrowfor the painter. My instincts and emotions tell me whichpaintings are beautiful and whichpaintings are discordant, as well as which painters try too hard and so on. Clever artists often paint in a manner that people admire and respect. However,whenthe composition is too calculated and deliberate, or too overtly polished, calm, detached or emotionless;then that is not idealeither.
That is why, when I look at Sally’s work, I am overwhelmed by happiness. Her paintings are delightful. They beam into our hearts like the gentle rays of the sun, and, like the sun, they bring soothing and therapeutic warmth. Sally’s paintings possess a sense of freedom, guilelessness, and uninhibitedness that are reminiscent of art brut, with colors and lines that are both musical and rhythmic. She desiresto evoke the mood and spirit of life, itself, through her paintings. Her art isnot without firm background concepts, but it is never pedantic. She is interested in the harmonious coexistence of everything under the sun, revealinga “vividness” that does not discriminate. Through her works, she expresses the finer details of the world and life, as well as the beauty of emotions, the beauty of atmospheres, colors, sounds, the human body and the beauty of expression.
Sally is very fortunate;she is an angel with a guardian angel of her own: her mother, who supports her wholeheartedly. She has great teachers and fellow classmates at the China Central Academy of Fine Arts. She has art promoters and curators who appreciate her work – they understand that angels do not need to conform to the conventional rules of painting, in order to be able to infusethe splendid glow of life intoevery matter. Her colors, lines, brush strokes, forms, composition and rhythm are so confident and straightforward. Her works do not harbor any prejudice towards any subject matter;her perspective on life is always passionate and sincere, which allows her audience a glimpse of the artist’s heart and soul and which evokes a child-like sense of enthusiasm and zest in us. It seems that each painting is a gift to life itself and each painting feels as exuberant and festive asa fiesta!
Such amazing perception of the world and such a confident manner of expression could only belong to a pure and sincere angel.
June 14th, 2017, at Beijing Normal University
Zhen Wei
Professor and doctoral advisor at the Beijing Normal University School of Arts and Communication, and is also Assistant Dean at the Beijing Normal University as well as a curator of the Jingshi Gallery.