透過詩境的想像，人們能在日常時光中意外發掘細微事物的美感。有時是相似經驗的美好聯想，有時則是美學意識的觸類旁通。而雕塑創作正是從光影和形色的時空條件中，引領人們親臨詩情的一種體驗途徑。經由創造性的啟發，寬容與感性的觀察。雕塑家將美感賦予鮮明的性格，讓形色幻化為豐富的表情。在體量的趨勢與節奏的流動間，最終以作品凝記下如過隙之駒般的美感情節，靜待觀者的邂逅。而這樣的美感邂逅，不僅是參與回溯雕塑家的美學感通經歷，同時也是觀者反身自照美感經驗的靈光之旅。

本展呈現雕塑家施承澤新近的現代抽象雕塑創作成果。施承澤的抽象雕塑創作，一方面以悠揚的情懷述說著美感經驗的緣起；另一方面，也在色彩、造形和肌理所形塑的真實物相中，俐落地標誌出生命種種美好事物的深刻樣貌。作品在自然的山川風雲間，探索流動的、漂浮的情緒風貌；以感性的創作手法，詮釋姿態的、動能的形意舞姿；也嘗試從張力豐沛的語境來展現生命的、表情的花樣年華。每一件作品都述說著各自的創造性、活脫的意象，和特有的情懷。

「靈光意象－施承澤抽象雕塑創作展」，在自由不羈的形貌風格下，作品細膩婉約而兼具戲劇張力。作品集錦成為一場繽紛亮麗的協奏盛宴，而由風、舞和花三個主題所含括的23件雕塑系列創作，則成為串連整齣戲碼的精彩旋律。

“風”
主題特徵：流動的、漂浮的
系列作品：雲 (#1)、雲山出岫 (#2)、風、翔、嵐、追、太初、日出洄瀾

創作理念：
風和雲總是來來去去，是時空中一種即興的存在。輕盈的體量、幻化的光影，或流動、或漂浮，在動態中變化萬千。風和雲也像人們的情緒，在向陽時恢弘壯麗，在逆光時混沌幽暗。或許，每個人心裡都住著一朵雲，隨著風起雲湧，也隨著風平浪靜。也或許，川流不息的風，也像川流不息的我們—想像風和雲那樣的氣息，像漂浮的山嵐、海風捲起的洄瀾，彷彿無時無刻映照我們的心情呼吸著、繾綣著、靉靆著，如實地呈現當下我們的心境。

物質或實相，如果有動能條件的介入，就會產生視覺在時間和空間上的邏輯關係辯證，戲劇性的張力或意象形式的轉化。雕塑以固態的造形來呈現美好的視覺體驗，就像去說一個生動的故事—在空間中綜合不同角度或時間的觀察集錦，雕塑是透過特有的構成手法、慣用符碼及色彩，來展現詩境中彷彿正在發生的的美感意象。

“舞”
主題特徵：姿態的、動能的
系列作品：旋 (#3)、風 (#4)、昇、浪、彼方、羽、相忘

創作理念：
如果建築是凝結的音樂，那麼雕塑就是空間中的舞者。隨著觀者的動態觀賞，雕塑的豐富姿態，自然也隨著時間與光影而不停轉化。而就在這偌大的時空環境劇場裡，那湖面上的風、水中的游魚、水邊佇立的鷺鷥，或是波濤洶湧的海浪，便以色彩、造形和肌理，來交織演繹著重力和光影的華麗共舞。在抽象作品的動態美感中，觀眾將欣賞到隨著如舞者的姿態被輕輕喚起輕盈的、流線的簡約美感，以及充滿趨勢張力的光影造化。

雕塑和芭蕾的共同處，是在於重力的應對。對金屬雕塑而言，重力的影響特別是在造形結構點上的相關佈建。造形美感的本身，往往就是結構完美應對、詮釋重力的結果。愈是艱險的芭蕾動作，愈能體現人體掙脫重力的頑強意志。一如桀傲不馴/横空出世/荒誕乖張的自由造形，恰能觸動人心深處記憶猶新的悸動。

“花”
主題特徵：生命的、表情的
系列作品：圓 (#5)、曙 (#6)、蘭、初春（初心）、焱、芽、崢嶸、海的記憶

創作理念：
植物是人們分享生命美好體驗的完美連結。迎著曙光的新芽，讓人充滿無限想像；盛夏崢嶸的竹節，綻放向上爭高的生命力；結實累累、豐收圓滿的成果，是人們辛勤耕耘的期望。花的意象，經常是人們寄寓心境的一種典型，除了在形式、象徵符號的援引外，花所呈顯的精神寓意，在人文精神或文化意涵上也經常被借喻。在創作中以花為引信，借鏡成行創作者詩境中的意象之旅，常能為優雅的想像空間開啟許多可能性。

春風化雨或迎風搖曳；韜光養晦或盡情綻放。人生百態，也猶如春天百花齊放的時節，每個生命都有自己的紋理，時而秀麗光彩，時而內斂寂靜。恰如觀者眼前的雕塑，隨著光的洗錬，在時空長河的映照下，當人們面對生命和諧溫婉的願力，生命終將轉化為一首長詩，讓人們徜徉在自己瑰麗的情調裡。

人們說創作者像園丁，捻花蒔草、耕耘著自己的夢想花園。施承澤則更像馬戲團班子的馴獸師—在美學探索和應物象形間，調理著各種迷人屬性的實相。雖說動植物都是美麗的物種，但優雅調柔和生猛乖張，確實是兩個世界的故事。只是，在詩境的意象與戲劇性張力上，這樣的鮮活動態與光影量體—施承澤的馬戲團，或許也正能夠如實呈現著雕塑家內心小劇場的樣子。

Through poetic imagination, people can unexpectedly discover the beauty of subtle things in daily life. Sometimes it is a beautiful association of similar experiences, sometimes it is an analogy of aesthetic consciousness. Sculpture creation is a way to lead people to experience poetry in person from the time and space conditions of light, shadow and form. Through creative inspiration, tolerance and emotional observation. The sculptor imparts beauty to distinct characters and transforms shapes into rich expressions. Between the trend of volume and the flow of rhythm, the beautiful plot like a fleeting moment is finally recorded in the work, waiting for the viewer to encounter it. Such an aesthetic encounter is not only a retrospective of the sculptor’s aesthetic experience, but also a journey of inspiration for the viewer to reflect on his own aesthetic experience.

This exhibition presents the recent creations of modern abstract sculptures by sculptor Jason Shih. Jason’s abstract sculpture creations, on the one hand, tell the origin of aesthetic experience with melodious emotions. On the other hand, they also clearly mark the profound appearance of various beautiful things in life in the real objects shaped by color, form and texture. The work explores flowing and floating emotions in the natural mountains, rivers, wind and clouds. Using perceptual creative techniques to interpret gestures and kinetic dance movements; it also attempts to show the life and expressions of the Mood for Love from a context full of tension. Each work tells its own creativity, vivid imagery, and unique emotions.

“Aura Imagery – Jason Shih’s Abstract Sculpture Exhibition”, under the free and uninhibited morphological style, the works are delicate, graceful and dramatic. The collection of works has become a colorful and bright concert feast, and the creation of a series of 23 sculptures covered by the three themes of wind, dance and flower has become a wonderful melody that connects the entire drama.

“Wind”
Theme characteristics: flowing, floating
Series of works: Cloud (#1), Emerging (#2), Wind, Flying, Vapor, Chasing, The Beginning, Dawn at Sea

Creative concept:
Wind and clouds always come and go, an impromptu existence in time and space. The light body, the changing light and shadow, may flow or float, changing in a dynamic way. The wind and clouds are like people’s emotions. They are magnificent when facing the sun while chaotic and dark when against the sun. Perhaps, there is a cloud living in everyone’s heart, which rises and falls with the wind and calms. Or maybe, the wind never stops flowing is like us always moving. Imagine the breath like wind and clouds, like the floating mountains and the ripples rolled up by the breeze. It seems to reflect our mood all the time, breathing, lingering, and whispering, truthfully to present our current state of mind.

Material or reality, if there is the intervention of kinetic energy conditions, it will produce a logical dialectical relationship in time and space, dramatic tension or transformation of image forms. Sculptures use solid shapes to present a beautiful visual experience, just like telling a vivid story – a collection of observations from different angles or times in space. The sculptures are presented through unique composition techniques, customary codes and colors. A beautiful image that seems to be happening in the poetic realm.

“Dance”
Theme characteristics: gesture, kinetic energy
Series of works: Turning (#3), Wind (#4), Rising, Wave, Beyondness, Bird, Fish within Water

Creative concept:
If architecture is condensed music, then sculpture is the dancer in space. With the dynamic viewpoint of the viewer, the sculpture’s rich postures naturally transform with time, light and shadow. And in this huge environmental setting, the wind through the lake, the fish swimming in the water, the herons standing by the shore, or the rogue waves. Using color, shape and texture to interweave the gravity, light and shadow like dancing. In the dynamic beauty of the abstract works, the audience will appreciate the simple beauty of lightness and streamlines that are gently evoked by the dancer’s posture, as well as the light and shadow creation with tension.

What sculpture and ballet have in common is the response to gravity. For metal sculptures, the influence of gravity is especially related to the layout of the structural points. The beauty of form itself is often the result of the structure’s perfect response to and interpretation of gravity. The more dangerous the ballet movements are, the more they reflect the human body’s tenacious will to escape gravity. Just like the unruly/out-of-the-air/absurd free form, it can touch the throbbing that is fresh in people’s hearts.

“Flower”
Theme features: life, expression
Series of works: Circle (#5), Dawn (#6), Orchid, Early Spring (First Heart), Flaming, Sprout, Peaking, Memory of the Sea

Creative concept:
Plants are the perfect connection for people to share the wonderful experiences of life. The new sprouts facing the dawn fill people with infinite imagination; the majestic bamboo in midsummer bloom with the vitality of striving upward; the fruitful harvest is the expectation of people’s hard work. The image of flowers is often a typical way for people to express their state of mind. In addition to being cited in form and symbolic symbols, the spiritual meaning presented by flowers is also often used as a metaphor in the humanistic spirit or cultural connotation. Using flowers as a fuse in creation to carry out the artist’s journey of imagery in the poetic realm can often open up many possibilities for elegant imagination.

The various forms of life are just like the season in spring when hundreds flowers bloom. Each life has its own texture, sometimes beautiful and glorious, sometimes restrained and silent. Just like the sculpture in front of the viewer, with the shine of light and the reflection of the time and space, when people face the desire for harmony and gentleness in life, life will eventually be transformed into a long poem, allowing people to wander in their own magnificent mood.

People say that creators are like gardeners, twisting flowers and weeds, cultivating their own dream gardens. Jason Shih is more like an animal trainer in a circus troupe. Adjusting the reality of various charming attributes between aesthetic exploration and object iconography. Although animals and plants are beautiful species, the elegance and harmony and the violence and perversity are indeed a story of two worlds. However, in terms of poetic imagery and dramatic tension, such vivid dynamics and volume of light and shadow – Shi Chengze’s circus may be able to faithfully present the appearance of the sculptor’s inner little theater.

Exhibition period: March 8 – April 23, 2024
Opening Reception: March 10th (Sunday) 3 PM
Exhibition Hall: Yingge Guangdian Art Center – Spot Gallery
Address: 3rd Floor, No. 18, Ceramic Street, Yingge District, New Taipei City