施承澤 • 與重力抗衡

“身為專業雕塑家，我喜歡在細微的瞬間透過感性觀察去品味生活，並在千變萬化的詩意與想像空間中尋找動人形態的可能性。對我而言，藝術創作是一種分享日常生活情趣與故事的方式。”

施承澤的雕塑始於一種矛盾：一種通常與重量、阻力和恆久性相關的材料，卻呈現出宛如液體的形態。在這些舒展的造形中，體量在空間中延展、折疊並向外敞開，勾勒出的輪廓彷彿遊走於「物體」與「姿態」之間。

承澤對於金屬材質的長期琢磨，透過處理雕塑媒材所展現的自信中顯露無遺。看似輕盈自如的表面之下，蘊含著極高的工藝掌控力──尤其是在狹窄的支撐結構轉向懸空延展的豐富形態，或是雕塑主體被鏤空開鑿出孔洞的部位。然而，雕塑的技術本身並非關注的焦點；真正重要的是它所營造出的整體動態體驗。

那光潔的藍色表面增添了一層曖昧的特質。它既可讓人聯想到水、天空或工業設計，甚至某種生物形態，卻又不局限於任何單一的意象。這種開放性恰好契合了承澤對日常生活中細微觀察與情緒的關注。他並未將這些體驗限定為一種敘事，而是賦予了它們具體的物質形態──既輕盈靈動、極具流線感，又展現一種出人意料的生命力。

Circle Foundation for the Arts, “Art IDEAL 6”, p. 22

Jason Shih • An Argument with Gravity

“As a professional sculptor, I like to experience the taste of life through perceptual observation in subtle moments, and I am drawn to the ever-changing possibilities of forms within poetic, imaginary space. For me, artistic creation is a way of sharing the moods and stories found in daily life.”

Jason Shih’s sculpture begins with a contradiction. A material associated with weight, resistance and permanence is made to behave as though it were liquid. In these sweeping forms, mass stretches, folds and opens into space, producing silhouettes that seem caught somewhere between an object and a gesture.

Shih’s long engagement with metal is evident in the confidence of these transitions. There is considerable technical control behind surfaces that appear effortless, particularly where narrow supports expand into broad cantilevered forms or openings are carved through the body of the sculptures. Yet the engineering never becomes the point. What matters is the sensation of movement it makes possible.

The polished blue surface adds another ambiguity. It can suggest water, sky, industrial design or even something biological without settling into any one association. This openness fits Shih’s interest in the small observations and moods of everyday life. Rather than fixing those experiences into narratives, he gives them physical form: buoyant, aerodynamic and unexpectedly alive.