Xu Hualing (B. 1975), Aroma 2-7

Aroma 2-7
2004

signed on the lower left
Chinese mineral ink on silk

133.5 x 74.5 cm (52 9/16 x 29 5/16 in)

Provenance
Michael Goedhuis Gallery, London
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Exhibited
New York, Michael Goedhuis Gallery, The Next Generation: A Return to Painting, January 2005

Literature
Chinese Contemporary Artists Case Study: Xu Hualing's Figures, Beijing, 2005, p. 3, illustrated in colour

徐華翎
香2-7
礦物顏料絹本
2004年作

簽名：翎 2004（左下）

來源
倫敦Michael Goedhuis畫廊
現藏家得自上述來源

展覽
「新一代：繪畫的回歸」，紐約Michael Goedhuis畫廊，2005年1月

出版
《中國當代著名畫家個案研究：徐華翎工筆人物》，北京，2005年，第三頁，彩圖

Xu Hualing takes Gongbi figurative painting as the main pillar of her artistic journey. Beneath her brushstrokes are thoughtful and tender sentiments of a modern woman being revealed. In her work, Xu displays her perspective softly and effortlessly, vague yet with a hint of unique mysterious temperament of oriental aesthetics. Through the application of different shades in translucent stone-coloured paint and the traditional Gongbi brushwork technique of omitting the outline and filling of colours, Xu uses the "boneless painting method" to present a translucent image and a blurred visual effect. By exploring the subject of modern humanism, youth, time and gender, the artist's work portray a strong sense of time and generation. Aroma 2-7 presents a moment when the woman looks back in a portrait format that is filled with a sense of visual fluidity, delivering a sense of gentle and elegant nebulous beauty. Xu's delicate and perceptual presentation unveils the affectionate and sentimental characteristics of women, and reinterprets the transition of Gongbi figurative painting.

徐華翎以工筆人物畫作為藝術創作的主軸，她筆下柔美淡然的現代女性總是若有所思、欲言又止，處處顯露東方審美中獨有的神秘氣質。透過運用多種深淺不一、莫以名狀的透亮灰褐色，省略勾線填色的傳統重彩工筆技藝，徐華翎輕巧地利用「沒骨法」呈現具半透明感的畫面，以及模糊化的視覺效果。針對現代人文精神與生存經驗觸及青春時光、日常、性別等議題，讓描繪的女性形象具備時代感。《香2-7》當中以直幅呈現女子回眸的一瞬，畫面流溢若即若離的視覺流動感，予人溫婉雅致的朦朧美。徐華翎細膩的感性表現展現女性柔情似水的特質，重新詮釋工筆人物的風格化進程。