2017b Enjoyment in an Untroubled State (extract) 逍遙遊（節錄）

Yee Lick Eric Fung 馮以力 
 
Enjoyment in an Untroubled State (extract) 逍遙遊（節錄） 
 
Ink on paper 水墨紙本 
 
66 x 66 cm 
 
2023 
 
 
 
Artwork Statement 作品簡介 
 
I absorbed the characteristic of "broken strokes" in the Zhangcao style of calligraphy. Without violating the structure of the characters, I wrote with short and simple strokes, causing each character to be deconstructed and unified with the overall space, pushing the sense of dense composition to the extreme without overlapping. The intention is to present a feeling of order within chaos, moving from "sparse enough for a horse to gallop through, dense enough to block the wind" (as said by Deng Shiru) to another realm of "sparse enough to block the wind, dense enough for a horse to gallop through." (A viewer once said this calligraphy has sparseness within its density and asked if it expressed the spiritual realm of Zhuangzi's "Free and Easy Wandering" with its freedom of coming and going. This was not my original intention, but it is not without its interesting points.) 
 
我吸收了書法的章草體之「筆筆斷」特點，在不違反字體結構的前提下以短促而拙樸的筆劃書寫，令每字被拆解而與整體空間統一併合，使佈局的茂密之意推至極致但不重疊，意圖呈現亂中有序之感，由「疏可走馬，密不透風」（鄧石如語）進而達到「疏不透風，密可走馬」之另一境地。（曾有觀者說此書密中有疏，問是否表現莊子《逍遙遊》來去自如之精神境界。此實非我本意但也不失為一有趣之說。） 
 
 
About Artist 關於藝術家 
 
FUNG Yee Lick (b. 1985 Hong Kong, MA Fine Arts CUHK & MA Museum Studies University of Leicester) is an ink and mixed media artist. He has been experimenting with modern calligraphic representations. With an interest in exploring the origins of human consciousness, he also applies his art practice in response to the contemporary issues of identity and history. 
 
馮以力（1985年生，香港中文大學藝術文學碩士及英國萊斯特大學博物館學碩士），香港水墨與混合媒材藝術家，任教於香港大學專業進修學院書法文憑。其藝術實踐包括實驗書法現代性，探索人類意識、身份和歷史等當代議題。 
 
 
 
Personal Website 個人網站: https://www.fungyeelick.com/ 

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