似水 / Remembrance Of Things Past: Women And Water

＜追憶、似水、年華＞系列之二。

Remembrance Of Things Past: Women And Water / Mar.2004
環氧樹脂, 金屬鍊
Epoxy, Chain

在我的想法裡，女人就像水一樣，有著千變萬化的多樣風貌，遇強則強，遇弱則弱。一會兒是溫柔潺潺的溪水，一會兒是頑固的巨大冰川，或是激動澎湃的浪濤...每個女人都自有她的美，每個年紀也都有不同的美，且大部分的美都不是外表的，而是內在那股強大的母性或是不屈不撓的堅強意念，也許外表柔弱、溫柔，卻在適當的時刻變成堅強的力量。

讓我最深深著迷的女人，就是亂世佳人中的「郝思嘉」（Scarlett），她美麗、堅強、熱情、對愛一無反顧、又充滿魅力，雖然也自私、太過獨立、倔強，卻一點都不影響我喜歡她的個性，女人就該這樣獨一無二，世人怎樣解讀一點都不重要。可「郝思嘉」是個虛構的人物，並無真實的形象，而在所有真實的女性當中，「瑪麗蓮夢露」（Marilyn Monroe）是一個非常有傳奇特質的女星，大家對她的印象都是性感、有女性魅力的，可是從我找到她小時候、年輕的照片看來，她曾經有清純、青澀的模樣，一個大家都沒有仔細尋找過的模樣。

於是，我將她這些多變的模樣，封在一個個透明如冰塊的結構中，一顆一顆如蜘蛛網般串聯起來，表現女人似水的特質。每一顆都是「瑪麗蓮」（Marilyn），每一顆也都不是「瑪麗蓮」（Marilyn），是一個曾經、一個影像，既是成長的面貌，也是美麗的面貌，有小、有少、有貌美如花、有慢慢衰老，但不可否認的是她精采的人生與帶給世人的感受，每一個片刻都是值得回憶的點點滴滴。

就像我們身邊接觸過的所有女人一樣，也許她們都不是世界上最美麗的女人，卻有一種不凡的特質與個性，在我們的心中永遠無法抹去。

In my opinion, women are like water. Water doesn't have any constant shape, it could flow tenderly in river; it could freeze hard like glacier; or it could be a billow dashed high by a storm. Water adapts itself to its environment, so do women. All women have their own beauty and characteristic, in every time, in every age, in every situation, women show different kinds of looks and bravery. The motherhood and inner beauty of women always can beat every thing and protect all of us.

The woman I admire most is "Scarlett" of "Gone with the Wind". She's so charming, beautiful, brave, enthusiastic..., but also selfish, obstinate, stubborn. But I still love her very much. She's so unique, and women should be unique, no matter what people think and look at. But "Scarlett" is fictitious, so I took "Marilyn Monroe" to be my Muse. She's a legend of sexy and desirable women. Even though she's image to everyone is a mature woman, I still can find the pictures of her youth age, a different look.

So I took the pictures of Marilyn's faces in a transparent ice cube shape, and linked like cobweb with chains. The pictures includes her young faces, mature faces, old faces..., every face is Marilyn, and every process is Marilyn. We can't deny the influence of time changes her face, but she's always glamorous in our memory.

Those faces are just like every woman on our side, like mother, sister, aunt, wife, daughter...,etc. Their faces will always in our hearts, and their behavior will influence us naturally and forever.