Cropped San Francisco

Few weeks ago, I took some pictures in San Francisco.

I took them because I like what I saw but the result is always far from what I expect.

The reason is clear. We only saw and remember things we want to see and everything else was ignored and photos are simply showing every little details which includes what we ignored.

I decide to take out what I do not want to see, and fill in with black, and now it is much closer to what I remember.

照片總是和想的不同,但是卻忠實的記錄了看見的記住的,也記錄了所有不預期的.

前幾周在舊金山市區拍了些照片,這張照片並不起眼,但拍照時仍記得那腦中的景象.

決定把一些並不預期出現的部分以黑色代替,這應該是比較接近當時腦中的景象,也是畫畫時會想描繪的.

Arizona Sky

White Sand Dune in New Mexico

Drawing/Charcoal

The Flight to Seattle

Paintings?

These are the photos which look like paintings.


One is in Getty Center in California and one is in Capitoline Museums in Rome

Mountains

Mt. Rainier and Mt. Baker.

Trees in Golden Gate Park

Italy Trip 2012/04

From 2 thousands years ago to 100 years ago. From Italy to US and back to Italy.
Here are some sculptures were made more than two thousands years and they remain remarkable and it leads to some of greatest American artists in the end of 19th century we all admire today.


Both John Singer Sargent and William Merritt Chase were teaching in Florence for a short period of time and they did commission portrait of themselves for The Uffizi Gallery in 1906 and 1905.


The Sculptures were just unbelievable and made more than two thousands years ago. Even today with all the advanced knowledge and tools, there are so few artists could reach this level.


I posts some Hi-Res Images in 

The Material of Art

I will keep updating some more soon.

The End of Art Book Printing!? 印刷術的最後一天

03/16/2012 the highest quality LCD ever will get into many people's hand, and it is affordable.
News paper is fading away and we all know the reasons and the next is all the pictures based paints/books!
Technology is here, and it is the first time we can see such high quality replica painting on our hand and everyone seeing the same! Books/Printing will serves one purpose which is for collectors.


This may not happen in next year, but after 5 years we will see significant change, and next 15 we may not see the retail bookstores.


What does this mean to be an commercial artist? Is making more digital painting grantees for the future or people will appreciate traditional media more so Pencil Drawings/ Oil Paintings will be more valuable in next 10 years? 


印刷術的最後一天?!


印刷終究是原作的取代,如今他將被另一個方式取代 

電腦的發明改進了很多印刷流程,如今印刷術將不是被改進,而是被取代.傳統報紙的消失我們都知道原因.
03/16/2012如今伴隨的有史以來最精緻的螢幕產生,所有的美術印刷品終將被取代,剩餘的價值就是收藏,當然這些都不會在明年發生,但五年內會有明顯的改變,未來的十五年,可能見不到傳統的書店.


一個巨大的連鎖反應,並不只是在印刷的消失,而是產生內容的形式與創作都會受到影響.

這對於一個致力於商業藝術的人而言代表了些甚麼? 多專研數位創作可以保證未來?或是多使用傳統媒材? 因為在未來將不會有太多的傳統媒材創作所以會被收藏?

Technology and Art

I made another blog which is separated from the current blog.
On this blog I prefer post mostly art works and I will be posting the topics which I usually do not post here.
Here is the blog.


http://material-art.blogspot.com/ 

Technology and Art


There are things technology helps and there are things do not get any benefit from it.
I have been dreaming about portable electronic devices which I can carry around and be able to paint/draw on it.


There are old ways I still do. Small blank notebooks is great.
But as my career develops more design oriented these few years, I realized being able to change dramatically on the same existing drawings/paintings is critical. Traditional media is missing that which make some these devices have chance to survive.


In 2011 Samsung release a 5 inch phone which equipped with Wacom pen.
Kodak stop making 120/220 or 35mm slides in 2012. They invented Digital Cameras and now they lost their market because of it. Nikon released 36Megapixel DSLR which reached Medium Format quality in the first time with affordable price in 2012.


Nicolai Fechin is one of my favorite artists and he talked about subjects changes by the time and the meaning of it fades but techniques remained there. We could put a question mark on it but we all know his paintings are hanging every where and people are still stunned in front of his paintings.




科技幫助了某些事情,但有些科技卻無法取代的
總夢想著可以帶著一個行動裝置可以讓我畫畫/紀錄


一本空白筆記本是個很好的選擇,但這幾年來,做了很多設計的工作,希望能即時的做改變,傳統筆紙很難應付這些狀況,這也是為甚麼那麼多的數位行動裝置仍有他的生存空間,即使是這麼的不成熟


柯達發明了數位相機,在2012停止生產120/220 與135正片, 因為流失了他們主要的市場. Nikon在2012第一次推出了一般人可以負擔的中型底片品質的數位相機. 這些都改變著世界, 改變著創造藝術的形式.


Nicolai Fechin 費欽是我敬佩的一位畫家,他說過畫的主題內容會因時間而淡去,但技法不會. 這句話值得思考與懷疑, 但可以確信的, 當今他的畫在很多博物館都收藏著, 而且他的畫仍十分震撼!

Snoqualmie Falls

An old Nikon Lenses_Nikkormat EL series

Recently I charged the battery for Kodak DCS 14n and start to use it again.


The lower two photos were took with the Nikon 50mm manual lenses which I got from my parent and my parent got it from my grandmother, and she bought it new from Japan. 


She passed away at her age 60 when I was six grade in elementary school in 1989.


Nikkormat EL series (1972–1977, known in Japan as the Nikomat EL series)

Medium Format in1999

These photos were took in 1999 with medium format cameras.

The first one was Mamiya 7 II+43mm, and scanned by Epson scanner.

The second one was Fuji G690III, and scanned by drum scanner. The resolution is 5405x7966 which is around 43 megapixel  

In 1999 Kodak came out consumer DC215 camera and professional DCS 300 which is 1 megapixel and 3 megapixel. Today 2012 they stop making them.

In 2011 Sony came out a digital camera called NEX-7 which is 24.3 megapixel.

覺得上面這些數字很有趣.攝影也一路跟著走過來了,今天發現這兩張照片放在一起也是有趣.第一張照片是當時后里木工廠的照片,也是支持我們一家的經濟來源,如今工廠改建出租.第二張是綠島柚子湖的照片,大學時期和幾個最要好的朋友一同出遊拍的照片,到目前還未回到那邊,不知變得如何了.

攝影的技術門檻曾經很高,數位相機去除了所有等待沖洗的時間,這巨幅縮短了學習的時間,攝影變得更大眾化,大眾化帶來的便利,攝影神奇的面紗卻被帶走. 比如顏色更美,構圖更加,更驚人的細節這些環節變得更細小. 人是偏向被前所未見的人事物感動而追求. 很多環節都可以觸發那情緒,而且歷史上類似的事周而復始的循環,這代表著我們容易遺忘也容易受感動.

攝影從19世紀初實驗階段,到今天的發展. 看各種媒材都發生過類似的事情.
藝術的產生似乎都是在各種受限的情況下有著驚人的突破而被歌頌,而消費式電子產品的產生也類似的.縱使各種發明讓某些突破在今天唾手可得,卻再也不讓人感動驚奇而漸漸被遺忘,之後人繼續追求在受限環境下的不可能而往前.

藝術的根本

一些經過時間思考仍粗略的想法

數學是可以表現出接近完美的形式,非常的純粹,可以很美,極度單純而複雜.

進了政治大學應用數學系,沒能學透也沒能精通,但卻讓見識到了甚麼是數學,現在回想是件很幸福的事,深感自己是井底之蛙.

然而在學數學的那段時間,有件特別有趣的事,數學看似甚麼都能質疑,然後加以證明,進而理解,所有的疑問似乎都能追根究柢,毫無掩飾的表現,但是到了最根本的那層,質疑還可以被證明嗎? "1"是甚麼? "+"是甚麼 1+1=2這是甚麼嗎? 數學有些根本上的元素不適合被質疑也沒有適合方法證明,如果最基礎的元素被質疑,所有的建構都是虛無.

藝術是圍繞著人而產生的,數學是個很好的借鏡,釐清甚麼是建構我們所創作藝術的根本元素或許是一個能導向學習藝術很好的方法. 物理面,人類普遍擁有著對稱與些微的不對稱;普遍平衡的身體; 一對可以奔跑和投擲的雙臂; 靈巧的手與不可思議的五感等,在感性面,負面的有暴食、色欲、貪婪、忌妒、暴怒、懶惰、驕傲及傲慢這西方七原罪,或是七情六慾喜、怒、哀、懼、愛、惡、慾, 色欲、形貌欲、威信姿態欲、言語音聲欲、細滑欲、人想欲等等都可說是身為人最基本的,都是渴求的,如果質疑這些,那還存在些甚麼? 由這來反證, 脫離這些最基本建構人的元素,那產物的存在價值是很有爭議的. 

最讓人不願意見到的就是質疑自己是人這件事.

Mt. Diablo State Park