Malcolm T. Liepke,美国画家,1953年生于明尼苏达州,去加州上美术学院,结果一年半后就辍学,然后跑去纽约,自学绘画,据说其师承印象派的那一脉:萨金特、德加、劳特累克、惠斯勒、维亚尔,以及更早的“老大师”委拉斯开兹。他画肖像——显而易见,主要是美女的肖像。她们多半有着模特般的脸,棱角分明,嘴唇润泽,躯体更是不得了,凹凸有致如同维密天使的超模。她们已然性感,而Malcolm使她们尤为如此——油彩赋予她们白里透红的苹果肌肤,几乎可令人想象其富有弹性的触感;笔触则多少让她们不那么死板,以免陷入彻底的庸俗色情主义。他将肉欲凸显在画布上,虽然背后仍可以虚无主义来解读之。 Party's Over, 2017 Oil on canvas 20 9/10 × 29 9/10 in 53 × 76 cm Party Hats, 2017 Oil on canvas 22 × 18 1/10 in 56 × 46 cm She's an Angel, 2018 Oil on Canvas 48 × 36 in 121.9 × 91.4 cm Difference of Opinion , 1996 Oil on Canvas 24 × 18 in 61 × 45.7 cm End of the Night, 2017 Oil on canvas 20 1/10 × 20 1/10 in 51 × 51 cm Checkered Shirt, 2019 Oil on canvas 14 × 16 in 35.6 × 40.6 cm Angel, 2019 Oil on canvas 30 × 24 in 76.2 × 61 cm Let Me Hold You, 2021 Oil on canvas 12 × 14 in 30.5 × 35.6 cm Blown Skirt, 2019 Oil on canvas 40 × 42 in 101.6 × 106.7 cm Striped Bed, 2018 Oil on canvas 22 × 16 in 55.9 × 40.6 cm At The Bar, 2018 Oil on canvas 22 × 16 in 55.9 × 40.6 cm Big Red Pillow, 2021 Oil on canvas 16 × 22 in 40.6 × 55.9 cm Her Own Corner, 2020 Oil on canvas 36 × 36 in 91.4 × 91.4 cm All Alone, 2018 Oil on canvas 18 × 24 in 45.7 × 61 cm Balloons, 2017 Oil on canvas 24 1/5 × 18 1/10 in 61.5 × 46 cm 毫无疑问,Malcolm的绘画是挑逗性的,尤其是近年来所画的美女,那几乎让人可以论断一个事实:老男人对葆有青春和生命力的执念,现在只能可悲地寄托于描绘妙曼女郎这件事上了。想想国内的写实画家,比如李贵君——所绘的无非是娇幼的少女,处在青春期和成熟女人的中段,身体已散发性的诱惑力,面容和眼神却被留在纯真年代——充分证明了画家的遮遮掩掩。 |
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