Foreword
It was in the spring of 1997 when I first saw Karla Gaenssler’s work at the home of Professor Reinhard Renneberg. I was immediately attracted by the colors and materials in her work, and by her meticulous yet unconstrained style. Her choice of topics is simply intriguing. Though deeply impressed by Ms. Gaenssler’s work, I did not think it was feasible to hold an exhibition of hers in our library gallery.
It is due to Professor Renneberg’s tireless effort that we could, for the first time, bring Ms. Gaenssler’s art to Hong Kong. He has my gratitude. I wish also to thank the Goethe-Institut Hong Kong and Schenker International (H.K.) for providing funds to ship the artworks from Berlin to Hong Kong.
We are very proud to have the opportunity to display these extraordinary art pieces in the HKUST Library Gallery.
Min-min Chang
HKUST Library
創造岩石的意志
強烈地要求自由,乃形成自主的力量,就像火山,用岩漿迸發來表達熾熱的意志,這就是火成岩的故事。然而岩石也是由柔弱的滴水造成的,纖細而有明澈的智慧, 是感性而又蘊藉著生機,彷彿可以和你耳語交談,這就是水成岩了。而無論是火或是水,它們都是人類生活的一部份,因為它們可以暗示人類最精密的心理狀況和明 示軀理造形,常常使人感動而不知所以。因之我極端喜歡Karla Gaenssler的雕塑和繪畫,是她的作品有渾然的岩石的質感,無論她使用的材料是岩石、木材、金屬或一方白紙,我們都可以看到屬於大自然的構成肌理, 同時感覺到屬於人性迸發著的意志力量,以及令你會心的喁喁私語。
這一切是由一個偉大的抽象完成,唯有通過抽象我們才能獲致藝術表現的全貌。這也是一首詩的完成,語言清晰,層次矇矓。
我在一九九零年初夏,曾開車在當時尚處於分裂狀況中的東德尋訪哥德的故鄉。當驅車進入文化與工業並重的名 城萊比錫,使人觸目驚心的是列寧龐然的胸像端據在城中心廣場,光熠的大禿頭在薄暮中婉如巨輪落日。政治緊抓藝術使人心不能自主,造成哲學性的禁錮。非常湊 巧的是Karla Gaenssler的知識成長和藝術啟蒙正是處在這個禁錮中。她是萊比鍚大學畢業的,當時的 “哲學” 並未能禁錮Karla的藝術敏感和她超遠的想像力。當她的柏林時期開始,一種掙脫的迸發力量,使她隨心自在地承接了德意志現代藝術的傳統,而又異趣於西德 戰後的表現主義,因為她特有的 “表現” 既是巧思的,也是內心的自然秩序。
作為一個東方人的藝術讀者,非常喜歡她95年代的抽象作品,頗似元、明以後文人通過自創的皴法尋覓夢中 的山水。她95年有一幅題名Brief an U. (Letter to U.) 的畫,畫上文字刻載的剝蝕,淹留永恆的存疑,在金色固體的對比下,卻浮出東方式的對滄桑的容忍。另有幾幅跡近拼貼的作品,其中一幅題名 Verwobenes V (Woven #5) 的畫,竟貼了 “收賄客疑” 四個漢字。本來純粹畫的構成不需肯定這種符號的意義,但亦不免 “涉嫌”,”溫婉的譏諷”,使人覺得有趣。然而 “譏諷” 從來不是Karla的主題之一,她的作品多半是安祥的,而又有一種 “非如此不可的” 藝術安排,就像 “自然” 安祥地安排岩石,於是她移情岩石,”自然” 的安祥與力的歛聚才是她的主題。
Karla的技巧逐漸進境,在97年時期的一些作品中,我們看到藝術最珍貴的表現方式: 簡樸Simplicity。當你希望你的創作能在瞬間就感動人,堅持 “簡樸” 是不可讓步的。這也是詩的道理。
可惜不能多欣賞她97以後的作品,只有香港人才有這個眼福了。
鄭愁予
于耶魯大學
新港、康州
| 1954 | Born in Rudolstadt, Thuringia |
| 1977 | Studied in art education/history, Karl Marx University, Leipzig |
| 1978-79 | Ceramic form specialist, Torgau Earthenware Works |
| 1979-85 | Studies in sculpture, Art Academy of Berlin (Weissensee) |
| 1985-86 | Research Assistant, Art Academy of Berlin (Weissensee) |
| Since 1986 | Freelance |
| 1986, 1987, 1990, 1994 | Participant in stone sculptors’ symposia in Reinhardtsdorf |
| Since 1991 | Teaching at various institutions: – Department of Art Education of Humboldt University, Berlin (1991-97); – Free Art School of Berlin (1992-95), Brandenburg Institute for Advanced Teacher Training, Potsdam (1996), etc. |
| 1992, 1993 | Art education projects in Berlin schools |
| Since 1992 | Paper-making technique acquired Lives and works in Berlin and Friedenfelde |
Solo Shows
| 1991 | “Landschaften” (“Landscapes”): painting and sculpture, Berlin |
| 1995 | “Sein und Schein: Zeitspuren” (“Being and Illusion: Time’s Traces”): works in handmade paper and sandstone, Berlin "Vertikales" (“The Vertical”): works in handmade paper, Berlin Works in handmade paper works and sandstone, Glienicke |
| 1997 | Paper and Stone, Berlin |
| 1998 | “Vertikale Figurationen” (“Vertical Figurations”): works in handmade paper, graphics, sculpture, Berlin |
| 1999 | Works in handmade paper, stone and bronze, Berlin |
| 2000 | Works in handmade paper, graphics, works in sandstone, Berlin Works in handmade paper, graphics, sculpture, Saalfeld Recent works by Karla Gaenssler, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Library |
Group Exhibitions (selected)
| 1986 | First Annual Exhibition of Young Berlin Artists |
| 1988 | Werkstatt 88, with Maria Luise Faber, Kerstin Zilger, Hans-Joachim Niemann, Berlin |
| 1991 | “Zeitspuren” (“Time’s Traces”), Inventor e.V., Berlin |
| 1995 | “Informelle Poesie” (“Informal Poetry”), Inventor e.V., Berlin |
| 1997 | Second Annual Sculptors’ Symposium, New Art League of Saxony, Dresden |
| 1998 | Sculpture and graphics, with Helmut Mueller, Eichwalde |
| 1999 | Wood and stone sculptures, Fehmarn, with Puck Steinbrecher and Hilde Leiss |
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