台北當代藝術館 官方網站 Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei

黃甯的創作向來以自身情感為出發點，以時間為生命軸，錄像則是他擅長、喜愛的表述形式，因為錄像最能夠探討表達時間在生命中刻劃的種種痕跡。時間劃過生命當下的喜悅或苦痛，都是藝術家靈感的源頭，如何捕捉生命留下的足跡印痕，也成了驅動創作的力量。時光悠悠，看似虛無，但是映印在生命和生活現實時，就會有不同的顯現，黃甯運用紀實或構設的影像來詮釋抽象虛無的時間概念，試圖在不斷往前推移的時間軸線中，去尋找和定位自我生命成長的關鍵節點和不同段落。 在人生過程中，一些陸續發生的事件，除了個別激發黃甯對生命的見解體悟、挫折教訓及心靈喜悅，也交織成藝術家回觀自我成長經歷的不同索引和總體印記，它們是時間與事件的證明，也是心靈和記憶的憑藉。黃甯以藝術創作印證了生活感知和生命體悟的變化，近幾年，他連續歷經了求學、就業、結婚、為人父等幾件人生大事，時間的滾輪推著生命順利前行，他固然甘之如飴，但也激發了他想要細膩地檢視一些預期和未預期事件的創作意圖，黃甯這一次《大日子》個展的三組作品，就是這個藝術念頭的產物。 在人生過程中，一些陸續發生的事件，除了個別激發黃甯對生命的見解體悟、挫折教訓及心靈喜悅，也交織成藝術家回觀自我成長經歷的不同索引和總體印記，它們是時間與事件的證明，也是心靈和記憶的憑藉。黃甯以藝術創作印證了生活感知和生命體悟的變化，近幾年，他連續歷經了求學、就業、結婚、為人父等幾件人生大事，時間的滾輪推著生命順利前行，他固然甘之如飴，但也激發了他想要細膩地檢視一些預期和未預期事件的創作意圖，黃甯這一次《大日子》個展的三組作品，就是這個藝術念頭的產物。 Ning Huang’s creative endeavors have always departed from his personal emotions. With time used as the axis of life, he works with his preferred medium of video, because with video, he could fully express the various tracks and marks in life. The joys or pains in life are the inspirations for the artist, and how to capture the footprints of life is the motivational force behind his art. Time never ceases to move forward, although invisible but it shows up in various forms to reflect the realities of life. Ning Huang uses both nonfiction and fictional images to portray the sense of abstractedness in time, and amidst the ever moving time, he attempts to find the key points and different phases in his own life. The different happenings in life have inspired Huang to reach enlightenment about life and also to experience all the challenges, obstacles, and spiritual contentment within. These life’s experiences have woven together the different marks and imprints from the artist’s life. They are the proofs of time and events, and are also evidences comprised with his mind, spirit, and memories. Huang uses art to demonstrate the changes in life, and in the recent years, he has gone through some major life events, including school, career, marriage, and fatherhood. The wheel of time continues to spin, and along the way, as he savors the sweetness in life, he is also stimulated to carefully inspect and create images based on the expected and also unexpected events. The three artworks included in this solo exhibition, Once in a Life Time, are the outcomes derived from his thoughts on life and time. Time is the central element used by Huang to express his rich emotions, and in conjunction with the different important monumental days in his life, the artist creates poetic images to portray several transient yet important moments in his life. The audience is invited to enter into his visual world and to be immersed in an emotional state interwoven by time, space, images, physical body, soulfulness, objects, and sentiments.