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

這次在台北當代藝術館的首次個展，也是倪有魚繼2012年上海美術館個展後，再一次的階段性梳理。本展以「水滴石穿」為題，正是倪有魚幾年創作手法和藝術精神的縮影---許多作品從構思、準備到完成，通常延續多年，步驟極其緩慢，看似無關時效，但卻關注著時間。此外，藝術家近年來對於繪畫、裝置、雕塑、拼貼和影像等不同領域的探索和實踐，本展也做了同步的呈現，開放觀者閱讀其中縱橫交錯的網狀關係。

為了呼應當代藝術館館舍建築鮮明的歷史性格，藝術家特別根據展場空間的比例、特徵，構設本展動線及作品。長廊開端的《逍遙游》系列，是以陳年黑白小照片拼貼成的超寬景自然山水，引導觀者在行進中啟動時間與空間的想像;103展間的《神龕》系列，實際改造了世界各地蒐羅的木造彈珠遊戲台，而將世俗的遊戲機，轉換成帶有科幻趣味或神秘宗教感的靜物；102展間畫在一塊黑板上的星空繪畫《塵埃》，立意讓觀者從小小教室空間中去體驗浩瀚宇宙之美。

將湖石庭園和游泳池合為一體的《臥游池》，意在將古代園林石湖與老式泳池結合，讓人彷彿身處在一個靜謐悠然的微觀世界。以半成品蓮花座疊聚而成的仿高塔建築《浮屠II》，或隨著主觀性覺知不同而呈現度量性變化的《寸光陰》等裝置作品，都是藝術家透過物象來傳達跨越歷史與當下時代精神的象徵性隱喻，亦或者有著象徵性意涵的創作。 His first solo exhibition at the MoCA, Taipei this time is a presentation of another stage after his solo exhibition at the Shanghai Art Museum in 2012. The exhibition title uses the idiom, “constant dropping wears away a stone,” which epitomizes Ni’s creative method and artistic spirit in recent years—many of his works have taken many years from the initial conception, to the preparation, and to their final completion. The procedures would inch forward little by little. Although time has seemed irrelevant in the process of making, these works are actually about time itself. In addition, the artist’s creative exploration and artistic attempts in painting, installation, sculpture, collage, and video are also showcased in the exhibition, enabling audience to have a comprehensive reading of the intricate connection between these works.

Responding to the characteristic and historic architecture of the museum, Ni has specifically choreographed the exhibition and artworks according to the spatial ratio and distinctive quality of the gallery space. Freewheeling Trip at the beginning of the hallway is a panoramic natural landscape made with vintage black-and-white images, guiding audience’s temporal and spatial imagination in their movement through the exhibition. Shrine Series in R103 transforms wooden pinball machines collected from all over the world and converts them into still objects that are infused with a sense of sci-fi amusement or religious mysteriousness. Dust in R102 is a drawing of the starry sky on a blackboard, offering audience an opportunity to appreciate and experience the infinite beauty of the universe from a tiny classroom.

Garden Pool is a combination of a rock garden and a pool, attempting to integrate ancient Chinese rock garden with familiar swimming pool design. It makes people feel like being in a tranquil, relaxed microscopic world. Pagoda II piles up unfinished lotus seats to imitate a pagoda building whereas Inches of Time is a work that presents variations of measurement predetermined by subjective perception. These installations are metaphoric instances that demonstrate how the artist has traversed and bridged the history and contemporary spirit while conveying symbolic meanings.