Serpent de Mer | 海蛇

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The landart in my last post reminds me of the Spiral Jetty by Robert Smithson, but I haven't been there yet. So today let me show you another installation by the water that I visited. It's called Serpent de Mer, located on the French shore at the end of the Loire estuary.

This impressive metal sculpture with an environmental message was created by Chinese-French artist HUANG Yongping in 2012, using a beast image from ancient Chinese mythology.

The 130-meter snake skeleton is covered and uncovered according to the tides. I was there at low tide, so I walked around and took some photos of it uncovered. When the tide is high, most parts of it are covered by water.

The sculpture’s curve roughly resembles the Saint-Nazaire bridge's close by. From this webpage, you can see its entire shape from the angle above.



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上次写到大地艺术,我想起最早接触的大地艺术装置:螺旋码头(Spiral Jetty),是Robert Smithson在美国犹他州的盐湖岸构建的,这个码头有时被湖水淹没,有时浮出水面。但是我还没去过那里,所以又想到之前在法国看到的一处海蛇装置,也是在水边,会随着海潮的律动而呈现不同的外观。

而且这巨型海蛇骨架出自中国旅法艺术家黄永砯,完成于2012年,在法国卢瓦河的入海口,也是南特旅游局一个永久展示的艺术项目。这条铝合金海蛇长达130米,耗时约一年完成。从我拍的这些照片可以看出来,海蛇骨架的弧度类似附近的那座圣纳泽尔大桥。这篇网文的图片里还能看到空中俯视的蛇形曲线,真的像一条扭动的白蛇。

黄永砯是位个性鲜明的当代艺术家,他思想前卫,在大学同学还在用笔画毕业作品时,他已经用起了工业喷枪。受到一战期间达达主义的影响,他80年代创立了先锋艺术团体"厦门达达"。我去苏黎世时还专门跑到达达发源地Cabaret Voltaire看了看,荒诞的达达主义就是从这个不起眼的小酒馆传播到柏林和欧洲其他地区,然后逐渐演变为后来更加成熟的超现实主义。黄永砯举办厦门达达现代艺术展之后,一把火烧掉了所有作品,一举成名。

他曾把《中国艺术史》和《西方艺术史》两本书丢进洗衣机,搅拌成一团纸浆,做成“中国绘画史和现代绘画简史在洗衣机里搅拌了两分钟”的装置作品去参展。过了几年,美国的一次展览上,他又在美术馆图书室的书架上用有机玻璃密封放上艺术杂志和书籍洗成的纸浆。稍后在意大利,他将煮熟的400公斤大米放在展厅,任其逐渐发霉,最后这些纸浆和大米都因为发臭而被撤展。

在他看来,美术馆这个僵化的系统无法包容各种艺术作品和行为,就像那些发霉的大米和纸浆。有意思的是,他自己的作品被各美术馆展出,不知道算不算“坟墓”里的“僵尸”?

还有点意思的是,跟上次写到的理查德·朗一样,黄永砯也是《易经》的忠实读者,他的洗书和煮米就来自《易经》的转盘指示和占卜结果。不同于理查德·朗孤独寂寞冷的旷野暴走,黄永砯的很多作品都让我感觉到剑拔弩张的戏剧冲突,比如鱼头火车、无头兽马戏团、蛇塔…… 还有这条巨型海蛇骨架。他装置的题材常常涉及中国的历史和神话故事、并置的东西文化观念符号,通过这些来探索人和动物、社会,还有中西文化之间的关系。

可惜这位不断颠覆传统、挑战权威、引人思考的有趣艺术家刚于两年前在巴黎因脑溢血逝世,只有65岁。



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这个头看起来有点要吃人的感觉。。。

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哈哈是 我看到有人解读为环境破坏 还有说类似“龙游浅水遭虾戏”的移民挣扎……

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VVvvvwwahhhaaaaat? When I saw the thumbnail I was like... wtf? Thank God it's an sculpture. What worries me though, is that creatures that size might be lurking somewhere in the Amazon river.

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Haha, massive sculpture indeed. I did spot a snake in the Amazon river before, pretty tiny luckily!

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Shit. I spotted one once while fishing near a river (not those massive Amazonian ones). You've been to the Amazon river? wtf?

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Yes, to the smaller western part, and I missed my flight to Manaus due to the flooded roads to Recife airport!

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