High Life Issue #5

HIGH LIFE #5 February 2017 41 选用「SUPERFLAT」一词不仅道出了日本艺术的平铺特 质，还延伸至艺术的一般定义。 在村上隆看来，艺术不可以被标签或流派所限定，不应拘 泥于精英主义和派别。每一件艺术品都应该在其特有的背景之 下单独看待。他认为，日本后现代视觉艺术受当代漫画和动画 的影响，从17和18世纪被拉回到了这些二维化空间的传统绘 画中。 如果只用一句话来总结「SUPERFLAT」，那就是，它出 色地达成使命。短短几分钟后，观众对于艺术任何先入为主的 看法都有可能被撼动、质疑，且常常被推翻。 Murakami’s word of choice “Superflat” designates not only the formal aspects of Japanese art, such as the lack of perspective, but extends to the definition of art in general. For Takashi Murakami, art cannot be defined by labels or schools, it should be free of elitisms and genres. Art should be appreciated in each of the items seen and held by the viewer, in its context alone. He believes the postmodern Japanese visual arts, with movements like manga and anime, draw back to these two-dimensional traditional paintings from the 17th and 18th centuries. If there is one thing that can be said for Superflat it’s that it has achieved its mission. After just a few minutes, any preconceptions viewers might have about art are challenged, questioned and often overthrown.