《作為人：經驗場域的鍛造》 台灣雕塑家劉柏村以工業鋼材打造人形雕塑
Being Human: Forging Fields Of Experience
台灣雕塑家 劉柏村 在新加坡 Distripark 的 Helutrans Artspace，以獨特的方式激活空間，透過尺度、重量、存在與缺席之間的遊戲，呈現一場非典型的展覽。
數以百計的小人形，由藝術家從廢棄場搜集的工業鋼材鍛造而成，他們以密集排列的方式展示力量。這些小人形有時聚合成更大的身體，有時則懸浮在空中，形塑成一片巨大的雷霆雲層。
展覽由 Sculpture 2052 主辦，策展人Susie Lingham博士表示，這些線條人形試圖捕捉力量與自我懷疑的脆弱並存的狀態。在塑造這些剪影時，堅硬的材料迫使藝術家在過程中保持誠實，並不斷在堅持與妥協之間找到平衡。
作品亦帶有精神性的迴響：這些「鐵人」也可能被視為佛教中的「金剛護法」。其中一件作品高達 6 公尺，由 188 個人形組成，重量超過 400 公斤。
Susie Lingham 博士補充：「它們在流行文化中也有強烈的共鳴，無論是被重新詮釋的神話（如漫畫與電影中的漫威諸神）、日本漫畫動畫，或是科幻作品中，都能看到它們的影子。」
這些作品既訴說著脆弱的男性氣質，同時其不可否認的壓迫氣場也似乎在說：力量，源自群體的集結。
Taiwanese sculptor Liu Po-chun plays with scale and weight, presence and absence in this unusual activation of Helutrans Artspace at Tanjong Pagar Distripark.
Hundreds of little people, forged from industrial steel foraged from dumps, flex their muscles in a tessellated show of force. They come together to make a larger figure or are suspended in the air to form a thunderous cloud.
The exhibition is presented by Sculpture 2052 and curated by Dr Susie Lingham, who says these line figures seek to encapsulate both strength and self-doubting frailty. In shaping these silhouettes, the hardy material demands honesty and compromise from the artist.
There is spiritual resonance too, with these ironmen figures also possibly interpreted as the Jing Gang guardians of Buddha. One installation is 6m tall, comprising 188 figures weighing over 400kg.
Dr Lingham adds: “They are very much echoed in popular culture, whether as revisited mythologies like the Marvel gods in comics and movies, manga animation or in science fiction.”
They speak to fragile masculinity but their doubtless imposing aura also seems to say: There is strength in numbers.
展覽資訊
地點：ArtSpace@HeluTrans，01-05 Tanjong Pagar Distripark, 39 Keppel Road
地鐵：Tanjong Pagar
日期：即日起至 11 月 30 日
時間：每日 9am–6pm（午休 1pm–2pm）
Where: ArtSpace@ HeluTrans, 01-05 Tanjong Pagar Distripark, 39 Keppel Road
MRT: Tanjong Pagar
When: Till Nov 30, 9am to 6pm daily (lunch break from 1 to 2pm)