心靈圖像的追求者－談傑瑞•法蘭奇的繪畫

The Searcher of Spiritual Pictures-About Jared French's Paintings

10.6793/JNTCA.201004.0001

鄧仁川(Jen-Chuan Teng)

象徵 ； 古典 ； 魔幻寫實 ； 蛋彩畫 ； 神話 ； 集體潛意識 ； 原型 ； Symbol ； Classic ； Magic Reality ； Egg Tempera Painting ； Myth ； Collective Unconscious ； Archetype

藝術學報

86期（2010 / 04 / 01）

1 - 19

繁體中文

二十世紀中葉美國重要的藝術家傑端•法蘭奇(Jared French, 1905~1988)，從文藝復興(Renaissance)和古代藝術汲取養分，在榮格(Carl Jung, 1875~1961)理學的框架下構思醞釀，利用神話中的象徵和人物造形，去發展個人的視覺藝術語言。 法蘭奇從不在意變動無常的流派，專心致力於他的藝術計畫，用畢生精力去呈現人類心靈的種種面貌；不凡的視野在他的想像趨力下加工成形，無可救藥的完美主義讓每一幅畫都結實飽滿。在普遍去人性化的二十世紀，他堅持使用古典的、和諧的與尊嚴的形象，去衡量一切事情。 本文的目的在於籍由重新發現與詮釋傑端•法蘭奇的畫作，介紹一個稀有卻被遺忘的天才，他獨特的視野與完美無暇的技巧，造就了迷人的身體圖像神話，讓我們驚嘆與沉思。

Jared French (1905~1988), one of the most important American artists in the middle of the twentieth century, nurtured his own creations with the Renaissance and archaic arts, envisaged and incubated his general conception under the framework of Carl Gustav Jung's ”collective unconscious”, and utilized mythological symbolism and character design to develop his own individual visual-artistic language. Never taking heed of the constantly changing art trends, he was utterly absorbed in fulfilling his own artistic schemes and completely devoted himself to demonstrate various manifestations of the human mind. Extraordinary visual perception was processed and fabricated under his imaginative driving force; in addition, his own incorrigible perfectionism made each of his stylistic paintings full of robust implications. With ”depersonalization” prevailing in the twentieth century, French insisted on employing diverse classical, harmonical, and majestical images to weigh almost everything in his works. The purpose of this paper is to re-discover and to re-interpret the paintings and drawings of Jared French, and to re-introduce this rare genius shrouded in oblivion. His unique visions and impeccable techniques created such an enchanted symbolic system of physical mythology that we feel fascinated and will all contemplate.

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