看李岗近期的墨彩画新作“心象系列”不啻是一种艺术的享受。作品用墨和彩描绘了一个以抽象符号组成的有意味的绘画空间。顺着他所营造的空间,使视觉似乎感悟到“视乎冥冥、听呼无声,冥冥之中,独见晓焉。”李岗从水墨画的写实风格转变成抽象的写意。从传统的笔墨拓展成某种在墨与彩的综合材料下出现的抽象符号。他完成的不仅是绘画语言的转化,更本质的是使他能从传统的“笔墨自觉”中走出来,走向“艺术自觉”的深度中去。一个画家的“艺术自觉”应该是他有能力创造属于自己心灵的绘画空间和艺术规则。有创造力的艺术家,只要迷上了对艺术精神性的追求,有如偷吃禁果的亚当和夏娃,再也不会回到一个世俗的物质世 To see Li Gang’s latest ink painting new work “Heart Icon Series” is not an art of enjoyment. The work uses ink and color to depict an interesting painting space composed of abstract symbols. Along the space he has created, his vision seems to have realized that “as far as he can understand something, he can hear nothing but a sense of reality.” Li Gang has been transformed from the realistic style of ink painting into an abstract and freehand brushwork. From traditional ink to some abstract symbols that appear under the combined materials of ink and color. What he accomplished was not only the transformation of painting language, but more essential that he could get out of the traditional “pen and ink” and go to the depth of “artistic consciousness”. An artist’s “artistic consciousness” should be his ability to create their own spiritual painting space and artistic rules. Creative artists, as long as they become fascinated with the pursuit of artistic spirituality, such as eating the forbidden fruit of Adam and Eve, will never return to a secular material world