让·杜布菲……闭着眼睛作画！
你试过闭着眼睛画画吗？铅笔仅凭脑海中的图像在纸上移动——那正是我们想画出的样子；可当我们睁开眼，画作却成了一个惊喜，仿佛与我们的意愿毫无关联。画人脸时，我们总力求让眼睛、鼻子、嘴巴、耳朵等各部位位置恰当、比例准确、尺寸合理……而在这个练习中，除了享受乐趣，我们还发现：抛开那些要求我们“画得好看”的固有思维模式所绘出的人脸，反而可能格外富有表现力、独具原创性且极具个人特色。
在六年级的课堂上，我们探讨了艺术中的“美”这一概念：一件艺术品必须“美”吗？若它不美，就不是艺术了吗？艺术是否仅仅等于我们个人喜欢的东西？经过一番深入思考，我们最终得出结论：艺术品不必符合我们普遍认可的审美理想，它可以是一种表达、一则信息、一次挑衅、一种选择……甚至可以是丑陋本身！
我们效仿让·杜布菲（Jean Dubuffet） 的风格，闭着眼睛画人脸，用不间断的线条勾勒出封闭的空间。下方照片展示了我在黑板上严格闭眼所作的示范，以及学生们完成的作品。画面中红蓝两色的装饰，模仿了杜布菲标志性的图形语汇——蓝红条纹、线条与平涂色块。
Jean Dubuffet … with closed eyes!
Have you ever tried to draw with your eyes closed? The pencil moves on the sheet guided only by a mental picture, which is that the drawing we would like to draw, but when we open our eyes, our design is a surprise, and seems disconnected from our will. When drawing a face, we strive to give proper place, proportion and measure to the eyes, nose, mouth, ears … In this exercise, in addition to have fun, we discover that a face drawn without mental patterns that require us to “draw well “, it can be interesting, expressive, original and very personal.
In classes of sixth grade we discussed the concept of beauty in art: a work of art have to be “beautiful”? And if it is not beautiful is not art? Art is just what we like? After interesting reflections we concluded that the work of art does not have to correspond to our general ideals of beauty, but it can be an expression, a message, a provocation, a choice … even in the ugliness!
Following the style of Jean Dubuffet we drew the face with his eyes closed, with an unbroken line, to create spaces closed. In the photos below you can see the examples that I made on the blackboard, drawing strictly with closed eyes, and the drawings of the students. The decorations in red and blue imitate the graphic repertory of Dubuffet, with its blue and red stripes, lines and solid colors.
