表达自我的抽象方块

一件受美国艺术家哈罗德·霍林斯沃思启发的新作品。他一贯以别具一格的方式诠释抽象艺术，令我们深感着迷。在霍林斯沃思的作品中，他常运用文字、图形或符号等可辨识的元素，再将其解构并重组为抽象构图——这些构图虽已脱离具象，却依然饱含意义。受这位艺术家启发的其他作品还可参见此处（仅含字母）与此处（含字母与花卉）；而本次创作中，我们将自己的姓名与代表自我的图形元素一同融入画面。

本次工作坊从绘制一个可辨识的图像开始——例如亲手书写的姓名——最终生成一幅抽象构图，且创作过程中并不预设最终效果。首先，我们在方格纸上用黑色记号笔自由书写自己的姓名，字体可各异，并对字母加以装饰。随后，我们仅选用两种颜色的马克笔，添加手绘或手写的其他元素。

下方可购买可打印的方格纸PDF文件。该练习页亦可用作笔记本封面：

现在，我们来简要列出与自身相关的事物：

● 思考三件令我们感到快乐、助我们获得良好情绪的事物；
● 思考三件令我们无法忍受、会引发愤怒或悲伤的事物；
● 将上述内容写在图画下方，并以自由方式——如小画、符号或文字——加以表现；所有表现均须限定于方块内部，且仅使用先前选定的两种颜色及/或黑色。

在完成代表自我的图画与文字后，我们用第一种选定颜色涂满方块的四分之一区域，再用第二种选定颜色涂满另一四分之一区域；其余两个四分之一区域保持留白。

最后，我们将整幅画沿纵横各四等分裁切成十六个小方块，并随机粘贴这些小方块，重新组合成一个大正方形。这个新生的大方块完全抽象，却讲述着“我”的故事！

Abstract square that tells about me

A new work inspired by the American artist Harold Hollingswort, who has always attracted us for a different approach to abstract art. In his works, Holligsworth uses recognizable elements such as texts, forms or symbols, and then breaks them down and assembles them into abstract compositions which, however, remain full of meanings. Other works inspired by this artist can be found here (with letters only) and here (with letters and flowers), this time together with our name we insert graphic elements that represent ourselves.

In this workshop we start from the creation of a recognizable drawing, like our written name, and we end up with an abstract composition, without knowing the final result. First we use the squared sheet and write our name with black marker, in a free way, with different fonts and decorated letters. Then we will add elements drawn or written, by choosing ONLY TWO COLORS in felt-tip pen.

Below you can purchase the printable file of the checkered sheet in downloadable PDF. You can use the worksheet as a notebook cover:

Let’s now make a small list of things that concern ourselves:

● we think about 3 things that make us happy, that we search to feel good

● 3 things we can’t stand, that make us angry or sad

● we write them under the drawing and represent them with small drawings, symbols or writings in a free way, always working inside the square and using the two chosen colors and / or black.

After drawing and writing the elements that represent us, we color a quarter of the square with the first chosen color and another quarter with the second chosen color. The other two quarters of the design remain white.

Finally, we cut the drawing into 16 squares and glue the little squares in random way, to form a new big square. This new square is completely abstract but it tells about me!