Alf LÖHR / 阿爾夫．洛爾
Germany
Studied at Düsseldorf Akademie of Modern Art, Germany
First artist to receive Ph.D. from the Royal College of Art, London, UK for practical art work
Mentoring young artists in Germany, Britain, Spain, Italy, Cyprus, USA and Australia
Exhibiting in Mayfair, London at various galleries
“The Tempest” one man retrospective, Staatliche Museum Schwerin, Germany
德國杜塞道夫現代藝術學院進修
首位以實踐藝術作品獲英國倫敦皇家藝術學院博士學位的藝術家
在德國、英國、西班牙、義大利、賽普勒斯、美國及澳洲指導年輕藝術家
於倫敦梅費爾區多家畫廊展出
「暴風雨」個人回顧展 德國詩威林美術館
Assemblage 集合
2024 / Watercolor on Paper 水彩 紙本 / 100 × 70 cm
My watercolours are abstract in that nothing is depicted directly or recognisably, and yet the pictures are accompanied by a quietly implied narrative. What fascinates me about the medium of watercolour is the speed with which it can move from unruly density to wide-open atmosphere. Too effervescent to be clearly painting, too openly respectful of chance to be drawings, my watercolours try not to imprison the beauty I see, to avoid a questionable fixity of aesthetics. This gives the works a certain anxious restlessness that captivates the viewer, through which they nevertheless possess the quality of an “other world.”
我的水彩畫是抽象的，因為沒有描繪出直接或可辨識的事物，然而這些畫作卻伴隨著一種悄然暗示的敘事。水彩作為媒材，令我著迷的是，它能從難以駕馭的濃密，旋即轉變成廣闊開放的氛圍。過於活潑則無法清晰成畫，過於開放地重視偶然性則無法成為作品，我的水彩畫盡量不囚禁我所看見的美，避免不可堪的美學僵固性，如此賦予了作品某種吸引觀眾的焦躁特質，藉此具有「異界」的性質。
The Garden of Lost Promises 失諾花園
2023 / Watercolor on Paper 水彩 紙本 / 100 × 70 cm
The lightness of watercolour invites me to explore and transform the blank expanse of large sheets of paper, much like a child investigates the endlessness of the world. This emptiness holds infinite possibilities for creation. The moment a drop of water and pigment meets the paper, a new beginning occurs. Painting is a magical language that communicates with splashes of color instead of words, expressing an inner vision of a mysteriously wonderful world that transcends the ordinary. Like music, color has the power to touch our souls. The many nuances of color, with their full spectrum of emotions, counterbalance our tendency towards rational discipline. Watercolour painting is an interplay of thought, dreaming, and poetry.
水彩的輕盈，引領我探索和轉化大幅空白紙張的廣闊空間，彷彿孩子探究世界的無邊無際。這樣的空無，蘊含著創作的無限可能性。當一滴水與顏料碰到紙張的那一刻，新的開始就此發生。繪畫是種神奇的語言，運用色彩的飛濺而非文字來溝通，表達非比尋常的神秘美妙世界的內在景象。如同音樂一般，色彩有觸動我們靈魂的力量。色彩諸多的細膩差異，以其情感的完整光譜，平衡了我們對理性紀律的傾向。水彩畫是思緒、夢想與詩歌的交織之作。
The two cut out watercolours Dance and Revolution of the viaduct after Paul KLEE, are from a series of works that I have been doing in 2024–2025 where I worked on earlier 120 × 150 cm watercolours from previous years by using paper cutting. This enables me to relate the figures to the constellations of form and colour that I have already used in earlier works. While I reject the colour in the silhouettes, the form currently appears in a special way. The figure in the picture appears white, represented by the wall, while the picture around it is coloured. The colour was previously applied with vigorous sweeps. This contrasts the gesturally painted image with the concentrated delineation of the figure.
I am interested in the way the silhouette breaks through the paper, allowing real shadows to enter the work. These shadowy pieces depict dancing figures that seem to move dynamically across the walls. They consist of fantastical, unidentifiable beings. The pictures reveal the figures’ free arrangement and behaviour, aiming to give the watercolours a two-dimensional quality that is reminiscent of the frieze-like arrangement of figures in the historical Bayeux Tapestry, which depicts the Battle of Hastings in 1066.
這兩幅剪裁過的水彩畫《舞蹈》和《保羅‧克利之後的高架橋革命》，是2024至2025年創作的系列作品之一。其中透過剪紙紙本處理前幾年創作的120 × 150公分的水彩畫，讓我能夠連結人物與早期作品中使用過的形式和色彩結構。雖然我抗拒剪影中的色彩，但目前的形式卻以一種特別的方式呈現出來：畫面中的人物呈現白色，由牆壁代表，而周圍的畫面則是彩色的。色彩是先前以強勁的筆觸塗抹而成，使得姿態化的繪畫圖像與人物的集中描繪形成對比。
我對剪影穿透紙張的方式很感興趣，它讓真實的光影能夠進到作品。這些暗暗似乎描繪出在牆壁上生動遊移的舞動人物，他們由奇幻的、無法辨識的狀態所組成。畫面展現人物的自由排列與行為，用以賦予水彩畫一種二維的特質，讓人聯想到歷史上描繪1066年黑斯廷斯戰役的巴約掛毯，其中人物的連環排列。
Revolution of the Viaduct after Paul KLEE 保羅．克利之後的高架橋革命
2025 / Watercolor on Paper 水彩 紙本 30 × 24 cm, 25 × 10 cm, 40 × 40 cm
Dance 舞
2025 / Watercolor on Paper 水彩 紙本 50 × 30 cm, 42 × 13 cm