尼尔·坎⻉尔Niall Campbel的个展「共生Symbiosis」正在上海恪理画廊展出。

尼尔借用了街头艺术或涂鸦艺术的语言，创作过程通常是带有即兴性质的、高能量的。尽管如此，他的笔触却也是充满克制的；他具备驾驭喷绘这一技术的能力，能够在大笔触的丙烯涂鸦中点到为止，也能够控制过于明亮的颜色之间的关系。街头艺术语言的一个特点是能够清晰地传达信息，因此，这类作品通常会使用简单但明确的符号进行表达，使创作者所要言说的内容能够准确清楚地传达给每一个人，没有壁垒。尼尔的画面也是如此，他的表达首先是直接的，比如绘制巨大的手臂，配合画面上简短的单词作为提示，来表达“法律的强壮臂膀”，而这句表达的信息通常被设置为作品标题；但不仅于此，尼尔的有趣在于他会同时在画面中设置一些小小的“恶”，比如与巨大臂膀相称的细弱手臂，来挑衅法律是否真的能够起到保护作用。

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Niall Campbel's solo exhibition “Symbiosis” is currently on view at Caelis Galeria Shanghai.

Niall appropriates the language of street art or graffiti which makes his process often improvisational and high-energy. Nevertheless, his brushwork is highly restrained; he has the ability to control the technique of spray painting and large strokes of acrylic graffiti, as well as the relationship between bright colors.The language of street art or graffiti is characteristically made up of clear symbols and written words that are meant to represent or tell a message to all viewers. Thus, Niall’s works are, first of all, direct, such as the drawing of a huge arm with a short word on the canvas representing “the strong arm of the law”, which is also the title of the work; more than that, Niall also involves some elements of little “evils”, such as the weak arm in proportion to the large one, to challenge the set view expressed by the work’s title.