THE CONTEMPORARY CERAMIC ART OF LIEN PAO-TSAI 連寶猜的現代陶藝

CONTENTS

	CIRRUS OVER CAPE COD 鱈岬上空的卷雲 By YU Kwang-chung 余光中 Translated by the poet

	AT THE DENTIST’S 牙關 By YU Kwang-chung 余光中 Translated by the poet

	ARCO IRIS By YU Kwang-chung 余光中 Translated by the poet

	TUG OF WAR WITH THE RIVER 水草拔河 By YU Kwang-chung 余光中 Translated by the poet

	GREAT IS A MOTHER’S LOVE—TO A VICTIM ORPHANED BY THE RECENT EARTHQUAKE IN SICHWAN 大哉母愛──給大難不死的孤兒 By YU Kwang-chung 余光中 Translated by the poet

	TO CHRIS ON HIS GOING WEST FROM DENVER 送樓克禮自丹佛西行 By YU Kwang-chung 余光中 Translated by the poet

	AT THE TWILIGHT HOUR 蒼茫時刻 By YU Kwang-chung 余光中 Translated by the poet

	HOW TO MURDER A FAMOUS WRITER? 如何謀殺名作家 By YU Kwang-chung 余光中 Translated by Nancy DU 杜南馨

	A CITY WITHOUT NEIGHBORS 沒有鄰居的都市 By YU Kwang-chung 余光中 Translated by YU Yu-san 余幼珊

	WHO CAN TELL THE WORLD TO STOP FOR THREE SECONDS? 誰能叫世界停止三秒？ By YU Kwang-chung 余光中 Translated by Nancy DU 杜南馨

	I CAN STILL HEAR THE FU BELL RINGING 傅鐘悠悠長在耳 By YU Kwang-chung 余光中 Translated by Michelle M. WU 吳敏嘉

	YI CHIN-JUNG RETURNS 衣錦榮　歸 By CHANG Hsi-kuo 張系國 Translated by Jonathan BARNARD 柏松年

	THE CONTEMPORARY CERAMIC ART OF LIEN PAO-TSAI 連寶猜的現代陶藝 By Max Chi-wei LIU 劉其偉

	COMPASSION AND COMMAND : THE CONSUMMATE CERAMICS OF LIEN PAO- TSAI 連寶猜的妙心與巧手 By CHENG Ching-jung鄭清榮

	A LADY WHO HAS ACQUIRED THE SPIRITUAL CANON 取得「心」經的人 By SUNG Lung-fei 宋龍飛

	THE SPIRITUAL CULTIVATION OF PAO- TSAI 寶猜的靈修 By TUNG Feng-li 董鳳酈

	DEMONS AND DARKNESS, REFLECTED IN LIGHT : THE CERAMICS OF LIEN PAO- TSAI 群魔亂舞的世界 By SUNG Lung-fei 宋龍飛

	THERE ARE CHILDISH DELIGHTS IN POTTERY— TRUE FEELINGS ABIDE IN UNDERSTANDING 陶中有童趣　會心寓真情 By JIANG Jie 姜捷

	NEWS & EVENTS 文化活動 Compiled by Sarah Jen-hui HSIANG 項人慧

	NOTES ON AUTHORS AND TRANSLATORS 作者與譯者簡介

	APPENDIX : CHINESE ORIGINALS 附錄：中文原著

	THE EDGE OF A WHILPOOL 漩渦邊緣, ceramics, 87 × 70 × 5.5 cm, 1992 .....................Cover

	SEARCHING FOR ELYSIAN SERIES NO. 2— THE EAGLE MOVES HOUSE 尋找桃花源系列之二 / 老鷹搬家, ceramics, 63x123x5cm,2001 ........................................................................Back Cover By LIEN Pao-tsai 連寶猜

Max Chi-wei LIU 劉其偉

THE CONTEMPORARY CERAMIC ART OF
LIEN PAO-TSAI 連寶猜的現代陶藝*

    Among a good many artists who have been infatuated with rural sentiment, Lien Pao-tsai has resorted to modern form and erected her unique feature that is different from the other ceramic artist’s styles.
    In the context of today’s fine arts, general critics still consider it necessary for an artist to have undergone the processes of cultivating the nature of intuitive awareness and understanding so as to achieve an ideal formative effect in his works. That is to say, in order to formulate a marvelous visual effect, one has to utilize the reciprocal function in equilibrium between the tendency of consciousness and subconsciousness.
    The Lien Pao-tsai’s subjects that I have seen appear to be rural and nostalgic, while her representation has something to do with the above-mentioned contemporary creative performances. I do love this genre of her creation, organism and principle of

Husband and Wife Free from Cares of Their Ages 忘年夫妻, ceramics, 56 × 27 × 20 cm (夫) 46 × 27 × 20 cm (妻), 1992

The Homesickness 故鄉的思念, ceramics, 107 × 52 × 5 cm, 1992

The Mood of Former Days 往日情懷, ceramics, 150 × 70 × 10 cm,1992

The Wife, Married Since 65 Years Ago 牽手六十五, ceramics,
95 × 72 × 6 cm, 1992

representation and I appreciate her emphasizing the subjective
value of the qualitative.
She is more sentimental in nature than others and she is fond of literature. She has initiated her plan of producing works under the influence of warm and fragrant rural atmosphere as well as in a sort of nostalgic mood. Although numerous works seem to have been produced in some serious,...

*	Courtesy of Lien Pao-tsai, 1992.