曹俊 | 跨越视界的艺海领航者

在近期作品中，曹俊融入金箔等材质，创造出随视角和光线变幻的画面。作品常以互动性引导观者的视线流动，以捕捉每一钟微妙变化。这种电影般的特质为画面增添了时间维度，一种超越二维画面的第四维度。

In his more recent works, Cao Jun integrates materials such as gold leaf, creating surfaces that change according to the viewing angle and light. These works become almost interactive, inviting the viewer to move around to capture all the nuances. This cinematic quality adds a temporal dimension to his work, a fourth dimension that transcends the two-dimensional surface.

但切勿误解，曹俊不只是技艺精湛的画师或风格炫技者。在形式之美背后，蕴藏着他对“人在宇宙中的位置”的深深叩问。他的宇宙观既让我们在浩瀚星空下深感渺小，又提醒我们人类与星辰同源同构。

But do not be mistaken, Cao Jun is not just a virtuoso technician or a juggler of styles. Behind the formal beauty lies a profound questioning of our place in the universe. His cosmic landscapes confront us with our insignificance in the face of the immensity of the cosmos, while reminding us that we are made of the same matter as the stars.

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这种无限与有限、短暂与永恒之间的张力贯穿其作品，恰如哲学家埃米尔·齐奥朗在《落入时间》中所言：“我们在两个深渊之间摇摆、在两种极端之间摇摆。”曹俊的墨彩旋涡为这种令人眩晕的摇摆赋予了具象表达。

This tension between the infinite and the finite, between the ephemeral and the eternal, runs throughall his work. It reminds me of what the philosopher Emil Cioran wrote in "The Fall into Time": “We oscillate between one abyss and another, between two equally hostile infinities" ^[6]. The swirls of ink and color in Cao Jun seem to visualize this vertiginous oscillation. 

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不过需注意，若过度强调哲学和宇宙学解读，对于首先以视觉冲击力取胜的作品而言，未免过于理性化。曹俊并非纯粹的抽象画家。他的作品先震撼心灵，后启迪思考。它们是感性的、触觉的和近乎本能的存在。

But beware, if l speak to you of philosophy and cosmology, it is not to over-intellectualize a work that functions first on a visual level. Cao Jun is not an illustrator of abstract ideas. His works hit you first in the gut before rising to the brain. They are sensual, tactile, almost carnal in their materiality.

曹俊的最大成就也许正在于此：他在艺术创作中实现了感性与理性、肉体与精神的完美调和。在当代艺术界，当人们必须在不可言说的自然至美与循规蹈矩的概念化创作之间做出选择时，曹俊为我们提供了另外一种可能：以感官激活思维，以理性拥抱感受。

That is perhaps where his greatest feat lies: reconciling the sensible and the intelligible, the body and the spirit, in a single artistic gesture. In a world of contemporary art where one often feels compelled to choose between meaningless beauty and arid conceptuality, Cao Jun reminds us that it is possible to think with the senses and feel with the intellect.

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