Lin Utzon

丹麦艺术家

1946年出生于丹麦

Born in Denmark in 1946

生活和工作在西班牙马略卡岛

Lives and works in Majorca, Spain

大自然一直是我最大的

Nature has always been me the greatest

灵感和奇迹来源

Source of inspiration and wonder

我希望把自然的本质

I hope to bring the essence of nature

包括我们自己在内的

Including ourselves

一切事物的本源展现出来

The source of everything is revealed

—Lin Utzon

Lin Utzon是一位艺术家，出生于丹麦，在澳大利亚悉尼和丹麦接受过正规教育。现在住在西班牙马略卡岛。她从小就在父亲Jorn Utzon设计的早期现代主义室内装饰的墙壁上画画。她的大型陶瓷艺术作品覆盖了哥德堡、加利福尼亚、纽约、悉尼和马德里的巨大建筑外墙，她的马略卡和日本风格的绘画和雕塑作品也因此而闻名。

Lin Utzon is an artist born in Denmark, formal education in Sydney Australia, and Denmark. Now living in Mallorca Spain. Who grew up drawing on the walls of early modernist interiors designed by her father Jorn Utzon. She has become known for her large-scale ceramic artworks that cover huge architectural facades in Gothenburg, California, New York, Sydney, and Madrid, as well as her Mallorcan and Japanese inspired paintings and sculptures.

Lin Utzon与马略卡岛有着很深的联系，用她的话来说，马略卡岛是一个美丽的岛屿，拥有丰富的文化和历史，以及壮丽的自然风光。大自然一直是Lin Utzon最大的灵感和奇迹来源。Lin Utzon通过以细胞的方式，用黑白来描绘自然，后来用同样是黑白的赤土来制作雕塑，Lin Utzon希望让人们看到自然的本质，这是万物的源头，包括我们自己。

Lin Utzon has a deep connection with Mallorca, which in her words is a beautiful island with a rich culture and history, and with a magnificent nature. Nature has always been Lin Utzon's greatest source of inspiration and wonder. Lin Utzon by painting nature in black and white, in a cellular manner,and later by making sculptures in terra cotta also painted in black and white, Lin Utzon hope to make visible the essence of nature,the source from which everything comes including ourselves.

Lin Utzon对日本艺术形式的整体欣赏激发了她在绘画和工艺方面的创作。在Lin Utzon的作品中，从不朽的建筑到不断变化的尺度，产生了从个人到集体的新视野。Lin Utzon曾多次举办个展，她的作品曾在世界各地的画廊和博物馆展出；她的职业生涯中取得了许多显著的成就，如2007年在威尼斯双年展上被选为丹麦馆的设计师。Lin Utzon的作品还包括丹麦皇家芭蕾舞团的服装和布景。

Lin Utzon's overall appreciation of the Japanese art form has inspired her work in painting and craftsmanship. Throughout Lin Utzon's work there is a progression from monumental architecture to changing scales that generate new visions from the individual to the collective. Utzon has had numerous solo exhibitions and her works have been shown in galleries and museums around the world; her career has been marked by a number of notable achievements, such as being selected for the Danish Pavilion at the Venice Biennale in 2007. Utzon's creations also include costumes and sets for the Royal Danish Ballet.

Q1：马略卡岛的环境是如何启发你的艺术创作的？

How does the environment of Majorca inspire your art?

Lin Utzon：我记得所有美好的想法，我的父母在马略卡岛教会我如何关注美和生命的奇迹。关于早期的创造性探索，我最美好的回忆之一是装饰我父亲在丹麦埃尔西诺建造的房子，作为住房计划的原型。父亲让我装饰一下，我就装饰了，用了几百根彩色的棒棒糖和糖果。

I remember all the beautiful ideas my parents taught me in Majorca about beauty and the miracle of life. One of my fondest memories about my early creative explorations was decorating the house my father built in Elsinore, Denmark, as a prototype for a housing scheme. My father asked me to decorate it and I did, using hundreds of coloured lollipops and candies.

Q2：日本和马略卡岛对你的艺术创作有哪些影响？

How have Japan and Majorca influenced your art?

Lin Utzon：日本艺术形式的全面欣赏激发了我对手工艺和绘画的兴趣，马略卡岛是我完美的选择。马略卡人非常善良、善良、坚强、独立，在这里制造东西的可能性很大，与工匠一起工作的可能性也很大。因此我在这里可以平静地做这件事。

The overall appreciation of Japanese art forms sparked my interest in crafts and painting, and Majorca was perfect for me. The Majorcan people are very kind, good, strong and independent, and there are great possibilities to make things here and to work with artisans. So I can do this here in peace.