岳敏君 帽子 油畫畫布 二〇〇五年作

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Yue Minjun，2005
岳敏君，2005年（作品背面）

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中國，深圳，何香凝美術館〈複製的偶像：岳敏君作品2004-2006〉二〇〇六年，86頁

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「我對帽子的興趣源自雅典奧運。當時，不同的獎牌選手，都有各自不同的帽子，帽子的形態源自橄欖枝葉。把它用來宣傳源自希臘的奧運會，實在是不錯的主意。這個有趣的主意，令我想到帽子的起源及其象徵意義。為何帽子可以象徵工作，甚至社會地位﹖更奇怪的是，為何一頂帽子可以告訴你我來自哪一個國家，甚至種族﹖現代人選載帽子通常有著他們想說的話，所以帽子其實是個人形象的延伸。沒有人會隨意的戴帽子，它一定要是對的。」

-摘錄自凱倫史密斯未出版的文章「與岳敏君對話」（2007）。
凱倫史密斯為策展人及藝術史學家。