水松石山房主人

一九九三年作
簽書：Mo Shiwei, The Hermit of Cold Mountain, 1993. 鈐印：「莫」、「士撝」。
鈐印：「莫」、「士撝」、「攜杖老人」、「人磨墨墨磨人」、「有所不爲」、「水松石山房」、「意外之喜」、「偶然得之」、「依樣」。

直接得自藝術家
美國私人收藏

Overall in good condition with minor foxing scattered throughout image. Overall dimensions: 281.5 by 129 cm including scroll ends.
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來自英國的水松石山房主人莫士撝是一位聲名遠揚的收藏家、古董商和學者，對中國傳統美學以及蘊含文人審美趣味的古董珍玩頗有研究。早在90年代，他即發掘了多位重要中國當代水墨藝術家，亦親身潛心投入水墨繪畫創作。莫士撝的古董收藏涉獵廣泛，練就其一雙品位卓絕的法眼，這讓他的水墨創作透出精微的文人畫意趣，亦探索出一條獨特的藝術道路。

與中國歷代經典的文人畫家一脈相承，水松石山房主人的作品以文房清玩和自然山水為題材。他並不拘泥於追求形似或者炫耀技法，而是借此表達他內在的世界與品格。

在此幅畫作中，藝術家從西方視角演繹著中國水墨的新美學，以其獨創的形似漢字行草、實為其母語英文的「書法」記載他遊歷山川時的感懷，並摘錄唐代僧人寒山的詩詞作跋。寒山長期隱棲天台山中，詩中無不體現清淨寂寥的禪意之美，或許此幅作品中坐禪靜觀的僧人即為寒山化身。這也正體現水松石山房主人嚴謹的學者風範，他在每幅畫作中充分表達自己精煉的思想與個性，並呈現詩書畫三者完美融合的意境，以此向中國文人傳統致敬。