文：丁穎茵 博士（香港浸會大學視覺藝術院助理教授）

我是徹頭徹尾的考試懷疑論者。即使吃了老虎膽，誰敢給喬托（Giotto）、維拉斯奎茲（Velazquez），又或董源、石濤打分數？區區數字如何能夠計算藝術家經年累月對作品形式表現的知性與感性的思索？量化的評核又該如何衡度藝術家的想像力、修養及個性內涵所創造的藝術境界？難道馬蒂斯（Matisse）以色彩對比帶動畫面節奏的抽象構圖就不如布拉克（Braque）以幾何形式重構物象體積嚴謹？常玉以簡御繁的空靈又該如何與朱德群遒勁又跳脫的抽象語言作數值的比較？

by: Dr. Ting Wing Yan Vivian (Assistant Professor, Academy of Visual Arts, Hong Kong Baptist University)

I am absolutely skeptical about examinations. Who would have the nerve to grade the works by Giotto, Velazquez, Dong Yuan or Shi Tao?  How can mere figures reveal the intellectual pursuits of an artist and sensual explorations in art-making throughout the years?  How can quantitative assessments measure the quality of works of art created with one’s imagination and the depth of one’s inner self?  Can one state that the voluptuous and coloured rhythm of Matisse in his compositions is less vigorous, compared to the geometric construction of form by Braque?  How can the refreshing fluidity in the simple yet polished works of art of San Yu be compared with the energetic and rule-breaking abstract language by Chu Teh-Chun?

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