Point Blank: (Quick Studies)

 
　　曾獲頒葛萊美獎、奧斯卡金像獎、金球獎、諾貝爾文學獎、普立茲特特別貢獻獎等重量級獎項，又名列搖滾名人堂與作曲家名人堂的巴布‧狄倫（Bob Dylan），長久以來被視為全球公認的故事大師。他的音樂作品深刻而細膩，牽動聽者情緒——而且，巴布‧狄倫的藝術創造力從不只局限於音樂與文字，自1960年代以來，他也累積了豐富的視覺藝術作品，足以看出其創作版圖的深度與廣度。
 
　　2025年於倫敦Halcyon Gallery舉辦《Point Blank》展覽，展出的視覺藝術作品，以巴布‧狄倫2021-2022年間完成的近百幅黑白素描為主軸，畫作主題橫跨肖像、靜物與風景畫，呈現出極具動感與細節的日常景象：溜冰的戀人、古老盔甲、橫跨河面的吊橋、投入歌唱的卡拉 OK 表演者、一卷膠帶、蜿蜒的巴黎運河，以及帶著微妙不對稱笑容的男子……展現了這位傳奇創作者從平凡事物中捕捉美感的非凡天賦。這部同名繪畫作品集完整收錄了展覽內容，並加入狄倫幾位才華洋溢的友人所撰寫的短文，讓讀者能更深入體會這些作品所蘊含的感染力與張力。(文/博客來編譯)
 
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　　「這位搖滾歌手的畫作展現出敏銳的觀察力……畫面涵蓋肖像、風景、房屋與室內一隅，彷彿一本視覺化的日記。鉛筆素描以輕快、流暢而毫不做作的筆觸捕捉姿態與瞬間，充滿力量。」——柯克斯書評（Kirkus Reviews）

＂Bob Dylan is a master at telling stories, creating moods and provoking feelings--not only in music and the written word but also in visual art, which he has been creating since the 1960s. This publication of his art features nearly 100 black-and-white drawings that were completed between 2021 and 2022 and served as the basis for his latest exhibition--also titled Point Blank--at London’s Halcyon Gallery in early 2025. The works vary between portraits, still lifes, and landscapes: roller-skating lovers, a suit of armor, a suspension bridge, a karaoke singer, a roll of Scotch tape, a Parisian canal, a man with a crooked smile＂--

Bob Dylan has released thirty-nine studio albums, which collectively have sold over 125 million copies around the world. He won the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature and has been awarded the French Legion of Honor, a Pulitzer Prize Special Citation, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the country’s highest civilian honor. His memoir, Chronicles: Volume One, spent a year on the New York Times bestseller list.