李超雄 Arx Lee丨布米的冒险旅途 Bumi 's Adventure Journey
The connection between the artist and the audience is often based on their shared experience of dilemmas and many works of art in history that talk about pain. It is true that the sense of pain can increase the depth of the connotation of the works, but Arx Lee's cartoon works do not belong to this archetype, and there are not many feelings about pain in his paintings.
艺术家与观众的连接，往往建立在彼此共同的关于困境的经验之上，许多艺术品都是在倾诉痛苦的。诚然痛苦感可以增加作品内涵的深度，但李超雄的漫画作品并不属于这种类型，在他的画中并没有许多关于痛苦的感受。
Arx Lee, The flying pyramids (2016), Gouache on paper, 59 × 47.5 cm
李超雄，飞行金字塔(2016)，水粉画，59 × 47.5 cm
Arx Lee, Working day (2016), Gouache on paper, 46 × 66 cm
李超雄，工作日2016)，水粉画，46 × 66 cm
On the contrary, Arx's works have an air of mystery and silence. If there is a core concept of his work, it should be childlike innocence– Arx Lee's work awakens people's inner childlike innocence, as well as the sincerity and courage contained in it.
相反，李超雄的作品带有一层神秘与安静的色彩。如果让从他的作品中抓取一个核心的概念，这个概念应该是童真——李超雄的作品会唤醒人们内心深处的那份童真，以及这份童真里包涵的真诚与勇气。
Arx Lee graduated from the Department of Oil Painting of Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts. He has shown extraordinary talent in painting since he was very young. His solid basic skills and imagination have made him win many awards. And in 2017, he was invited by French comic legend Philippe Druillet to co-host a two-man exhibition.
李超雄毕业于广州美术学院油画系，从很小的时候就展现出了非凡的绘画天赋，扎实的基本功和天马行空的想象让他已经斩获许多奖项，并且在2017年受法国漫画界传奇人物Philippe Druillet的邀请共办了双人展。
Arx Lee, Blue planet (2016), Oil on canvas, 120 × 85 cm
李超雄，蓝色星球（2016），布面油画，120 ×85 cm
Arx Lee, Dream (2013), Oil on canvas, 170 × 200 cm
李超雄，梦乡（2013），布面油画，170 ×200 cm
Arx Lee, Praying (2013), Oil on canvas, 150 × 120 cm
李超雄，祷告（2013），布面油画，150 ×120 cm
Arx Lee, Reloaded (2013), Oil on canvas, 170 × 200 cm
李超雄，重新上路（2013），布面油画，170 ×200 cm
In the last decade or so, Arx's comics focus on three characters: Bilibi, the naive hero; Buda Pest, a fragile and thoughtful man who is also an amnesiac; and Bumi, the eternal explorer. Today we show the Bumi series, which he mainly created in the last four years.
近十几年间，李超雄的漫画创作主要专注于三位人物：天真的英雄“比里比”（Bilibi）、丧失记忆脆弱深思的“布达•佩斯” （Buda Pest）、永恒的探险者“布米” （Bumi）。今天我们展示的，是他用近四年时间来创作的布米系列。
"Bumi, when we sleep, he exists in everyone's dreams. Bumi is a dream walker who comes out when people are asleep and whose mission is to repair that person's mind."
“布米，当我们睡觉的时候，他存在每个人的梦中。布米是一个梦行者，当人们睡着时，布米就出来了，布米的任务就是要修复那个人的心灵。”
- Arx Lee 李超雄
Arx Lee, Travail aérien(2017), Oil on canvas, 85 × 120 cm
李超雄，辛劳与轻盈（2017），布面油画，85 × 120 cm
Arx Lee, Ready to fly, (2017), Oil on canvas, 120 × 85cm
李超雄，准备起飞（2017），布面油画，120 × 85cm
Arx Lee, The blue project (2016), Oil on canvas, 180 × 130 cm
李超雄，蓝色计划（2016），布面油画，180 × 130 cm
Bumi is a tireless little explorer who only appears in people's dreams. Bumi ( "Bumi" means "Land" in Sanskrit), based on the young Buddhist monk who often carries a Buddhist bamboo basket on his back and walks on the earth with his feet.
布米是一位不知疲倦的小探险家，他只出现在人们的梦中。布米(“布米”在梵语中是“土地”的意思)的原型是小和尚、小弥沙，背上经常背着佛教独有的小竹筐，用双脚丈量着大地。
Arx Lee, Before Sunrise, (2018), Print, 42 × 32cm
李超雄，日出之前（2018），微喷，42 × 32cm
Arx Lee, Fantastic N°1, (2017), Oil on canvas, 97 × 128cm
李超雄，幻想 N°1（2017），布面油画，97 × 128cm
Arx Lee, Cleaning, (2017), Oil on canvas, 68 × 46c
李超雄，清洁中（2017），布面油画，68 × 46cm
In Arx's paintings, Bumi often appears as an astronaut on different planets and in space. The surging white clouds and the dark starry sky are the backgrounds of Bumi's journey. Little Bumi seemed to be forever on adventures.
在李超雄的画作中，布米也经常以宇航员的形象出现在不同的星球和太空中。涌动的白云，深暗的星空，都是布米旅途的背景色。小布米仿佛永远在翻山越岭的冒险旅途之中。
The identity of the young Buddhist monk uses the concept of Buddhism, which may have something to do with Arx's contact with Buddhism and Buddhist scriptures. Bumi always seemed so calm, his pure heart had not changed by the tribulations of the adventure.
小和尚的身份，使用了佛教的概念，这可能与李超雄接触了佛教与佛经有关。布米总是显得那么平静，冒险过程中的种种磨难，并没有让他的内心那颗纯净的内核改变。
Arx Lee, Microcosm, (2016), Oil on canvas, 48 × 67 cm
李超雄，微宇宙（2016），布面油画，48 × 67 cm
Bumi is also easy to recognize because he also has a distinct feature– his eyes are always closed. On why Bumi kept her eyes closed, Arx said: "In fact, if one's eyes are closed at the beginning, his world will be much simpler and more real than others." In short, people's life needs to be felt with the heart.
布米也很容易辨认，因为他还有一个明显的特征——永远闭着眼睛。关于为什么布米一直闭着眼睛，李超雄说：“其实一个人如果一开始就闭着眼睛的话，他的世界会比其他人的世界简单、真实很多。” 简单来讲就是，人的一生，要用心去感受。
艺术家的其他作品
Childhood means innocence, piety, integrity, fearlessness, the pursuit of dreams and truth. It is a beautiful and vibrant part of life. These are the enlightenment that Bumi wants to bring to us, and it will awaken the part of us that is about courage and piety. Arx Lee did not intend to make Bumi into a narrative story with plots. For him, each painting is a small adventure that Arx and Bumi will continue to be in the future.
童年意味着纯真，意味着在追求梦想和真理的途中虔诚、正直、没有恐惧，是人生中美好且充满活力的部分。这些也是布米带给我们的启示，它会唤醒我们心里关于勇气和虔诚的那一部分。李超雄并不打算把布米做成有一个有情节的叙事故事，对于他来说，每一幅画都是一次小小的冒险，李超雄和布米这份冒险在未来还会继续下去。
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