作品標題：夢想的翅膀 In My Dreams I Can Fly
作者：凱倫‧凡德‧摩蘭 Karin van der Molen
國籍：荷蘭 Holland
材料：竹子、蘆葦與細繩 Bamboo, reeds, twine
作者背景
經過求學時期漫長且枯燥的法學鑽研後，凱倫‧凡德‧摩蘭決定在1990年初期回歸雙手的感動，從事藝術創作。最初以平面設計為主，但當創意發想受到限制，便開始繪畫創作直到今日。由於她的生活環境親近自然，對天然素材產生興趣，多年前開始在繪畫和裝置藝術間交互創作，並與企劃藝術活動和拍攝紀錄片的帕特‧凡‧波克爾成為工作夥伴。
Artist Background
After a long and tedious student career in university and her law studies finished, Karin suddenly had the great urge to work with her hands. That is how she started to work in the creative field in the beginning of the 1990’s. At first Karin worked as a graphic designer, but when she got to the limits of her creative freedom she started painting in 1995. She continues this activity to this day. Living close to nature she became interested in working with natural materials. Since a few years ago Karin has been alternating her painting and ‘sculpting’ activities. Also, she works together with her partner Pat van Boeckel, organizing art projects and making documentary films.
創作理念
「創作對我而言是種可能性，發掘出生活層面、這個世界、歷史傳承的許多可能。繪畫讓我得以從2x2=4的公式中獲得解放，無形物質也可被看見，與我主題相關的神秘空間也隨之擴張。」當凱倫‧凡德‧摩蘭由城市遷居至鄰近自然保護區的農場後，對利用天然素材創作的興趣覺醒，開始以柳樹枝形塑大型作品。
「這件作品關係著我們與自然間困難卻又必須的連結。」也許雕塑的形式比畫作更抽象，但實物卻與環境更為貼切，而透過實際操作對物質與精神的影響更直接。
「相較於繪畫有時帶給我的孤寂無力感，雕塑反而能毫無痛楚地伸展。材料、過程、作品和意義緊密契合，而展出場所多半位於自然保護區或公園，直接將藝術、自然與遊客串聯在一起，這也是我為何如此喜愛這類創作的原因。」
Statement
Making art means possibility to me - possibility to discover many, if not all, layers of life, the world, history and the here and now. Painting gives me the opportunity to escape from the world of 2 x 2 = 4. It gives me the possibility to make the invisible visible, with room for mystery, but mostly connected to themes I work with. As I moved from the city to an old farm close to a nature preserve, my interest awoke to work with natural materials. I started to create large objects, mostly made of willow twigs. These objects relate to our sometimes difficult, but always most needed, connection to nature. Although in form maybe more abstract than my paintings, I feel the objects communicate their meaning more directly. Even working on them is very direct, physically and spiritually. They grow in a non-painful way (as opposed to the sometimes hard and lonely struggle in my painting activities). The materials, the work, the objects and their meaning are very closely linked. Also the places where they are exhibited, mostly in nature preserves or parks, stimulate a direct contact between art, nature and visitors. That is why I intensely love working in these kinds of projects.
