➤ Danse Macabre

深掘藝術本質，無聲喚起生命情感

Digging Into the Essence of Art, Silently Evoking the Emotions of Life

➤ Night Time

認知生命短暫，以藝術觸動人心

Art as Catharsis—Resonating with the Fragility of Being

相信多數人都曾經驗過，當你看著一幅畫、一部電影、一件雕塑品，抑或聆聽一首歌時，即使明白其創作者與自身生活毫無相關，情緒仍莫名被所接收的事物深深牽引著，悲傷惆悵的感受，在心中緊縮、翻騰，觸及心底最柔弱的部分，令人沉溺其中。「悲劇的表達可以治癒人心。」對於 Hans Op de Beeck 而言，藝術是一種情感宣洩，應透過虛構的創作去理解他人的痛苦、困境，進而從中產生認同。正因如此，於 Hans 親手打造的灰色默劇中，總是反映社會複雜性，並探究死亡和生命的意義。

Many of us have experienced moments when a painting, sculpture, film, or song—though seemingly unrelated to our own lives—unlocks unexpected emotional depths. Grief, longing, and tenderness well up, striking the most fragile parts of our interior world. “Tragedy, when expressed in art, can become a healing force,” Hans once observed. For him, art is an outlet for emotional release, a means to confront suffering not through realism but through evocative fiction—inviting viewers to recognize pain in others and, in doing so, find compassion. His grey sculptural narratives often grapple with the existential dimensions of death, loss, and solitude, while simultaneously embracing the quiet beauty that arises from them. Each work gently confronts the contradictions of human life—its chaos and order, its absurdity and solemnity. In this way, Hans transforms melancholy into a form of shared experience, showing that art can be a quiet companion, an invisible hand on the shoulder, reminding us that we are never truly alone.

➤ Maurice

既然人們深知，在地球上短暫的存在是張通往死亡的單程票，那我們應該藉由何種方式來填滿所有寶貴時間？面對生活上潛藏的挑戰、困難與失去，Hans Op de Beeck 坦然地將這些遭遇視作生命中必然的過程，並且對他人釋出同理心，嘗試藉由灰色雕塑闡述人如何歷經障礙、成長、變化，將那些令人感到悲傷、憂鬱的境遇融入創作語言，表達對人類現況的反思，深藏美麗且深刻的情感。當藝術品不再是敬而遠之、觸不可及的存在，而是一個溫暖的擁抱、肩上平撫心緒的那雙手，人們便明白自己並不孤單，也有人在困境中一同經歷、感受著。

We all realize that this short existence here on earth is a one-way ticket to death, and we all try to fill the precious time we have in a meaningful way. What Hans offers is a quiet and empathic response to this inevitability. He channels these universal confrontations—loss, change, and grief—into sculptural languages that reflect how humans persevere through adversity, grow, and transform. Through these greyscale narratives, Hans captures a deeply embedded emotional beauty. His work does not seek to alienate or intimidate; rather, it offers comfort and recognition—like a gentle hand on one’s shoulder, or an embrace that silently affirms: you are not alone.

➤ Maurice

抽離色彩，從虛構情境探究真實

A Fictional World in Shades of Grey—Realism Transcended

看著 Hans Op de Beeck 染上灰色的細緻雕塑，柔和色調深層而寧靜，輕聲喚起內心溫馨、舒緩的情緒。於光線下，這些層層覆上輕薄灰色塗層的雕塑，賦予作品天鵝絨般的外觀，絲滑地反射光線，呈現細膩的肌理光澤，營造一種寧靜的氛圍，好似石化般，令人聯想到龐貝城：凝固在時間中的生命。Hans 的創造從不是虛構現實，而是以具象形式昇華成抽象作品——無聲存在的平行世界，從而喚起情緒、內在感知。於抽離色彩的情境中，所有按照真實比例製作的雕塑和裝置，創造了沉浸式環境，邀請人們在真實地體驗，從中尋找到藉慰、平靜，繼而引發對生命的省思。

Hans’s sculptures are imbued with a muted softness—layered in fine grey coatings that render their surfaces velvet-like in texture and subtly reflective in light. These subdued tones evoke a serene, meditative atmosphere, inviting viewers to slow down and contemplate. Much like the preserved remnants of Pompeii, his works evoke a world suspended in time—a world of silent presence rather than narrative action. What Hans creates is not a literal representation of reality, but rather a parallel realm, where the tangible is abstracted and emotional resonance replaces realism. His immersive installations—composed with precise attention to proportion and detail—invite viewers into a liminal space between fiction and reality. In these subdued settings, art becomes a site of introspection, offering solace and stillness while provoking deeper reflection on the nature of life.

➤ Miriam

➤ Helene1

「每當我閱讀小說時，我都希望能被深度所感動，看看人們如何面對障礙與苦難。」Hans 將生命視作一種悲劇現象，其中同時展現了荒謬與嚴肅、愉快與困難、活力與停滯、享受與痛苦等多面向。他明白生活中有許多難以捉摸、黑暗且神祕的事物，超出世界語言、邏輯知識和合理性之外。與其在乎所有事情的真實性，他更希望創造一種視覺小說的形式，讓人在虛構的情境中去懷疑、提問，又從中發掘部分真實性，完全沉浸於故事中的情感、氛圍之中，放開對生活的掌控，任由意識去探索未知。

“Whenever I read a novel, I hope to be deeply moved—to witness how people confront obstacles and suffering.” Hans sees life as a tragic phenomenon that embodies absurdity and solemnity, joy and struggle, vitality and stagnation, delight and pain. He acknowledges that life contains countless elusive, dark, and mysterious elements that lie beyond language, logic, and reason. Rather than fixating on literal truths, he seeks to create a kind of visual fiction—inviting viewers to question, to wonder, and to uncover fragments of truth within imagined narratives. His work encourages a complete surrender to atmosphere and emotion, letting go of control and allowing consciousness to wander through the unknown.

蘊藏於視覺藝術中的深層情感

Beyond Sculpture—A Multisensory Practice of Storytelling

Hans Op de Beeck 的創作媒介，並不止於雕塑創作，亦會運用影視動畫、水彩畫作、攝影和文字等形式呈現。然而，對 Hans 而言，創作的媒材本身並不重要，重點是如何溫柔而沉靜地將核心想法傳遞給觀者。他選擇以安靜且具詩意的方式來闡述人類的生與死，同時關注生活中的大小事物。無論是何種形式的視覺藝術，皆能從 Hans 的作品中尋找到故事性的可能。若你看過他的電影三部曲《Staging Silence》，便能看到兩雙手在小小的電影佈景中，以最簡單的方式詮釋虛構的風景與黑道人物。而其劇場作品《After Party》。從一開始就向觀眾發出邀請：「這純屬虛構，您是否願意與我同行，在其中尋找真實與真摯的情感？」其實，虛擬的影像之於情感經驗，可以變得「真實」，並帶來真正的淨化、宣洩。

Hans Op de Beeck works across a broad spectrum of media, including sculpture, film, watercolor, photography, and writing. Yet for Hans, the choice of medium is secondary to the message. What matters most is how gently and quietly an idea can be conveyed to the viewer. His work consistently explores life and death in poetic tones, while also attending to the small, overlooked details of everyday existence. Regardless of format, each of Hans’s works is imbued with narrative potential. His film trilogy Staging Silence, for example, features two anonymous pairs of hands constructing and deconstructing fictional landscapes on a miniature set—rendering scenes with striking simplicity and metaphorical depth. Similarly, in his theatrical work After Party, Hans opens with an invitation: “This is fiction. Will you walk with me to find something true?” In his hands, fictional imagery becomes emotionally real, offering genuine catharsis and release.

➤ Staging Silence 

若您走進 Hans Op de Beeck 於皇家安特衛普皇家美術學院舉辦的展覽《Nocturnal Journey》，可以看見真人大小的雕塑與縮放呈現的影像交替出現，恍如身處於超現實的夢境中。展內的人物反映了生命不同階段、情緒和日常儀式，動物、物品和建築則喚起人們對生命的嚮往，觸發個人情感與記憶，引領觀者跳脫時間和身體，進入一段心靈旅程。

Entering Hans Op de Beeck’s exhibition Nocturnal Journey at the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp, viewers are immersed in a surreal, dreamlike environment where life-sized sculptures alternate with scaled imagery. The figures reflect different phases of life, emotional states, and everyday rituals. Meanwhile, animals, objects, and architecture evoke longing, stirring deeply personal memories and associations. In doing so, the exhibition guides visitors beyond the boundaries of time and physicality, ushering them into an introspective and transformative journey of the soul.

➤ The Horseman (model)

➤ The Horseman

➤ The Horseman