杰弗里·巴特利特是澳大利亚当代最能传达自然界散发的艺术讯息的雕塑家。在他的科林伍德工作室里随处可见海贝装饰品。这并不让人感到奇怪。海贝钙质的硬壳象征着自然界富有创造性的奇迹,而巴特利特的雕塑就充满对自然生物形态敏感的艺术把握。柔和古旧的铜绿表面及其抒情的外形都源于作者对材料的敏锐感觉。巴特利特尤为赞赏伦敦大英博物馆的埃尔金大理石雕和巴黎罗浮宫的藏品,萨莫色雷斯岛的胜利女神像那磨蚀的外 Geoffrey Bartlett is the contemporary Australian sculptor who best communicates the art of nature. Hebey ornaments are found everywhere in his Collingwood studio. This is not surprising. The shellfish calcareous hard shell symbolizes the creative miracle of nature, and Bartlett’s sculpture is filled with the art of sensitive to the natural biological morphology. The soft, old patina surface and its lyrical appearance all stem from the author’s keen sense of material. Bartlett especially appreciated the Elgin marble carvings at the British Museum in London and the collections of the Louvre in Paris. The Victory Statue of Samothrace Island that eroded