有时,我们第一眼看到某种物品时,会认为它不同寻常,但渐渐也就习以为常了。最初的一句“为什么”没有得到答复后,我们就放弃了刨根问底寻求答案的欲望。几十年前,当我看到科特迪瓦雕刻家的人像木雕时,曾提出过这样的问题:“为什么人物的头部如此之大?”我当时就猜想过,也许这种对人体比例不符合常规的处理在艺术表现手法上有其特殊的意图;也许这一意图与非洲人像雕刻艺术的风格有关;也许这一意图恰好体现了非洲艺术风格的多样性。巴乌莱族人制作这些木雕的目的是为了与肉眼看不见的精灵进行对话,从这一目的出发,我们就能悟出他们对 Sometimes, when we first see something, we think it unusual, but gradually we become accustomed to it. After the initial sentence “why ” did not get a reply, we gave up the desire to find answers. Decades ago, when I saw the figurines of Ivory Coast sculptures, I raised the question: “Why do the heads of people have such a large size?” "I had wondered at the time, and perhaps this ratio to the human body was not Conventional handling has its own specific intentions in artistic expressions; perhaps this is in relation to the style of the African portrait carving; perhaps this notion reflects the diversity of African artistic styles. The purpose of these wooden carvings created by the Baulai people is to engage in dialogue with invisible elf. From this purpose, we can realize that they