Abstract

Visual arts such as painting have been explored in the light of narratological concepts, but installation art has not received similar comprehensive narratological attention. The focus of the present article is to apply the four elements of narrative, namely time, space, character, and event, as conceptualised by Mieke Bal, to an exploration of a selection of visual artworks with an emphasis on installation art to demonstrate how the elements of narrative are thematised and foregrounded in installation art. These elements have to date not been consolidated into one publication on the visual arts. Special attention is paid to the installation artwork Baggage Arrival (2001) by the South African artist Jan van der Merwe, as an example of an artwork in which the four elements of narrative appear in a distinctive and thematised manner.

摘要

绘画等视觉艺术已经从叙事学的概念出发进行了探索，但装置艺术并没有得到类似的全面的叙事学关注。本文的重点是运用 Mieke Bal 概念化的叙事的四个要素，即时间、空间、人物和事件，来探索一系列以装置艺术为重点的视觉艺术作品，以展示如何叙事元素在装置艺术中被主题化和突出。迄今为止，这些元素尚未合并到一份关于视觉艺术的出版物中。特别注意装置艺术Baggage Arrival（2001 年）由南非艺术家 Jan van der Merwe 创作，作为艺术作品的一个例子，其中四个叙事元素以独特和主题化的方式出现。