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胡辛·奥斯曼（Husin Othman），艺名 Sean，是一位马来西亚当代艺术家，其创作实践深植于记忆、身份与文化延续等主题。2013 年，他以优异成绩毕业于马来西亚玛拉工艺大学（UiTM）美术系。Sean 的灵感源自他在霹雳州乡村与七位兄弟姐妹共同成长的童年时光，其富有感染力的人物绘画通过对日常生活场景的怀旧描绘，生动捕捉马来西亚文化的精神面貌，展现马来传统价值观。在 2014 年，他荣获马来西亚 UOB 年度绘画大奖，被评为“最具潜力艺术家”。

2024 年，Sean 受邀参加在中国桂林举办的首届“和谐共融：中马艺术交流展”，该项目旨在通过当代艺术促进跨文化理解与交流。作为马来西亚新生代代表之一参展，他的参与凸显其在推动区域艺术对话中的重要角色。Sean 的作品更被桂林美术馆永久收藏，进一步确立其在跨国当代艺术语境中的影响力，巩固了他作为东南亚当代艺术重要声音的地位。

这件作品仿佛是一幅记忆的框架，捕捉了艺术家生命中曾经存在过的一个场域。它呈现出依然在记忆中呼吸的片段——每个街角、每条斑驳的巷弄、每处曾充满声音与故事的空间。即使现实中的这些场所随着时间流逝而逐渐褪色，作品却通过两种对比的维度将其重现：一方面是逐渐衰败的现实，另一方面则是经过理想化记忆重构的数字幻境。作品唤起一种怀旧情感，也许是对童年片段或过往未曾察觉之美的追忆，如今通过科技的视角重新诠释。作品揭示了现代生活的讽刺：小小的屏幕能够改变观看角度，掩盖瑕疵，塑造一种从未真正存在过的美好画面。画面中，一边是灰暗、杂乱的现实世界——拥挤的市集、沉寂斑驳的街道、在时光中破败的游乐场，以压抑的色调与锐利的线条呈现；而在屏幕中，一切却显得缤纷、有序且理想化，隐喻着数字美学如何遮蔽现实，并重塑我们记忆中的过去。

Husin Othman, known professionally as Sean, is a Malaysian contemporary artist whose practice is rooted in memory, identity, and cultural continuity. A graduate with honors in Fine Art from UiTM in 2013, Sean draws upon his upbringing in rural Perak—where he was raised alongside seven siblings—as a wellspring of inspiration. His evocative figurative works capture the spirit of Malaysian life through nostalgic portrayals of everyday scenes, reflecting the values and traditions of Malay culture. In 2014, Sean was recognized as Malaysia’s Most Promising Artist with the UOB Painting of the Year award.

In 2024, he was invited to participate in the inaugural Harmony Unity: China–Malaysia Artwork Exchange Exhibition in Guilin, China—an initiative aimed at fostering cross-cultural understanding through contemporary art. Representing Malaysia among a curated selection of emerging voices, Sean’s inclusion highlighted his growing role in shaping regional artistic discourse. His work was acquired into the permanent collection of the Guilin Art Museum, underscoring his resonance within the broader transnational art landscape and affirming his position as a vital voice in Southeast Asian contemporary art.

This artwork serves as a frame of memory, capturing a place that was once part of the artist’s life. It reflects a past that still breathes in memory—every street corner, every worn-out alley, every space once filled with voices and stories. Though the physical location may have faded with time, the work presents it in two contrasting dimensions: a decaying reality and a digitally enhanced version, shaped by idealized memory. The piece evokes nostalgia, perhaps of childhood moments or unnoticed beauty, now reimagined through the lens of technology. It portrays the irony of modern life, where a small screen can transform perception—hiding flaws and crafting beauty that never truly existed. On one side, the real world appears dark and disordered—crowded markets, silent rusty streets, and abandoned playgrounds rendered in muted tones and harsh lines. Yet within the screen, everything is vibrant, orderly, and idealized, suggesting how digital aesthetics can mask reality and reshape how we remember the past