1962 年出生於花蓮 Makota’ay 港口部落，現專職創作。
二十多年來，不斷地反省和探索自己的思緒，沉澱與累積創作能量。作品多蘊含海洋文化特質與部落傳統精神，從採集神話故事、口述歷史和舊部落遺跡開始，重新學習部落的智慧，多次帶領部落族人參與國內外藝術展出及創作發表。
他無數次行走於海岸，撿拾充滿生命和記憶的自然材質，與海岸邊隨處可見的現代過剩產物作為材料，以淬練後的雕塑線條和精準的語彙，傳達對全球化課題的環境思維辯證，探討族群結構瓦解及大社會變遷的現狀。拉黑子透過自身的行為及藝術創作，引發觀者的自我省思，一路走來，他已從文化詮釋的社會性批判、思索、重省、再現等可能，邁向對藝術本質純粹性的探索。
於 2000 年獲亞洲文化協會(ACC)獎助前往美國紐約進修學習當代藝術，2014 年國立海洋科技博物館將他列為海洋文化之代表藝術家。重要作品包括，從源頭感受存在的《現代集會所》(1993) 和《末始》(1999);深切關注如何重新凝聚部落意識的《歸零》(2000);代表部落精神與傳統祭祀儀式力量的《站立之舞》(2005);在空間的輕盈及時間的速度上探討微弱，卻具生命力量的《殘》(2007)。
近十年來拉黑子陸續提出與海洋、島嶼有著密切關連的計畫，不只延續了他長年關注的族群文化議題，亦擴及將環境生態的問題含括進來，包括在藝術創作上的代表計畫為「颱風計畫」(2008-2013)、「五十步的空間」(2013-2018)、「海 美／沒 館」(2018-2020)。 等，同時透過出版著有〈混濁〉(2006)、〈旅行在 50 步的空間〉(2019)等書，紀錄所觀察到的文化環境變遷，及他站立在如此特殊文化時空角色上的哲學思辨。
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Rahic.Talif was born into the Pangcah / ‘amis Makota’ay Village of Hualien in 1962. He is a professional artist who works in the fields of sculpture, installation art, performance art, furniture design, and Indigenous social and cultural criticism. Rahic returned to his native village to focus on his artistic creation in the 1990. Rahic is aware of the intricately interconnected, and sometimes contradictory, influences from his experiences of experiences of life in traditional territory, days of living in the city, and years of field research on his native Pangcah / ‘amis culture. Rahic engages in repetitive actions drawn from manual labor to reflect upon these influences. His creative work employs diverse forms and develops a synthesis of maritime culture and traditional Pangcah sensibilities.
His works employ sculptural line and the language of installation art to convey complex messages about the contemporary environment, to explore the disintegration of traditional social structure in the Indigenous community, and to comment upon wholescale social transformation, inspiring viewers to reflect upon these issues. In 2000, Rahic received a grant from the Asian Cultural Council (ACC) to attend art activities in the US.
In a series of ongoing creative projects focused upon the ocean, Rahic has sustained his long-term interests in Indigenous cultural issues, while also incorporating environmental and ecological concerns. His representative projects include “Action Project for Typhoon” 2008, “The Space of Fifty Steps” 2013, and “The Marine Museum of Art/Indifference” 2018. He also authored the books “Turbid”2006, “Journey in the space of 50 steps”2019.
During his artistic career Rahic has moved from a focus on the interpretive possibilities of social criticism, thought, reflection and representation, toward explorations of the ontological purity of art.
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拉黑子‧達立夫 Rahic Talif 