看到陈灵刚作品的第一感觉就是方方正正的小格子，在每个格子里面都有“压缩”了的各种宣纸和书籍，我们却辨认不清纸上的文字和内容，而作者似乎更是在故意制造这种解读的“障碍”，即艺术家在“阅读者”和“历史文化”之间制造了一种无形“障碍”。我们在解读他的作品的时候，不由的被艺术家指引到另一个独特的时空角度！

这种阅读的“障碍”带来的是对历史文化的另一种思考方式与审视的角度。它使人们从被动的接受转向了主动的思考。这正是作品所指引的，他使人们重新对历史文化进行自己的认知与理解，甚至是迷惑与质疑！当人们注视这些画面时候，不知不觉中仿佛看见历史的片段在方格中流淌，文化的传承在方格中变换，突然又定格成某一历史瞬间，成为眼前这不变的画面。陈灵刚的作品向我们提出一个问题，一种思考问题的方式。它是矛盾的，是没有答案的，是“障碍”的，但这也是作品的魅力所在，是对艺术本身的一种尝试与探索！

The first impression of Chen Linggang's works is the existence of many small square grids, where various "compressed" rice paper and books are. It is too difficult to make out those characters and content in the paper. The artist seems to create an "obstacle" of interpretation deliberately, in other words, he creates an invisible "obstacle" between "readers" and "cultural history". We have been unconsciously directed to another unique viewpoint of time and space when we interpret his works.

The "obstacle" of reading brings another angle to meditate on history and culture… It drives us to think actively, rather than accepting passively. His works make people rethink and reinterpret history and culture, even question them with confusion! When people observe those pictures, they can feel the fragments of history are flowing in the grid, and the cultural heritage is transforming. Suddenly they are frozen into a historical moment - an unchangeable picture appears in front of us. Chen's works ask a question and create a way of thinking. It is a contradiction without any solution. It is an "obstacle". However, it is also the charm of his works because this is an exploration of art itself!