Nigel Coates, Ski Station, 1982. © Nigel Coates. From the Collection of the Alvin Boyarsky Archive.

用來表現動態的線條或橫或縱地劃過圖面，各色粉蠟筆以帶有速度感的筆觸，在墨筆底圖上作畫，這幅奈傑爾．寇特斯的《滑雪場》表現出滑雪的活力與能量。金色的字跡揮灑出「說話」、「觀看」、「急速」、「滑雪」等詞彙，讓畫面底部蠢蠢欲動了起來，也使這項運動的強度躍然紙上。這些金色的文字，遮蓋了繪圖中結構性線條所構築出的穩固感，也同時指涉了流行雜誌、時尚指標和龐克音樂，表現出寇特斯對當代文化的關注。

Laced with visible indications of movement, Nigel Coates’s Ski Station captures the dynamism of skiing through fast, colorful strokes of oil pastel over the ink drawing. The lively gold script with words such as talk, watch, rush, and ski activates the lower quadrant of the drawing, conveying the intensity of the sport. As these golden words eclipse the solidity of the drawing’s structural lines, they also evoke Coates’s interest in contemporary culture, referencing popular magazines, fashion icons, and punk music.