最近创作的“都市”系列作品，是我感受到一些关于人与现实社会有意思的关系，宏观的看在城市中不断变化的人。今天的中国，城市是主要的标志；公共交通道路的概念，以非传统“街道”。这种转变充分体现了人与社会的公共关系，人与城市密不可分的关系，而这种新型关系是我们日常生活中逐渐形成的。
我看到了，我以及他，在城市的洪流中奔波，为了生存在忙碌，无法停止。漫无边际的高楼把我们淹没，在巨大的不断运转城市机器中，芸芸众生像被无形力量牵引着，不由自主，从清晨到午夜不停地循环流动着，永无休止。人们不知道自己要的，应该相信什么？不知道自己存在的意义。生存压力竞争已将人变成了机器，人流、物流、车流，大型、中型、小型的混合的运输工具无处不在，人生就像一场没有开始和结束的战争。空气、自然、生物被损害，人们在无休止的重复每天的活动，不知何时是尽头；人们变得紧张，恐慌，不知道我们的家究竟在那里。
道路、车辆、行人，我们的生活、我们的家，未来会怎么样；那个单纯的自己，单纯的人都跑到那里去了？
从80年代到今天，我看到社会从过去到现在的变化，生活越来越好，吃的、穿的、用的，这样的转变，人的转变，环境的转变，我们完全无法预知未来，但也许在“都市”中能找到它。
潘德海2009年11月
Pan Dehai’s Self- Narration
The idea of creating my recent works “City Series” originated from my feeling and thought about the interesting relation between man and society, and my observation of ever changing people living in cities. In today’s China, road is a main symbol of city. The public traffic road is no longer the traditional “street”. This transformation fully reflects the public relation between man and society and the inseparable relation between man and city. This newly developed relation is gradually formed in our daily life.
I see that we are all rushing about in the big city, striving for living, for a better life, never ending. We are submerged by numberless high-rises, and in the huge non-stopping running cities, numerous living beings are pulled by some kind of intangible power which beyond their control, working around the clock, without no ending. People do not know what they want or believe, neither what they are living for; survival pressure and competition has already turned them into machines. Stream of people, goods, and cars, and innumerable large, medium and small vehicles are mingled in the city. Life is like a war, with no starting and ending. The air, nature and living creatures are contaminated and destroyed. Human beings are endlessly repeating their everyday activities, not knowing when to stop. People get nervous and panic, wondering, but never managing to find where our homes are.
What will the road, car, pedestrian, our life and home be in the future? That pure man of myself, and all of the others, where have you gone?
From 1980s till today, I witness the social changes from past to present. Our life is getting better and better, no matter the food, clothes, or daily goods. However, we are also experiencing various changes of ourselves and the environment. We cannot predict the future, but we may find the result in the “city”.
Pan Dehai
November, 2009
【编辑：霍春常】
