I’m a student from Taiwan, a country in Asia and therefor have been influenced by my Asian culture. I like to think of my art work in a philosophical way, that includes philosophic thinking from Taoism, Buddhism and Chinese landscape painting. For instance, Taoism believes everything has their soul. They can think and even have their own thought. Wabi-Sabi is a philosophic thinking in Buddhism and Taoism, which called 禪 (Zen) in Chinese. This idea can easily see in the “Tea Ceremony”. It’s a thought of lifestyle and can also be a simple way to look at the definition of beauty. My work mostly comes from life observed, internal sensations and how objects will react to each other, including the feelings they can bring to the viewer.
Montage, the idea I try to show in my most recent series, is a technique in film editing in which a series of short shots are edited into a sequence to condense space, time, and information. Road trip, light and shadow, Night view, Earthly and Worldly are the subject matter. In this series, I created different scene which seems no connection. However, the viewer can find their own way to build their own road trip by having those clues in my works.
“Scene which recalls past memories”, a Chinese saying, which means when viewers see the object or scene, those items will remind their past time and bring back memories. The most normal and tiny little things that happen in life which can be more meaningful for us. In other words, the most important things are not always what they look like, but the meaning behind things is the most important part. Therefor, I choose to paint and draw objects that are humble and original.
“Nothing is absolute. Everything changes, everything moves, everything revolves, everything flies and goes away. “—Frida Kahlo
The materials used are charcoal, pastels and acrylic. Charcoal and pastels are more fragile than paint, they will become dust like, and the dust is very thin, easy to damage and change. This idea about their fragile materiality can add to our “Emotions” experience; thus easy to break and change – as nothing is absolute, like Frida Kahlo said. And that’s why I’m using charcoal as one of my main materials. It is more alive, emotional and warm.
