日常的、生活的圖像,例如:垃圾袋、雨傘、手套…等,暗示生活的本質每個人都是一樣的,對於日常的需求我們沒有不同,只是我們自身認為必須與他人不同,因而創造出各式各樣的選擇。且隨著現代社會發展的腳步不斷加快速度,任何事情都被要求更簡便快速,在強烈的競爭下,使得人們遺忘人類需要依靠人類之間在共同協助下才能夠生存的事實,如此的環境變化,也使得大多的事物難以讓人留下深刻的印象,唯一能倖免的也只有日常生活物品了吧。 此次的個展『不願消逝的時間』是表達我對社會與世界的觀察,在當中尋找人們因為習以為常而失去的平和,透過繪畫手法完成的圖像,再現日常生活中常見的影像與色彩。這些被選擇與創造的圖像,我認為是連結當地社會人與人之間歷史與未來的一種共向存在,例如:<紅綠藍白RGBW>、<藍與白BLUE AND WHITE>。日常常態視覺深刻烙印在每個人的記憶中,換化成與他人之間共通的經驗,即使身處他方,也能從共通的經驗尋求到些微的思鄉慰藉。時間不會因為個人或社會的改變而消逝,而是我們透過生活經驗認知到它的存在,相反地,生活物品承載了人類的時間,不是它本身就存在著,而是我們創造它並選擇了不願讓它的存在(時間)消逝。
UNWILLING TO FADE AWAY
DAILY OBJECTS ARE PRODUCED MASSIVELY BY MACHINES BECAUSE OF THE NEEDS OF HUMAN BEINGS. THOUSANDS OF PERFECTLY DUPLICATED OBJECTS ARE DISTRIBUTED OVER THE COUNTRY IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME AND BECOME ONE OF THE COMMON LANGUAGE IN OUR DAILY LIFE. GRADUALLY, THESE LANGUAGES BECAME THE NORM AND ALSO THE MOST INTIMATE MEMORIES BETWEEN THE PAST AND THE FUTURE.
IMAGES IN EVERYDAY LIFE, INCLUDING GARBAGE BAGS, UMBRELLA AND GLOVES, IMPLY THAT EVERYONE SHARES THE SAME NATURE. OUR NEEDS ARE NO DIFFERENT THAN OTHERS, AND AT THE SAME TIME WE TRY TO BE DIFFERENT FROM OTHERS THROUGH NUMBERLESS DECISIONS. AS THE PACE OF DEVELOPMENT IN THE MODERN SOCIETY SPEEDS UP, PROCEDURES ARE REQUIRED TO BE SIMPLER AND FASTER. IN TODAY'S HIGHLY COMPETITIVE WORLD, HUMAN HAS FORGOTTEN THE FACT THAT THEY NEED TO COOPERATE WITH OTHERS IN ORDER TO SURVIVE. IN THIS CHANGING ENVIRONMENT, MOST OF THE OBJECTS CANNOT MAKE PEOPLE IMPRESSED BUT DAILY OBJECTS.
IN THIS SOLO EXHIBITION, “UNWILLING TO FADE AWAY”, I WANT TO EXPRESS MY OBSERVATION TOWARDS THE SOCIETY AND THE WORLD, AND SEARCH FOR THE PEACE THAT WAS LOST BECAUSE OF PEOPLE ARE ACCUSTOMED TO LIVING. THE IMAGES CONSTRUCTED BY PAINTING REPRODUCE THE LIGHT AND COLOR IN DAILY LIFE. I THINK THE IMAGES BEING SELECTED AND CREATED ARE LINKAGES BETWEEN SOCIETY AND PEOPLE, PAST AND FUTURE, SUCH AS “RGBW”, “BLUE AND WHITE”. THE VISIONS IN EVERYDAY LIFE ENGRAVE DEEPLY IN THE MEMORY OF EVERYONE AND TRANSFORM TO SHARED EXPERIENCES AMONG THE OTHERS. EVEN IF WE ARE FAR FROM OUR HOME, WE CAN STILL EASE OUR HOMESICKNESS VIA THESE SHARED EXPERIENCES. TIME WILL NOT FADE AWAY BECAUSE OF THE CHANGES OF INDIVIDUALS OR SOCIETY. WE SENSE THE EXISTENCE OF TIME IN OUR LIVING. ON THE CONTRARY, THE OBJECTS IN DAILY LIFE SHOW THE HISTORY OF HUMANS. THEY DO NOT EXIST AT THE VERY BEGINNING, BUT ARE CREATED AND CHOSEN TO MAKE TO BE ETERNAL.