For his first exhibition in Melbourne, Jiwye To presents a curious mix of traditional Chinese scroll painting techniques and Western abstract expressionism.
Where there is social comments, it is veiled. One work, for example, depicts mountains, meticulously painted in a recognisable Chinese style, overwhelmed by angry black slashes
To the West, it might seem an uneasy combination of irreconcilable painting style, perhaps too mannered and decorative to be effective as political comment. But then political comment is not Jiwye To’s aim. Rather, he wants to provide objects of quiet contemplation.
I suspect that, in the end, Jiwye To’s paintings simply point out the inadequacies of the sort of cultural theory that underpins so many recent exhibition about our relationship with Asia.
Peter Timms
Editor of Art Monthly Australia
静观自在
装置艺术(手绘佛像,镜片及现场观者)
1984
形式
这件作品是一个正方形的架构,正方形中间放置一幅手绘佛像头部,叁十二块镜片围著佛像,观者是作品的一部份,当观者站在作品面前,他们的一举一动都是作品的部份。
寓意
作品表达了中国天人合一的哲学思维。佛像的合目与观者的观看是一个对比,由镜片的反映,观者似乎与尊者同在,尊者就在合目之下观众生之相,而观者通过镜片的反映,看见自己,也看见众生,此刻也许可深思众生的意义。
意念
艺术家提供平台让观者成为作品的一部份,观者既是参观者,也是创作者,艺术家以简约的材料创作一件多元化的作品。
心即宇宙
空能纳万境
静观自在
莲的联想
一即一切
时空都在移动
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