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
靜觀自在
裝置藝術(手繪佛像,鏡片及現場觀者)
1984
形式
這件作品是一個正方形的架構,正方形中間放置一幅手繪佛像頭部,三十二塊鏡片圍著佛像,觀者是作品的一部份,當觀者站在作品面前,他們的一舉一動都是作品的部份。
寓意
作品表達了中國天人合一的哲學思維。佛像的合目與觀者的觀看是一個對比,由鏡片的反映,觀者似乎與尊者同在,尊者就在合目之下觀眾生之相,而觀者通過鏡片的反映,看見自己,也看見眾生,此刻也許可深思眾生的意義。
意念
藝術家提供平台讓觀者成為作品的一部份,觀者既是參觀者,也是創作者,藝術家以簡約的材料創作一件多元化的作品。
心即宇宙
空能納萬境
靜觀自在
蓮的聯想
一即一切
時空都在移動
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