Life starts on a grassland, constantly crawling forward towards what you perceive as the front. - Yuan Hsin-Yuan
Often using brief words to describe the imagination of oneself towards people, events, time, space, and objects in daily life. Through creation and recording these simple words, constantly engaging in dialogue with oneself, feeling curious about the existence of humans and the truth of life. For Yuan Hsin-Yuan, art is discovered in the world we encounter in our lives, and creation often combines new things and old materials from everyday life.
Yuan Hsin-Yuan was born in Taichung and is currently studying at National Changhua University of Education. The imagery in his creations comes from the sketches in daily sketchbooks, filling in the blank parts of life. Most of them are imaginative depictions of people's actions or recorded images that he pays attention to. The sculpture series in his creations mainly focus on figures. They have expressionless faces, wear minimally casual clothes, and have no accessories. Compared to expressing various emotions such as joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness, expressionless faces can carry more and be more profound, while unnecessary clothing decorations take away a certain pure feeling. The characters in the artworks always have a hint of innocence and purity, as well as a touch of simplicity and unworldliness that echoes the artist's own simplicity and untainted nature.
In her previous works, "hands" have always been a common element. Because "hands" symbolize the care and expectations given by parents. In this solo exhibition, the element of "boats" is introduced.
The "boats" in the artworks are imagined. They have no bow or stern, giving both a sense of directionlessness and directionality, as if we never know if they are sailing in or sailing out. In this vocabulary, the artist poses self-reflective questions, giving rise to the main theme of the exhibition: the uncertain direction of life. So this time, let me escape first, sorry~
