Imprisoned Soul

In this series of pictures, the blurry contorted figures, emerging from the twilight, with the darkish half-human half-beast faces, were inspired by the humanism of the Renaissance, as well as being an echo to the notion, found in the philosophy of Platonism, that "the body is the prison of the soul in this world." Unlike God, human beings are afflicted by many weaknesses. We often err and are driven by instinctive urges and desires. Our souls are confined and held back by our bodies, unable to attain true freedom. On the other hand, unlike animals, we are also blessed with rationality and spirituality, the "Divinity" shared by God, allowing us to transcend the shackles of our physicality and aspire to the heights of a free, more divine existence. I also enclothe these images a classical warm hue and a glossy texture, along with an exaggerated, full of tension, Mannerism-like body gesture, to salute to Michael Angelo's creation concept: "I intend to release these spirits from these marbles". The twilight in these images indicates the "Divinity" hidden in our human beings, which makes us different from the animals.

I come from Taiwan. I received my master degree from Taipei National University of the Arts (TUNA), Taiwan. I am teaching visual arts in universities and colleges. As a digital visual artist, I create images that extract the most exquisite elements deep inside my heart, my mind and my soul. My art works reflect my senses of aesthetics and views of philosophy, rather than only record the explicitly observable phenomenal world. That is to say: "I feel, I think, so I create." Most of the time, I rely on my instincts for creation. I intend to catch the evanescent moments and depict the essence of eternity from transience through photography. Besides the characters of impromptu delights, my digital art works are unbounded by existing forms and structure, and freely blend of western and oriental cultural elements. Some of them are endowed with metaphysical poetry.