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Tatawa (Wei Tan)
ART Habens
every painting is a set of broken habits.
My commitment to spontaneity is still
there, but I just want to distinguish
between habit and true spontaneity,
one that creates new gestures instead
of repeating old ones. I don’t think I will
ever reach an end with the search for
new gestures, but I imagine that my
commitment will continue to change.
Like I mentioned in the first question, I
want to allow my sense of beauty to
change as often and as quickly as it
needs to.
I am glad that you mention this
because openness is a very important
aspect of my art. Just as painting
satisfies my craving for spontaneity, it
satisfies my desire for openness. With a
society built on rules and restrictions
comes the thirst for ambiguity and a
freedom from right or wrong. I simply
project my desire for this freedom onto
the viewer and expect that they feel
liberation at the notion of being able to
interpret an artwork subjectively and
point where you are limited by the nature
of habit. No matter how the hand tries to
move differently, it is unable to shake off
its conditioning. So my next commitment
is to chal