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NERINA WANG 汪彦如 The title of my exhibition is “Our generation”. The reason why I chose to explore this topic is because of my understanding and experiences in my lifetime. Our generation has experienced something so new and unique compares to older generations. As technology developed, with the creation of the internet, the collision of cultures, the risen of globalization. Our ideas and understanding have become very different compare to our parents or elders. From my high school period, I have experienced global education and compares with traditional Chinese culture I learned from my parents, there is a collision of ideas and concepts. And also many memorable experiences in my school life make me want to show my understanding of our youngsters’ feelings in life. We are such an interesting generation since there is more attraction in our lives, internet, freedom in all ways, wearing of clothes, love bonds, and accessibility to games. However, we grew much quicker in some way compares to elders, and our minds could be challenged with more negative feelings which we cannot sustain. I want to use my works to be the bridge to connect all generations together, to let everyone knows us more. CONFORT CROWD 70X70CM PAINTING MEDIUM ACRYLIC ON CANVAS This piece talks about the feelings of isolation comes from our soul. This is common to us, the young generation. We chose to ignore or refuse the love from the family. Ironically, at the same time we seek and desperate for comfort crowd, we tried to fit in to groups of people, but the loneliness would not disappear. We should look up and see the burning warmness from our family, because they are the only one who are willing to sacrifice anything for you. ME 60X80CM YOU PAINTING MEDIUM ACRYLIC ON CANVAS This is me, but also you. We are living in such a free world, less restrictions but more attractions. We would be lost in this freedom, we are experiencing the same amounts of sadness and happiness as the older them, but in a very different way. Find the one that has not change, it’s you. The you inside the body, the glowing one, that person will leads you to the way out. LOVE IS EASY 70X70CM PAINTING MEDIUM ACRYLIC ON CANVAS Love is easy, in a way of physically, compares to now and before. But it distanced the real connection between couples. We are lingering, no more sharing in feelings but only senses. Kissing, hugging or making love become the thing on the first date. Is it love or just relationships, where is the purity? NETWORK 3.14X20X20CM PAINTING MEDIUM ACRYLIC ON CANVAS The net makes us all together, from relationships, foods, to entertainments. Our life! is on this net, we are those little spiders taking up a space on that weak nets, how long is it going to hold? there are more spiders coming! ADDICTED 70X70CM PAINTING MEDIUM DIGITAL You are addicted to this game, your eyes are in eclipse, your world is losing its color. REPLICA 60X80CM / 70X70CM PAINTING MEDIUM DIGITAL How long is it going to take us to the new version of human beings? AI, replications in DNA, it is all coming on its way. Human’s future could be digitized, and there could be more of you. NEW-BORN GLOBALIZED 40X50CM PAINTING MEDIUM ACRYLIC ON CANVAS Newborns generations are losing its own color, we are combining together, globalized. But how about the cultures, the traditions, they are vanishing. SCREAM IN CUBES 50X60CM PAINTING MEDIUM MIXED MEDIA Ahhhhhhh! I am desperate, sad, restricted by these conventions. I cannot even release myself in my way. I’m cubes! OUTSTANDING Octopus wants to swim in sky, look to new world, wants to see how the generation is going. Octopus is on its own evolution to the new society. We should, too. 30X40CM PAINTING MEDIUM ACRYLIC PAINTING