SHUHAN
WEI
魏书涵
We live in a world that changes so fast, and we are the generation that cope
with change. What I remembered when I was small is completely different
after I grow up. Change can be so little and yet so giant, and it can be both
physical and conceptual. The sunshine drops shadow in different corner
from morning to evening, and the concept of love develops from last century
to this century. Similarly, art has changed through the passing of time, and
we learn about change every day through every approach.
I use my artworks to explore the differences between different concepts,
ideas, people, and objects, which reflect my observation of the world I’m
living in. I name my exhibition Metamorphosis, which implies the weird
transformation and change in this modern society. To break down the theme
of Metamorphosis, it discusses the change, differences, and similarity in
many fields. When the audience sees my exhibition, I wish they could build
different personal connection with the artworks. I also hope different people
could have varied interpretations of the artworks, and my exhibition text is
merely my explanation of my artworks.
HER
1024X2048PX
PAINTING
MEDIUM DIGITAL
This is an introduction of my exhibition. It summarizes the theme of
my overall exhibition. The monochromatic hue expresses the
superficial, boring nature of life, and the girl sees this nature through
sunglass. The flowers represent the colorful world around her, which
refers to the Chinese term “flowering world”. The gesture of her
swallowing flower also shows the absurd behavior in this world.
DIVING
457X610MM
PAINTING
MEDIUM ACRYLIC ON CANVAS
This painting explores the change of reading
from books to digital world. The one that
dives from the books to the iPad symbolizes
the transformation from paper to screen. This
painting states this phenomenon without
commenting on the inclination of either one.
Moreover, this ironically foreshadows the
many digital artworks I produces during the
quarantine.
DURING THE DAY
1223X996MM
PAINTING
MEDIUM ACRYLIC ON FOAMBOARD
In the superficial meaning, this painting reflects the
starry sky that is normally ignored during the day. The
square represents the day and the background is the
night. The meaning behind it is as following: the ice
ball is the Earth that trapped in the glass, and we
human can only see what we want to see. Comparing
with the universe, the Earth is so small, and what we
see changed day by day.
LOVE
COUPLES
1048X1791MM
PAINTING
MEDIUM ACRYLIC ON CANVAS
The hearts are pretty straight forward, and it is the symbol of love.
The color changing from red to orange to green shows the
diminishing of purity between couples through the time. Each heart
has a little head buried behind the other heart, and it represents the
person who is in love. This shows the irony of love in modern
society from my perspective.
TEATIME
2048X2732 PX
PAINTING
MEDIUM DIGITAL
This drawing reflects the personal transformation of one
person. The different saturation represents the diverse
aspects of one person. This artwork is called Tea Time
because it is common for girls to have an afternoon tea
with friends, and this is a tea time with different
personalities of the same person. This ironically shows
my observation of many other people.
PUPPY
2048X2048PX
PAINTING
MEDIUM DIGITAL
Puppy is normally the calling for dogs, but this one symbolizes the girl under the oppressing from the society.
The red lines are the chains that controls the puppy, and the stereotype of how girl should look like is in the
hands of others. This reflects how I feel about females’ positions in the society. The transparent body in the
background implies the industry of making the “perfect body”.
LOOK!
CAT!
1024X2048PX
PAINTING
MEDIUM DIGITAL
The aim of drawing this is to show the change of time
and people’s opinion. In my imagination, there was a
time in the history that people worship cats, and this is
being captured and stored in a museum. However,
nowadays cats are only the pets in our house, and
our descendant can visit museum and mimicking the
gesture of former God. This warns those who think
human is the God of the world.
BUS
2048X2732PX
STATION
PAINTING
MEDIUM DIGITAL
This expresses my personal feeling when I waited in the
bus station as a student. I always imagine the world
around when I was waiting for the bus to come. This
supposed to be painted on a transparent glass, but the
limited space during quarantine makes this idea
unsuccessful. The transparent background emphasizes
that the idea of this drawing can happen in everywhere.