YI-CHIAO CHEN
ARTIST
To see the light of the hope in the dark
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85 x 50x 3 CM, mixed materials ,installation, 10.2019
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People who are imprisoned, the heart that wants to break free, the exit that is extended (the light), people wish to find a hope. To see the light of the hope in the dark, get salvation
Idea and concept
When the pupil of the human eye sees the light in the dark, it will produce an aperture. In this way, the concept of the aperture and the concept of the circle are used to bring out the golden light between the dark black and the indigo, and the response can be seen in the darkness.
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Device art intervention space
In the underground gallery of the church, in response to this historical space (explores the meaning behind the word 'immurement' and the history of the crypt beneath London's St Pancras Parish Church)
The gold nuggets are laid on the steps, and the nuggets symbolize freedom
( Freedom is as precious as the gold )
For the souls that have been injured in the past history, the imprisoned soul can be guided the footprint of the hope from light, and hopes that the audience can see the light of the church window step by step, to guide the exit, find freedom.
Techniques and development
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Using part of the hiramaki-e [1] technique
This work combines the gold land (gold powder densely spread over the surface) and pear land (spraying gold powder on the surface with a dithering technique), and the halo painting (I use gold and rose gold powder to slowly overlap, mixed and interlaced). The purpose is to make the ink splash and smudge effect of the ink painting, so that I use the dry cloth and the brush and gently brush the effect of heavy ink and light ink.
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New method of experiment
In contrast, it is different from the traditional way of ink painting that is my work not painted on rice paper or cotton paper. On the other hand, it is different from the traditional lacquer ware that I do not use the lacquer liquid to fix gold powder, but I use rabbit skin glue to brush the first layer. After that, add blue pigment to draw on the wooden board, then brush a layer of oil painting mixed liquid instead of raw lacquer. Sprinkle gold powder on the base of brushed oil painting combined with liquid, brush the layering in semi-dry and semi-wet. In order to show ink painting :Ink method requires - ink color, thick, light, broken, splash, stain, scorched.
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[1]Maki-e（蒔絵） is a unique technique in Japan. Use the paint to draw the pattern, and then decorate the gold and silver powder. The powdered powder should use the "powder tube". The powder tube is cut into a slanted mouth with a feather tube, and the veil is covered. The inside is filled with gold powder, the vibrating powder tube, and the gold powder shakes off. The basis of the painting is actually the Chinese lacquer craft introduced to Japan by the Chinese Tang Dynasty dang (618-917). Based on this, Japan has combined the Korean's mother-of-pearl craft and the adhesive process in Vietnam to form the current Japanese enamel painting. In modern Chinese, there is a meaning of “sprinkling” paintings. Because of its most prominent technological feature, it is evenly sprinkled with various metal powders of gold, silver, copper, lead and aluminum into the paint to express rich colors and textures.