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Sins of Desire

貪嗔痴慢




According to the geographical location and the long-developed history of China, religions and academic thinking are to combine to form a central idea.

Chinese always say, human beings have the seven emotions and the six sensory pleasures. From Taoism inherited from ancient China, Greed, Resentment and Illusion are called Three Poisons, while to Confucianism, those three emotions and arrogance are humans’ biggest vexation. As for Buddhism, they explain those concepts as human’s hugest confusion. 
I use my productions as carriers to present the concepts.

根據中國的地理位置及悠久的歷史,宗教和學術思想相互結合,形成了一種核心理念。人常說,人有七情六慾。源自中國古代的道教中,貪、嗔、癡被稱為三毒;而對於儒家思想來說,這三種情緒加上驕傲則被認為是人類最大的煩惱。至於佛教,他們將這些概念解釋為人類最深的困惑。當時在中國學習的我,以作品作為載體來呈現文化層面的人性理念。



Moneygrubber
To them, the significance of owning money is more important than anything else.
As the thorns near the slit are much shorter and smoother than those near the bottom, it is easy to throw coins in whereas it is difficult to remove. However, the only weakness of it is its bottom, just like a hedgehog. But can the hedgehog protect itself with the thorns forever? It is a piggy bank. Yet, how long can it defend the wealth it possesses?

貪婪者(Moneygrubber)

對於他們來說,擁有金錢的意義比任何事情都重要。由於投幣口附近的刺比底部的刺短且平滑,因此投錢進去很容易,但要取出來卻非常困難。
然而,它唯一的弱點就是底部,就像刺蝟一樣。但刺蝟能永遠依靠刺來保護自己嗎?而這個存錢罐,但它能守住自己擁有的財富多久?







Baptism
He might be rough or geometrical.
No matter what, after the society’s ordeal, many of his radical personality and temper could become smooth through the experiences in his life. It is like an eraser. After numerous mistakes which he has come through, he will finally become a flawless ball.


洗禮

這個橡皮擦跟人生一樣,可能是粗糙的,也可能是幾何形狀的。
無論如何,經歷了社會的磨煉,他的許多棱角分明的個性和脾氣,都可能隨著生活中的經驗而變得圓潤。就像一塊橡皮擦,經過無數次錯誤的洗禮,他最終會成為一顆無瑕的球體。





∞illionaire
Maybe most of us are acting like ∞illionaires.
The action of saving change is just self-comforting. Which drawing is more meaningful, to save money or just the action?


無限富翁

或許我們大多數人都在扮演著無限富翁的角色。存零錢的行為只是自我安慰。這個作品提了一個問題- 存錢本身更有意義,還是這個行為的本質更有意義呢?





Bashaw
As sociable fashion becomes popular nowadays, extravagance somewhat emerges in people’s heart. They tend to prove themselves with high-quality substances. When holding a lofty goblet, they consider themselves graceful and respectable, but forget the essence of elegance itself. The most common oriental drinking tool will certainly be a teacup. The conflicting appearances of teacup and goblet enhance the contradiction of human’s mentality. Does your internal quality correspond with this kind of material life? Temporary vanity and the paradox of ego lengthen the goblet, which cause it to be unstable, just like those fakers scared of being revealed that they make up the value of themselves.


傲慢

隨著社交時尚的流行,奢華漸漸在人們心中扎根。許多人試圖通過高品質的物質來證明自己。當他們手持華麗的高腳杯時,認為自己散發著優雅和尊貴,卻往往忽略了真正優雅的本質。然而,最具代表性的東方飲具依然是樸素的茶杯。
茶杯與高腳杯的對比強調了人類心態中的矛盾。你的內在品質是否與這種物質生活相符?短暫的虛榮和自我的悖論延伸了高腳杯的杯腳,使其變得不穩定——就像那些害怕被揭穿的人一樣,他們虛構自己的價值以掩蓋內心的裂痕。





Exhibited by CAFA Final Show 2012 in China Central Academy of Fine Art
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