The thinking and feelings caused by life are complex and multi-layered, but ultimately they are limited by our linear expression--a state of language, which is believed to be the anxiety and embarrassment that you and I have. Starting from the narrative, Taiwan’s new artist Huang Dawei’s recent solo exhibition “In The Character Of” created a new frame in the left-wing picture by cutting his own paintings; colorful and meticulous works, showing It is the contradiction of human beings: in the state that we cannot fully express ourselves, each person has the fragility of each character, and wants to protect her own frame, fearing that she will be absent from human nature. . In this way, these human nature traits are fragile and precise standing, and mutual checks and balances create various restrictions that are human. And we are like a gust of wind blowing through these cut-through paintings, going through various traits one after another. This feeling of complexity and contradiction also pushes us forward, and then stacks into what we have experienced. Huang Dawei, who traveled to New York in the village last year, can see the different elements of New York from Taipei to his creations. His works continue to discuss the "boundary". Dawei said that everyone began to create boundaries in their own life experience to respect others or protect themselves. These boundaries are different in different states, and because people have different life backgrounds, the boundaries that arise are different, and the private boundaries and operations that they form are also different. He believes that perhaps art cannot be directly understood through the works of art itself, just as we cannot understand ourselves through ourselves - when "I" joins "they", each "I" in different corners of the world, such a " How do we find ourselves with a "I"? With the first solo exhibition held after Huang Dawei returned to Taiwan, we walked into the four-dimensional road in Da'an District, and the hidden and beautiful space canvas Huaboo, together with Dawei, tried to understand herself through art and discussed this slightly philosophical speculation. . . How did you first come into contact with art and painting? My mother once said that I started painting about a year old, and then I will draw a pack of A4 in one day. Finally, my dad had to lock the paper (laugh), and gave me more than ten pieces a day. I want to seriously think about what I was painting at the time. I only had the impression that I was painting a dinosaur. My family used to open a coffee shop (located in the canvas cafe of Normal University, which was closed in 2008). My parents didn’t have much time to take care of me. After class, I would go to the coffee shop, then listen to the guests chatting, couples quarreling, etc... Then I began to try to express your story through painting. It can be said that from small to large, I have been thinking about images. In fact, I have never really read any books before. Instead, I will start to read books in the past few years. However, because Dad himself is also engaged in artistic creation and drawing advertisement illustrations, he was very opposed to my art at the very beginning and felt that it was a very hard road. But since I decided to start creating, I started to communicate with him slowly, and he was more willing to let me try. . What is creation for yourself? For me, painting is an expression that tells the story of life and size. I sometimes like painting very much, but sometimes I don't like it very much; the motivation to draw on it is to learn to get along with my own two faces. I have always been a non-undergraduate department. I used to graffiti and paint some cute things. I started thinking about creating since about 2014. The motivation at that time was actually an anger. Because I wanted to apply for the Paris Academy of Fine Arts that year, I learned the French decision and passed, and finally found that if the non-undergraduate department actually had the age limit for studying, Unable to apply. At that time, it was actually hit hard and I felt that this was a very unfair rule. Why apply to an art academy, not to look at the work but to see the age? I was angry and felt that I didn't need to tell me through the Paris Academy of Fine Arts that I am an artist! I decided to find space for myself, to do my own exhibition, to find the storefront of the National Taiwan Normal University, and to try to draw a large painting. The most interesting place to draw for me is the bottoming out. I have been very serious about making the most of it recently. I feel that it is a state full of any possibility, I can self-precipitate, think about what kind of possibilities, and therefore I know myself better. . Talk about the source of inspiration and the process of your creation? The things I care about are always "people", and I feel that everyone's eyes are living in different colors. Color is a symbol of emotion for me, a change. I always feel that I need to study the differences between different colors to make them more capable. But recently, I was also interested in the colorless black and white. The picture of removing the color is also a more pure face to me, a kind of precipitation. The "people" I paint are all the same. I think that I am painting the human soul. In fact, there are many common essences. In addition, it is also full of "lost love" (laughs), so this is a frequently occurring theme. Losing love makes me think about how to have it. "Emotions" have always been abstract to me, so I often feel that I have not lost or owned. Everything is just a process of constant change. In the process of creation, it is also important to decide when to "stop" and make it a "work". Often I don't know how to complete it. In fact, this is also a choice; sometimes I suddenly want to cut down the re-training and pour the paint down the picture. In fact, think about it is still like this (laugh), but sometimes it will regret it - just like life makes choices, there are often things in life that you want to regret. I have to always convince myself that nothing can disappear. If it is important and valuable, it will still appear. When the state is good, I will be satisfied with it, and I will be in place, but I have not met a point for three weeks. At this time, even if you want to work hard, but in fact, there will be no good results, you can only go back and return, and it seems that the work is also a fate. I used to want to make a frame at first, and the completely blank frame is as simple as a master. However, I found that what happened was not right. I felt that the artist should face himself in good faith, express the scope and things that he can handle, and then start to draw his own thoughts and troubles. . Please talk about life in Taipei and living in the village in New York. I like walking very much, all in the city. Walking within a dozen kilometers in New York, usually looking for coffee. I will deliberately go far to buy coffee, then I will look at passers-by and like to see them dry. According to my observations, New York compares that everyone is doing their own thing, and it is very compact when rushing and rushing; while Taipei is more reserved, everyone is not very likely to show or tell what they are thinking. For example, viewers who come to see the exhibition in New York prefer to ask questions. Taipei people may have psychological ideas, but they dare not ask you. But some New Yorkers are very American, and praise your work may not have much sincerity (laughs). After going to New York and back to Taipei, I have a deeper understanding that "people" are really hundreds of kinds. Before I went there, I just had a very cool impression of New York. But after I finished, I found out that it was not a cool or not problem. Everyone was living. When I come back, I think more often. What is the "artist"? I personally think that the artist seems to be a kind of "identity" - it is not necessarily related to his own creation, but also becomes a kind of label and social identity. Like in Taiwan, everyone will always ask you how you can support yourself, or some people will think that the artist's life is very different. But in fact, my own experience is that an artist can even be said to be full of boring. I usually spend a lot of time researching and creating, so I don't think it's as cool as it seems. Investing in art creation really needs to be very focused, don't think about it, so that the things that are expressed will be sincere, pure, seemingly simple things are actually difficult! Focusing is a beautiful thing for me. When I was walking around the island, I saw someone farming, and slowly transplanting it. That made me feel that when people concentrate on doing one thing, it looks very beautiful. . . Talk to us about this exhibition. Why is this exhibition named "We"? In fact, I have been thinking for a long time, in the end, "In the character of" how to translate the English sentence (I translated: in such a character). In fact, what I want to explore is the relationship between "I" and "they". "I" is more unique and individual, but "they" represent a common point. I feel that it is very difficult for me to really know myself. I always need to trigger ideas through other things, such as the opinions of others. But sometimes I feel that because of this, I am a very easy person to be convinced. This exhibition actually wants to distinguish four different personalities: in the outermost ones, like traditional galleries, the walls are white, and the second one is to create the feeling of the studio and show the process of creation; The three rooms are conference rooms for discussion. The texts on display are expected to be readable by the audience, and can even be reviewed at will. The fourth one is more like a personal study. I actually put a small piece of work on it, based on recent events. The creations, including wars, natural disasters, etc., but with my style of writing, seem to have never been discovered, in fact, we have received a lot of negative messages every day. This large piece on the wall is actually a five-year creative project. I often post things and finish them, but it is like many things in life come and go, but in fact, they still leave some traces, shaping your thoughts and attitudes. I also plan to continue to travel with this piece in the future, hoping that he can become a complete work after five years. . How does the audience interpret your work? Did you have any impressive reactions during the exhibition? The audience who came to see the exhibition really found something about themselves. As for the "understanding" of art, I also felt that I didn't need to rely too much on explanations and guides. The Taiwanese audience seems to be too afraid that they have no idea, they have not caught anything, and they want to have a basis to follow. What impressed me is that a famous audience came to see the exhibition and felt that my work was full of personal style. Then he quit his own work and wanted to give himself time to do it himself. Some hair stylists came to see the exhibition. Want to cooperate, is the Flux hair salon in the Eastern District, their company is also very interested in art creation, there is also a small exhibition space in the store. However, some people have questioned whether I can make such a work, can I be called a contemporary artist, and he thinks that such a work will not enter the art gallery. Even in New York, I have been working on my own exhibitions, but if my audience can watch them and see what he has seen, I feel like I have secretly planted seeds and let some new ideas have a chance to sprout. . Mom and Dad also came to see the exhibition. Dad thought that cutting his own painting was very different and very interesting, but he still felt that I would not paint and told me to cheer (laugh). He always hopes that I can practice drawing more, I think I can try it, but I also worry that it will affect my original brush strokes. I feel that I can be free at the end of the exhibition and I can do the next thing. I feel that I need to go through some different things, so that the thickness of the work can be strengthened. I also want to try in the direction of motion pictures, and I want to make huge devices so that everyone can walk in and interact. The space for this exhibition, "Huabao," is the name of the coffee shop that parents used to operate near the National Taiwan Normal University. It hopes to bring some new possibilities to Taipei. I hope that artists can exhibit, and they are experimentally groping from 0 to 1. If one day becomes 1, maybe you can go out to a more formal contemporary art hall, and welcome everyone to come. Come sit and have a cup of coffee. Canvas Huaboo 2nd Floor, No. 166, Siwei Road, Daan District, Taipei T: 0919-274-179 For more information, please visit the canvas Huaboo...
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