I used to paint in the afternoon
(2018)
I used to paint in the Afternoon
life performance, 4 hours.
Concept & Performer: Yi-Jou Chuang
life performance, 4 hours.
Concept & Performer: Yi-Jou Chuang
我在展場對一件光影作品進行寫生，畫著看似抽象畫但實為寫實的油畫。向過去自己將近十年的午後畫室時光做一場自我的時空談話。向觀眾展現一般民眾對藝術學院最直覺的想像。但其實這樣的畫面只是當今藝術學院非常小眾的日常，當代藝術發展數十載，各種新式的媒材層出不窮。但坐在畫布前面的作畫的畫面，依然存在於大部分觀眾對藝術教育殿堂的想像裡。
I painted a piece of light and shadow in the exhibition space. It seems that I painted abstract but was in fact a realistic oil painting. It is a performance which I hold a conversation with myself to talk about the past ten years of my afternoon studio time. This is the most intuitive way of imagining the art school to the general public. In fact, such images are only a small part of the everyday life of the art school today, as contemporary art has evolved over the decades and new mediums have emerged. However, the image of sitting in front of a canvas and painting still exists in most audiences' imagination of an art school.
I painted a piece of light and shadow in the exhibition space. It seems that I painted abstract but was in fact a realistic oil painting. It is a performance which I hold a conversation with myself to talk about the past ten years of my afternoon studio time. This is the most intuitive way of imagining the art school to the general public. In fact, such images are only a small part of the everyday life of the art school today, as contemporary art has evolved over the decades and new mediums have emerged. However, the image of sitting in front of a canvas and painting still exists in most audiences' imagination of an art school.