Finding my own language and form for painting
Emphasizing the tangible constructions of the “concrete”

The main body of the painting is the imitation of the subjects, the western painting style before the 18th century was dominated by careful polishes and realistic styles pursuing perfect harmony. As diversity is a common belief today, the concept of the concrete has only symbolic values, which exist according to the social structure, human consciousness, and the artists’ evaluations. As the result, all those transactions create a new milestone for contemporary art, with continuous research, fighting, and explorations.

Catching the momentary changes of the light “impressions”

When the painting presents blinking colorful changes as if there is sunshine spreading around the earth, it reflects the way how the impressionists directly face the every-changing nature of the nature. They transform the so called objects into visual subjectivities, catch the various changes between lights and colors, and further turn those realistic concretes back to the light spectrums for future analysis and combinations. When the science proves its ability to explore and to testify, the impressionists emphasize more on the forever interconnection between the human minds and the moment when approaching the nature. Such an extraordinary painting style doubtlessly opens a new era for modern art.

The “abstract” emphasizing the freedom of the colorful forms

Ever since the ancient time, the art with completely abstract symbols and totems have begun to develop. However, the real release of forms and symbols did not begin until the early 19th century. Starting from Kandinsky, the art returned to the simplistic and pure form, without directly presenting external forms, and emphasized on the expression of self emotions. According to this abstract idea, whether an art is an unrealistic pictorial symbols or a combination of geometrical forms and colors, it tries to search for an interaction between the spatial layers, and create a new artistic technical language with completely absolute consciousness. Indeed, the creative and free style of the abstract has been guiding the twenty-first century’s new artistic forms.

The “mental image” exploring a new humanism trend of thought

Ever since the Renaissance inspired by humanism, the western art has included mental images in the realistic forms of art. Until the chaotic and unstable 19th century, the exploration and the raise of human’s self consciousness were speeded up under such social pressure. “Emotions change the shape; spirits complete the shape”. Only through the process of thinking, one can cultivate the concepts of forms into the area of consciousness, and embrace the implication, criticism, and uniqueness of every subject of art. When the endless desire of human nature gets rid of the long lasting spiritual confinement, art itself has greater tolerance, along with a limitless spiritual version. Thus, such process of embracing and exploring human consciousness become a constant issue that future art has to pay attention to.

You, Shou-Zhong written at Nan-Tou, 2006.