无穷 Boundless
油画 Oil on Canvas
每张尺寸20cmX20cm,数量无限
20 x 20 cm, 2008-ongoing,infinite
在「机器复制的时代」,艺术家先是逆向地以这种「手工复制」的行为来传达一个创作发现,接着挑战了艺术界奉行的一个价值观念,例如:「我们不停地说要创新,所有的都要创新,难道重复真的那么没有价值吗?」。这个画作系列从2008年开始繁衍发展,除了数量没有底限,创作年代也特意标记为「2008~」,意味了从此将永续发展,艺术家并承诺他每年都会画几张,且一直坚持画下去;此外,他也主张每一张画的价值是平等的,故不存在原作或谁比谁好的问题。
The painting installation, Boundless, is presented neatly along the 2nd floor hallway, with about 500 paintings in the size of 20 x 20 cm showcasing repeated depictions of an egg. The “hand reproduction” approach opted by the artist is contrary to the trend found in the “Age of Mechanical Reproduction.” He then argued against the principle widely upheld in the art world by questioning the fact that artists are always told to innovate but is repetitiveness truly without any value? This painting series is an ongoing project that began in 2008. The artist has not set a maximum quantity for the series, and the year created is intentionally indicated as “2008 ~ ongoing”. It shows that this project is to be continued, as the artist promises that he will paint a few paintings for this series every year and is determined to persist in his endeavor. Furthermore, he also declares all of the paintings in the series are of equal value and thus negating the existence of an original copy or issues with which painting is better.