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Shall we dance! Lacquer Art by Wei Nan A solo exhibition 2 - 25.9.2022

Curated and presented by The Gallery by SOIL


Artist Statement


The exhibition showcases my achievements throughout the past seven years of studying lacquer art in Japan. It is also the most comprehensive collection of works I have made since I started my creative journey. Over the past few years in Japan, I have spent most of my time exploring three-dimensional forms with lacquer art. As an introvert, I intend to interact with the outside world and express myself through my creation. It is as if I whisper to my works, unfolding my enthusiasm while creating each of them. This makes a huge contrast from my quiet personality.


My works are not decorative, and most of them are mono in colour. Instead, I focus on expressive shapes. The soft and elastic properties of leather materials and stretchable fabrics allow me to present the mystical world in my heart. I find the aesthetics from our nature in motion through the blooming of flowers, rippling waves by a breeze, and elegant lines of a human body. I want to convey to viewers that every gesture contains strength and vitality. It is as if they are performing various dance styles along a stream of silent notes. I wish to capture, through lacquer art making, the moments of dancing, the motion of blooming, and energy from within myself.


展覽的作品綜合了我在日本學習漆藝七年的成果,同時也是我形成獨立創作風格以來一次作品的集結。在日本這幾年,我大部分時間都是在探索漆造型的創作中度過。這跟我內斂的性格有關,創作成為我面對世界的一個出口,同時也是自我表達的一個窗口。我長時間地與作品對話,把內心的熱情和對生命的力量投放在作品上,與自身安靜的性格剛剛相反。


我的作品大多是單色沒有裝飾,我把重點放在形態的表達上,通過皮革和伸縮性面料其柔軟且富有彈性的特質,建構出我心中繽紛的世界。我以我的美學理解大自然中的動感,來表達花朵綻放的過程、輕風的波瀾蕩漾,人體搖曳的優雅線條,我要傳達給觀看者這些動態都蘊含力量、充滿生機,作品彷佛在無聲的音符中演繹著風姿各異的舞蹈。我用漆藝來把翩翩起舞的瞬間,花兒綻放的姿態,及大自然的能量,定格成永恆。