The Lord of The Mountain | 山靈之主

The Lord of The Mountain,
2016,
ink on rock,
site specific

Sifang Art Museum, Nanjing, China
"Mountain Sites: View of Laoshan"
Exhibition period: 5 June - 5 October 2016

with works by:
Richard Kuan, Hao Liang, Hu Xiaoyuan, Hu Yun, Lu Pingyuan, L Sub（Pak Sheung Chuen+Yim Sui Fong+Wo Man Yee Wendy）, Liu Wei, Li Weiyi, Liang Yue, Tang Dixin, Wang Wei, Xie Fan, Xu Liwei+Xue Wenwen, KAIYINSTITUTE, Yu Ji, Zheng Bo, Zheng Guogu, Zhang Ruyi, Zhao Yao

As the cornerstone of my artistic process, I use my work to release fears, this time choosing to paint at an abandoned quarry in Laoshan Mountain. On the one hand, there was the overwhelming presence of sewage and trash, revealing man’s interference with nature. The endless mountain cliffs, the noisy cries of birds and insects, and the uncontrollable growth of vegetation showed nature’s unlimited life force on the other hand. The ‘Lord of the Mountain’ is a symbol of mankind’s fear of nature; it is also the link between Man and Mountain. I put myself at the intersection of the natural and the man-made, amid an uncontrollable and unpredictable space, to release my fears in the form of ink on rock. Thus, creating a further interference of and communication between Man with Mountain.

​以渲洩自己恐懼為作品基石的藝術家，選擇在老山中的廢棄礦坑內作畫。殘積的污水、被遺忘的垃圾、頹喪的山岩，顯露出人對自然的干涉。與之並存的則是大自然的無限生命力，草木囂張、蟲鳥喧鳴。山主既是人類對自然敬畏的象徵，亦是人與山的連結。藝術家將自己置於這個自然與人工交匯、又無法預控的場地中，用岩畫渲洩不安，對山作出進一步的干涉與溝通。​