Blessed Time
Date|Feb 24 - Feb 25, 2023
Venue|Siddhartha Art Gallery-Annex, Kathmandu, Nepal
Support| Ministry of Culture
Special Thanks|Jupiter Pradhan, Neda Haffari, AVAT
The gray and white tones are mixed in the painting, because the clothes, hats, leaves, and carved beams and pillars are all covered with dust, so the red of Tika appears, which is also a red that I didn't use much in Taipei in the past.
Tangled Buddhist flags and temporary ladders, offerings from gods and people’s strawberries, restoration after destruction and continuous construction are all two sides of the same thing. What I think about is why it is so tolerant, frustrated and deformed amidst the dust and mixed rumbling sounds in the sky We and the times are eager to be blessed, and to pass blessings to people around us, even if we don't know them.
畫面攪和了灰白調,因為不論是衣帽、葉面、雕樑都積滿塵土,蒂卡的紅因而顯現,那也是過去我在台北不太使用的紅。
纏結的佛旗與臨時梯、神的供品和人的草莓、毀壞後的修復和持續建構皆一體兩面,我心中想著「何以如此寬容?」
在漫天沙塵和混雜轟隆聲響中,挫敗而形變的我們和時代,都渴望被祝福,並將祝福傳遞至身邊、縱然不認識的人們。
〈For the Hanuman〉&〈khata〉15.4x20.8cm, oil on canvas,2023
〈Look inside〉,〈Mheecha〉,〈Fruits〉, 〈about Patan after 2015〉21x27cm, oil on canvas,2023
Installation views from “Blessed Time” at Siddhartha Art Gallery, Kathmandu
Special Thanks|Jupiter Pradhan’ mom, who taught me how to make momo. It was a joyful process and a precious memory for me.