After Taking- 1

作品賞析

To recreate moments of his childhood, LIN Shih-Yung’s works often depict a boy integrated with the form of a banana, which LIN Shih-Yung has described as the “Banana Man.” Super-realist approaches were used in order to create works that convey dark and dismal tones as well as metaphorical lessons. In After Taking-1, a boy with the head of a banana is kneeling besides a railroad track, sinking his head into a puddle of black stagnant water, with a bowl containing several slices of raw meat placed beside him. The entire composition is a depressing and nightmarish scene. LIN Shih-Yung hopes to use this work to recreate his childhood memory, observing like a detached bystander to dissect his family history and communicate with the difficult memories he had experienced.