Pen Walking #62

作品賞析

SHIH Chin-Hua has been exploring conceptual and behavioral art for many years. Pen Walking #62 is one of his representative works in this area. To SHIH Chin-Hua, a pencil is a symbol for a living entity, and its trails represent its lifelong activities. The gradually shortening pencil, on the other hand, is an analogy for the mortal body. The pencil is allowed to travel back and forth across the canvas, while the pencil shavings are deliberately left on the canvas to symbolize the consumption of life and energy. SHIH Chin-Hua uses a behavioral and documentary approach that integrates both texts and images to create a holistic history of life, highlight the marks and trails of life and ideas, and investigate the true nature and representation of life itself.