5 Catty Pieta #01

作品賞析

Plastic is everywhere – in our hands, our lives, our foods, and invades our minds and awareness. CHEN Wen-Hsiang chanced upon a divine inspiration in plastic bags. 5 Catty Pieta #01 depicts the unique red-striped plastic bag used in Taiwan molded into the religious form of Pieta. The plastic bag is then formally framed to create an artwork to be displayed. Despite being ubiquitous and cheap, plastic bags offer an indispensable convenience and sense of realism. CHEN Wen-Hsiang therefore hoped to create miracles and dreams using such mundane objects, the creative process serving as an analogy of longings to win the lottery or witness a divine miracle. By converting the ordinary-looking plastic bag into a divine image, CHEN Wen-Hsiang deconstructs the boundaries separating the vulgar and the holy, reality and supernatural entities.