Landscape or View? - 2

作品賞析

Chen Han-Sheng’s Landscape or View? 2 is one of the works displayed in his 2019 solo exhibition, “After the Explosion.” The exhibition focused on the coexistence of rural and industrial areas in Dashe District, Kaohsiung, where rural life and traditional faith continue under industrial development. The work consists mainly of a wooden octagonal window. The patterned, frosted glass in the window frame is a common old window style still often found in rural areas. In the frosted glass, there is a large sparrow (common in the countryside), and in the background is a depiction of factory buildings, smokestacks, and other things often seen in industrial areas. The image expresses the coexistence of industrial and agricultural lifestyles. There have been many industrial accidents in Chen Han-Sheng’s hometown. In one explosion, the windows of a neighboring house were shattered. For this reason, he made the old-fashioned windows of the countryside a motif among the works in his exhibition. Shuiguan Rd. was widened into an “industrial road,” and the entire artwork may be considered a reflection on the history of industrial development in this district.