Artwork Appreciation
WU Cheng-Chang’s Seeing and Construction-Arrow is a black and white photograph that converts external sceneries into a manifestation of inner emotions. The image shows a trunk of a coconut tree with weeds surrounding it as well as a city with isolated lighting in the background. A glowing arrow-shaped light box is installed, appearing like an alien object that has been placed there to serve as form of extraterrestrial guidance. WU Cheng-Chang has used this photograph to create a sense of ‘true spiritual emptiness’ in the complex and physical world we live in. Symbols were employed to initiate dialogs between our visual senses, our mind, and our environment and achieve emotional release.