Artwork Appreciation
Chao Nan-Kai has a solid foundation in painting. When he was studying in Canberra, Australia, he wanted to explore different ways of expression, so he chose to delve into the world of glass art. He merged aesthetic elements of the East and West and embarked on a unique path. He uses flat glass as a canvas and uses glass fusion, manual cutting, sandblasting, polishing, and other methods in the creative process. After a whole sequence of processes, everything is reduced to simplicity as he pursues a minimum of visual interference and the expression of low end, pure painterly characteristics. Complete on the Right is inspired by Taiwan’s streams. The artist has set two different levels in this work. The subsurface is like an undercurrent under the water surface, so it is not easily seen with the naked eye, but it is really there. Moreover, white is not only a color, but also a description of a blank state, allowing the viewer’s own emotions to be attached to it, with room for infinite imagination.