Artwork Appreciation
HSU Ming-Ren uses self-made charcoal pencils and scrap papers to give his works a true hand-crafted feel. Landscapes drawn from memories are broken down, re-assembled, and transformed into panels of mysterious spiritual prose. In Scenery – Condition 11, charcoal dust generated by smudging a piece of rough paper back and forth slowly gave form to trees of varying sizes at different distances. The layers and tones created by the buildup of charcoal dust have generated misty landscapes that have been worn down by time. The tired trails and marks left by the pen metaphorically represent our dwindling life. HSU Ming-Ren is not simply producing a piece of landscape art. He is bearing silent witness of the stages of life.