Artwork Appreciation
WU Cheng-Chang’s Seeing and Construction – Separation is a black and white photograph that converts external sceneries into a manifestation of inner emotions. The work shows a road without traffic under a raised highway with parallel dividing lines as well as a streak of light that came through the gap between the raised highway roads and cut right across the road. This streak of light appears like a form of divine guidance pointing the viewer towards a certain direction. 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.