罔两 Wangliang

艺术家 | 舒巧敏 Shu Qiaomin

  • 庄子《齐物论》造“罔两”一词,意指“影子的影子”。郭象《庄子注》独化论中说,罔两待景,景待形,形待造物者。
      我以瓯江鱼类为创作母题,使用古典工艺、医学生物影像、负像及微观等技术方式,将鱼的内涵外延并抽象化,通过幻化的视觉呈现演绎我对“瓯江”的诗性表达,它们就是影子的影子。
       The Chinese phrase “Wangliang”, coined by Chuang Tzu in his famous work On Leveling All Things, means the “shadow of shadow”. In the Independence Theory from Guo Xiang’s Annotation to Chuang Tzu, he said that the existence of the shimmering outer edge of the shadow is subject to the shadow, the existence of the shadow is subject to the real form, and the existence of the real form depends on the Creator.
      I take the fish of Ou River as the theme, by the use of classical techniques, medical bio-imaging, negative image and microscopic techniques, I try to extend and abstract the connotation of fish and interpret my poetic expression of “Ou River” through illusionary visual presentation. These images are the shadows of shadows.