- Size：12x52x19 cm
- Material：Ceramic, Mixed Media
- Year：2024
- Price：US$11,500
- Depiction：
- In terms of stylistic symbols, the "Rock with no name" series draws upon the highly representative traditional scholar's aesthetics of unusual stones as emblems. The series interprets the artist’s approach and philosophical reflections into ceramics through the form and aesthetics of unusual stone collections. The collection of unusual stones serves as a miniature reflection of the scholar’s worldview and aesthetics, continuing the natural perspectives of traditional ink-wash landscape paintings and transforming them into elegant objects for refined scholars.
- In terms of form and technique, the works in this series adhere to a no-glaze approach, applying layers of color with colored clay and then using techniques borrowed from lacquerware, such as "blotched lacquer" or "rhinoceros leather", which reveal color through a method of subtractive sanding. The colored layers continuously and randomly interact with the artist's aesthetics, creating a harmonious and balanced state between color and the artist’s conceptual intentions.
- The symbols of unusual stones are a hallmark of CHANG Ching-Yuan’s work, and the appropriation of these symbols in the unusual stone culture represents CHANG Ching-Yuan’s inquiry into various aspects of ceramic creation. This includes exploring the potential of ceramic clay, glazes, forms, the internal characteristics and locality of the work, and its external connection to societal identity. The "Rock with no name" series presents a strong visual form and precisely associates with the dialectical content of identity.
- When discussing the "Rock with no namee – Stands " Series, he emphasized that he has never made two identical pedestals. "Stands" refers to both pedestals and viewpoints, and from the perspective of unusual stone culture, the pedestal represents the collector's aesthetic judgment. Once the pedestal is set by the collector, the aesthetic meaning is finalized. As the exhibition title suggests, when CHANG Ching-Yuan uses two pedestals to support the "Rock with no name", it creates a finalized state but also presents a form of dissent.
- [Extracted parts from Mr. HSU Yuan-Ta's (Assistant Professor, Department of Art History, Tainan National University of the Arts) text titled "Searching for Myself Among Thousands of Mountains and Waters"]
- Artwok Size: D12 x W52 x H19 cm
- Display Stand Size: D40 x W95 x H120 cm
