I aim to challenge cultural hegemony and societal mainstream consciousness, as well as the boundaries of aesthetic norms imposed by the internet, evoking latent memories of chaos, fervor, freedom, and primal instincts.
In modern society, the individual is often isolated from the collective, while the Dionysian spirit advocates finding ways to transcend the self through collective celebration. I strive to portray this process in my work: how the individual is dissolved in frenzy and how meaning is rediscovered through merging with nature and others.
Nietzsche believed that art is the sublimation of life’s suffering, and the Dionysian spirit allows people to confront pain through sensory experience and find meaning within it. I hope my work conveys this complex emotional tension, allowing the audience to feel the power and aesthetic value of life in confusion, shock, and even discomfort.
Modern life often disconnects people from nature, trapping them in the confines of technology and rationality. Through the fragmented depictions of the body and emotional elements in my work, I aim to deconstruct that primal, unrestrained vitality that has not been suppressed.
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East Hampton, New York, 2001
Hamlet, Shakespeare, 1676