| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立嘉義大學 === 視覺藝術研究所 === 92 === Abstract
Art Expression of Spiritual Image and Humane Concern
The focus of art expression is: what is art to express, and how to express? The former question is related to the theme and content of art, while the latter is related to its expressive form, style, media, and skills. Nevertheless, whether the theme and content, or the style and form of art expression, they are both associated with the soul image of the creator.
The soul consists not only of the entire nerve system, but also of the whole universe. As the soul extends infinitely, it can sense any matter and objects in any space and time. Image is, however, the vision generated from inner experience; it is an vision entity which is a product through instantaneous combination of consciousness and sub consciousness. Soul image is the consciousness, sub consciousness, or value orientation made up of our life, experience, memory, personality…etc. Hence, soul image can be deemed as the inexhaustible fountain of inspiration for art expression.
From the appeal of “emancipation of the soul” at the end of eighteenth century to the end of the calamity of two world wars, human beings started to re-contemplate the positioning of technological sense and soul intuition. Through introspection and criticism, the researcher perceives that only by grace of human reflection and concern, and elevating the quality of soul, can we avoid the objectification and alienation resulted from industrialization and digitalization. Human concern refers to the concern on “human”, with emphasis on the liberation of soul or the emancipation of spirit, which is precisely the self-awareness of human nature that humanists attempted to rebuild ever since ancient time.
Through theory development and creation introspection, the researcher determines that the content of personal soul image is centralized in nature, environment, society, and culture, as well as in the images of animals, plants, and natural environment; it also encompasses the concern on current social issues, which reveals the researcher’s care for human nature. Therefore, the gist of this research is human nature set on humane concern, with its style focused on expressiveness, and its purpose is to, by employing rich images deep in the soul to exhibit the researcher’s concern on nature, environment, society, and culture. Accordingly, the researcher entitled the ideal of the creation as “the art expression of soul image and human concern”, by which gradual discussion of theory and realization of creation shall be conducted. In order to present the ideal of the creation, in terms of its realization, the creator has accomplished 21 works regarding three layers of aspects: “the respect for life”, “the criticism on society”, and “the concern on ecology”.
Through the researching process of this creation, the researcher has gained much precious experience, touching elements, and inspiration; thus acquired further acknowledgement on the content and correlation among art expression, soul image, and human concern. Stated below are with 7 key points of this research:
1.Art derives from earnest concern and touching essence: beauty emerges from touching essence, which arises from the sincerity and care of the soul.
2.Art is the pursuit of inner life: image is equipped with inner nature, and art with inner life.
3.Art is the integration of human spirits: art should express human spirit, which is functional of adjusting the unbalance in reason and sensibility, and of regulating the divergence of self from tradition.
4.Resonance can be inspired by the incorporation of absolute value into epochal value: art plays an essential role in an epoch, and is capable of inspiring general spiritual resonance.
5.Soul image can be disclosed with the fusion of simultaneity and automation: in art works, the fusion of skills like images-overlap, space-time interlacing, and automation…etc, is capable of revealing deep hidden soul images.
6.Significance can be transformed through the interaction between perceptions and concepts: art is the media of expression and communication, through which perceptive images and theme concepts would be mutually affected, while creators and appreciators interact reciprocally to form new significance of the work.
7.Art style can be established by accentuating cultural features: art content initiates from self-awareness in human nature, with its expressive form originating from soul image. To build up unique style, regional and cultural traits must be highlighted.
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