Giggle painted myth —Allegory of Painting Guanyin pictogram

• Main Authors: Lin chih-chin, 林志金
• Other Authors: 吳永欽
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2011
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/45905687492692847079

碩士 === 國立臺灣藝術大學 === 美術學系 === 99 === Personal creations were based on Taiwanese folk Beliefs and personal observations. By creating new myths, transferring the idea of ”The concept of myth is the collection of all subconscious”, said by Carl Gustav Jung. Living in the cultural tips of post-modern and post-colonial, I tried to find a new express way of my creations. The word, myths, is always regarded and underestimated as superstition. However, the essence of myths should be more than people thought. Some untraceable myths reflect the divinity of creation. The origin of creative works was due to the essential need of human spirits, which expected salvation from gods. Furthermore people formed the shape of gods. Religion was served by artists before, and now pop myths has replaced. In contrast to the ancient experience of myths, signifier has become more important than signified. We need to think that if there is a way to see future through Taiwanese views. As an art worker, I asked myself what Taiwan meant to us. What is so called Taiwanese styles? Folk beliefs will be an interesting quiz. In this paper, I started my creation from Polytheism and Shamanism in folk beliefs. Not only abandoning the doctrine or guidelines, but also changing position of god and human beings. Involving creations, even the appearance of god was also changed by individuals’ subconscious. Through my imagination, the appearance of Guanyin, the Goddess of Mercy, has been changed from solemn to friendly. The solemn Guanyin is represented with strawberry and becoming kinder and more friendly than before. Through painting and personification, strawberry Guanyin, has been represented as a lovely god who crazily loves dressing and strawberry. These allegory paintings of strawberry Guanyin were created through questing myself inside and investigating some outside events in our society.