| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立臺灣師範大學 === 美術學系 === 100 === In the primitive society human beings can exchange the materialls they need, by way of bartering. For example, a sheep is exchanged for a stone ax. But sometimes because of the restriction of categories of the exchanged materials that both sides can accept have to be sought out. Since then the most original currency begins, such as livestock, salt, rare shells, rare birds’ feathers, precious stones, alluvial gold, stones and so on. Those are not easy to get in large quantity and they have all been used as currencies in ancient times. In the modern society, “material "is transformed into an important element in our world. It makes us have some social contact with others, which affects the value of our actions and life. The materials provide us more concrete and longer lasting way to share value activities and lifestyles than language and direct interaction.
In the modern time, currency has promoted the prosperity of the business transaction and has contributed to our civilized society. It provides us not only wealth and enjoyment but also a better quality of life. It even brings the rich incredible power that it is beyond our imagination. Therefore, the currency has gone beyond its monetary value, and people want to obtain it and keep obsessed continuously.
The pieces of art work is to explore the role of monetary symbols in the contemporary and materialized world, and investigate the significance of still images presented on the screen. Through the objects created in the culture of the consumption society, such as coins, paper money, paper bag etc. The painter tries to interpret people’s confusion, restlessness and anxiety within the construction of money under the Capitalism of the postmodernism.
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