Artist Information:
Lishan Chang
Woodside, NY
United States
Member Since: Dec 2004
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Artist Statement:
The history of Homo sapiens
is almost half a million years
old.
The history of its fine arts,
however, is only a few short
millennia.
Yet if we truly wish to
understand men--not just their
hopes, aspirations, and
imagination, but what it means
to be "men the wise"--it is to
their arts that we turn to:
always and above all else.
Which of course creates a
special problem for the
would-be student of "men." As
Laozi famously responded when
asked to explain the meaning
of Dao: as soon as an
explanation is offered--as
soon as it is put into
words--it would no longer be
the Dao.
I believe it is the same with
works of art.
For the artists, the moment
they try to explain their
works, their works cease to be
genuine works of art, but are
turned into something else
entirely. Something that seek
to convey their meanings via
language and language alone.
This is especially true when
the artists, either out of
laziness, conformity, or a
mere wish to impress, resort
to readymade aesthetic
theories to explain their
works.
Of course I am aware that, by
invoking Laozi, I may very
well ...
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Lishan Chang's Free Artist Portfolio
Welcome to Lishan Chang's Portfolio. Browse Chang's body of work: The history of Homo sapiens is almost half a million years old.
The history of its fine arts, however, is only a few short millennia.
Yet if we truly wish to understand men--not just their hopes, aspirations, and imagination, but what it means to be "men the wise"--it is to their arts that we turn to: always and above all else.
Which of course creates a special problem for the would-be student of "men." As Laozi famously responded when asked to explain the meaning of Dao: as soon as an explanation is offered--as soon as it ... |
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