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思念釋放,75.3×124cm,2014年

國立臺灣藝術大學 / 書畫系造形藝術碩士班 / Author:Liao, Tzu-Ting

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Art is an attitude toward life. In art, the significance of life is revealed, and a weary soul is soothed. In life, we suffer; in the necessity of suffering, our ego wears a mask, to cover up and put down negative impulses. But broken heart could deteriorate with the passage of time. Eventually, as the mechanism of repression cannot hold, it surfaces up to become the primal cause of crime and self-destruction. Presumably, nowadays, many crimes can be attributed to abnormal psychology, along with the increasing ratio of suicide. For this reason, I expect to explore the possibility of releasing the restless, lonely, wounded soul, hidden in the depth of the unconscious, through artistic creation. Therefore, in art, we can become more aware of our own trauma, and gain more positive energy to deal with it. The private, traumatic experiences will be dismantled, re-grouped and shared, and melancholia will be directed to its proper outlet. This collective healing process is the function of art I believe, and I will elucidate.

This article is writing from the sight of phycology and semiology. According to Sigmund Freud and Carl Gustav Jung's theory of unconscious, dream, psychological trauma, shadow, persona and also the theory of mirror phase which is demonstrated by Jacques Lacan. In order to define the relationship between the theories above. However, by taking into account my life experiences, mirror image and memory, dreams can be transformed into a cathartic release and cure my unconscious psychological trauma via the creative process of making art. As well as using Ferdinand de Saussure and Roland Barthes' theory of Semiology combining through the sociality and my grown up experience analysis my work through the image of unconscious and also the potential consciousness. Other than above also collecting the information of different psychological trauma artists' work such as Matsui Fuyuko and Frida Kahlo's work creation. Using this artists' creation demonstrate and analysis the relationship of this art work to others. In conclusion, this article explains the process and research of my art work’s creation and also forwards my future creation expectation.