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INSPIRATION
Being a farmer's son, I have had the fortune of growing up
in the midst of abundant nature. To be able to breathe, eat,
run. work__simpiy to iive__as a little child of the kind Mother,
is for me a genuine blessing. And I hope I could contribute in
my own little ways something to pay back her generosity.
Of all natural elements, the earth has a particular appeal
to me. It's the fundamental source of life, and culture. All
the great civilisations of the world have at various times been
born, peaked, and declined on the simple brownish thing called
soil.
Personally, moreover, this natural resource has always been
part and parcel of my life. My childhood was filled with years
of running barefoot, playing all sorts of tricks and games with
friends, feeling the soft yet assuring cushions of the earthy
ground. And hasn't this very same land been feeding me and my
famity, so selflessly and with insurmountable patience? The value
of the earth can never be counted, nor shouid it ever be.
In art, clay has lent itself to become the message of my imagination.
Its boundless frame allows me to explore my inner world, and
to develop it into as many shapes and forms as I like. Freedom
of expression, the ultimate bliss for an artist like me, can
be achieved because of this natural element. When applying clay
to my art work, I feel that I could relive the joy of becoming
part of nature, even if that's only momentarily.
All the worlds you are seeing in this exhibition, I hope,
will raise some awareness of the significance of the earth. The
theme may be partly abstract; however, the motif, and the medium,
are real. And what other materials can capture the essence of
nature better than this simple earth itseif?
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