海的聲音 Sound Ocean 作品

搭配詩人陳育虹《其實，海》詩作呈現

〈其實，海〉 陳育虹

其實風是一切 

時間是一切 

光是一切 

空間是一切，其實

（來了又去了

近了又遠了

明了又暗了

聚了又散了啊）

一切等於

風等於時間

等於光等於空間

等於

（去了又來了 

遠了又近了 

暗了又明了 

散了又聚了啊）

等於感覺 

流動的鈷藍色的

感覺，其實

是一切

摘自陳育虹《之間》 2011洪範出版社

有感於烏克蘭戰爭，

並重讀詩作 Fire and Ice，以園區建設工程材料創作

Fire and Ice 火與冰

Some say the world will end in fire,

Some say in ice.

From what I’ve tasted of desire

I hold with those who favor fire.

But if it had to perish twice,                                                  

I think I know enough of hate

To say that for destruction ice

Is also great

And would suffice.

─ Robert Frost 羅伯特‧佛洛斯特，1874-1963

有人說世界將毀於火

有人說，冰 

嘗過慾望的滋味 

我更傾向焚火之說 

但如果世界將二度劫毀 

我想於恨我亦深有體會

敢說要破壞，冰 

同樣強大

且足以勝任 

─ 陳育虹 譯

When it was confirmed that Chiang would have a solo exhibition at the Taitung ArtMuseum, Sound of Ocean was the first artwork he produced. Surrounded by the Pacific Ocean view from morning to evening, it was his depiction of the ocean imprinted deeply within. Balls of paper towels used to wipe paint off of his brushes covered the seemingly boundless wire mesh base encompassed in hues of blue. It expressed Chiang's deep sense of purity, poetry, and elegance.

Over the past two years, the pandemic, war, and the construction of the Paul Chiang Art Center affected Chiang greatly and was expressed through his works. Covid-19, produced in 2020, communicated his concern for the spread of the outbreak. Perish, the series that followed, was a reflection of the changes in his environment. Chiang used waste materials found on the construction site and created art that exudes an apocalyptic tone, suggestive of thick, billowing smoke and crumbling debris, conveying the trauma of unending, tumultuous war - there was a coarse, dense, stultified quality in the mixed media art. What Chiang intends to express is not tragedy, but the sentiments when confronted with tragedy. In the gray-black background of his work, a shining crossappears to rise, or a candle dimly burns a light that is soft and steady, bringing a spirit of hope and salvation.