AFT catches up with Chih Hui Chuang whose works include oil painting, contemporary wood carving, composite media and ceramic sculpture creations.
ๆฒน็ซ ็ถไปฃๆจ้ ่คๅๅชๆ ้ถๅกๅตไฝ
Title: Who am I?
Type: Acrylic Painting-2016
่ๅฟ่ผ-ๆๆฏ่ชฐ? Acrylic Painting-2016
Title: Emotions
Size: 75X34cm
Type: Acrylic on canvas-2016
่ๅฟ่ผ-ๅฟ็ท -75X34cm-Acrylic Painting-2016
Title: Number Games
Size: 72X34cm
Type: Acrylic Painting-2016
่ๅฟ่ผ-้้ข้ๆฒ-72X34cm-Acrylic Painting-2016
“My paintings are inspired from the world, an ode to the heart, a reflection of the disorder of our sad world, but I believe there’s still hope and it lies in the goodness of grateful hearts,” says Chuang.
ๆ็็นช็ซไพ่ชไบบ้๏ผๆญธๆผไบบๅฟ๏ผๆฒไบบ้ไนๅคฑๅบ๏ผๅไบบๅฟไนๅๆง็ถๅญใ็ๅฝไนๅฏ่ฒด๏ผๅจๆผ็ๅฝๆฌ่บซๆๆฃ็ผ็ๅผท้็ๅฝๅใๅจๆผๅ ถๅคๅ ๅบๅไน็พใๅฐไบบๆงๅฃๆ น็ๆ็นช๏ผๅช็บ็ ง่ฆไบบ้กๆฌ็ถ็็ๅฏฆ้ข่ฒใๅฏ็พไฝฟไบบ่ณๅฟๆ ็ฎ๏ผๆญคไนไบบๆ ไนๅฑฌ๏ผ็พ้ไบคๅ ๅ่ฟๆผๅคฉ็ๅคง่ช็ถไนๅฑฌ๏ผ็นชๅบไบบไธๆฌไฝ่่ฏ็ฅใ
AFT: Tell us about your environment, what was it like where you grew up?
ไฝ ้ทๅคง็็ฐๅขๆฏๆๆจฃ็๏ผ
The ocean was my childhood companion, and the blue sky held my soul. I grew up in the Penghu Islands in Taiwan. The people here are simple and kind. They live by the sea and live a simple life. In the summer, the sun is so warm. In the winter, there’s a vicissitude of wind gusts. I like to run and jump and let my body take flight against the wind.
ๆตทๆดๆฏๆๅฐๆๅ็็ฉไผด๏ผ่ๅคฉๆฏๅฟ้็ๆบซๅบใๆๆ้ทๅจๅฐ็ฃ็ๆพๆนๅๅณถ๏ผ้่ฃก็ไบบๅ็ดๆจธๅ่ฏ๏ผไปฅๆตท็ถญ็๏ผๆดปๅพ็ฐกๅฎใ
่จๆถ่ฃกๅคๅคฉ็ๅคช้ฝๅฅฝ็ฑๆ
๏ผๅฌๅคฉๆ็้ขจๅนๆ๏ผๅฎๅฆไธๅน
ๆปๆก็็พๆฏ๏ผๆๅๆญก้ ่้ขจๅฅ่ทใ่ทณ่บ๏ผ่ฎ่บซ้ซ็ญๆซ็้ฃ่กใ
AFT: What do you think influenced your artistic eye?
ไฝ ็่่ก็ผๅ ๆฏๅไบไป้บผๅฝฑ้ฟ่ไพ็๏ผ
It is in my nature to be attracted to things new, to novelty. In our country, art education is our cultural heritage, we take pride in learning the skills of creators of the past. When I was exposed to the Western Renaissance in high school, I realised then that art has no boundaries, that we are no longer painting for the Gods and the rich, and that I was able to invoke my own emotions, express my inner feelings and create art.
ๆ็ๅๆงๅๆญกๆฐๅฅ็ๆฑ่ฅฟ๏ผๆฉๆๅจๆๅ็ๅๅฎถ๏ผ็พ่กๆ่ฒๆฏไธ็จฎๅณๆฟ๏ผ่ค่ฃฝ้ๅปๅตไฝ่ ๆ็ไธไพ็ๆๅทง่ๆจฃ็ใ้ซไธญๆๆฅ่งธๅฐ่ฅฟๆนๆ่ๅพฉ่้ๅ๏ผๆ็ฅ้่่กๆฒๆ้้๏ผไธๅ็บ่ซธ็ฅๅๅฏไบบ่ๅ็ซ๏ผๅๅฐ่ช่บซ็ๆๅ่ๅตไฝใ
AFT: Which pieces of works did you submitted to the International Surrealism NOW exhibition and why?
่ซๅไฝ ๅ้ๆฌกๅ้SurrealismNOWๅฑ่ฆฝๆไบคไบไฝ ็้ฃไธๅน ไฝๅ๏ผ็บไฝๆ้ธๆๆไบคๅฎ๏ผ
These three pieces of work were exhibited in a world tour exhibition a few years ago. I stayed near a Hong Kong train station and for 60 days, I observed and created works on site. People seem to live their lives in a hurry, I watched a large number of passengers who entered and exited the subway station every day, they were coming and going just like innumerable cans being canned on an assembly line in a factory. I meditated and realised how precious it was to be able to think independently and live our lives the way we design; not copying success models of others or constantly pursuing material satisfaction. As an artist, it is my hope for people to find the purest versions of themselves instead of living like others, explore infinite possibilities of oneself, and explore and understand this world and this universe.
้ไปถๅๅฑไฝๅ๏ผๆฏๆๅๅนพๅนด้ฒ่กไธ็ๅทก่ฟดๅฑ๏ผๅ็ๅจ้ฆๆธฏ็ซ60ๅคฉ๏ผ๏ฟผๅพๆฅๅธธไธญ่งๅฏไธฆๅจ็ถๅฐๅตไฝ็ใๆๆทฑๆทฑๆๅๅฐ้่ฃกไบบๅ็ๆดป๏ฟผ็ฏๅฅๅๅฟ๏ผๅคง้็ไนๅฎข๏ฟผ้ฒ้ฒๅบๅบๅฐ้ต็ซ๏ผ๏ฟผๆๆณๅ่ๆฅๆฅๅพ็ซ่ปไธไธไธไธ็ไบบ๏ฟผ๏ฟผๅ๏ผๅฐฑๅ๏ฟผไธ้ๅคงๅทฅๅป ็็็ข็ทไธ๏ผ็ก้่ขซ่ค่ฃฝ็็ฝ้ ญ่ฌใ ๆๆฒๆ่๏ผไบบ่ฝ็จ็ซๆ่ไธฆๆดปๅบ่ชๅทฑ็ๆจฃ่ฒๅพ็่ฒด๏ผ่ไธๆฏไธๆง่ค่ฃฝๅฅไบบๆๅ็ๆจกๅผ๏ผไธฆ็ก้ไธ็ถฑ็ไธๆท่ฟฝๆฑ็ฉ่ณช่้้ข๏ฟผใๆๅธๆ๏ผไบบไบบ่ฝๆพๅๆ็ด็ฒน๏ฟผ็่ช๏ฟผๆ๏ผ่ไธๆฏๆดปๅพๅๅฅไบบ๏ผ่ฝ๏ฟผ๏ฟผๆๆ๏ฟผ๏ฟผ๏ฟผ่ช่บซ็ก้็ๅฏ่ฝๆง๏ผไธฆๅปๆข็ดขๅไบ่งฃ้ๅไธ็ไธถ้ๅๅฎๅฎใAFT: Did you paint during COVID19? What did you do to pass time?
ๅจ้ๅcovid19 ็ซ็ๆ้ไฝ ๆๆฒๆ็ซ็ซ๏ผๅจ้ๆฎตๆ้ไฝ ๆฏๆๆจฃๆธก้็๏ผ
Creation is a daily routine of my life. So I didn’t stop creating at all even during the pandemic. All the things that happen in the world, add up to enriching my creations and reflect my thoughts at the time.
ๅตไฝๆฏๆ็ๆดป็ๆฅๅธธ๏ผๅณไพฟๆฏๅจ็ซๆ๏ผๆๅพไธๅๆญขๅตไฝใ๏ฟผ๏ฟผ๏ฟผ๏ฟผไธไธๆๆ็ผ็็ไบๆ ๏ผๅ ็ๅบๆ่่กๅตไฝ็้คๅ๏ผ่จ้่ๆ็ๅฝๅญๅจ็ๆณๆณใAFT: What is the one thing you strive to do with your art? Have you been successful?
ไฝ ็บ่่กๆๅชๅๅ็ไธไปถไบๆฏไป้บผ๏ผๆๅไบๆฒๆ๏ผ
Art to me is a concept and a responsibility that I work very hard and honestly to create. Art helps me understand myself. It helps me understand how the world operates.๏ฟผ I can only pray that those who view my work will be able to appreciate my work, understand me and value me as a person beyond my possessions. Whether or not Iโve been successful at achieving this, what’s more important is that I continue to be in the process of creating art and I am still alive.่่ก๏ผๆ่ช็บๆฏไธ็จฎ็ๅฟต๏ผไธ็จฎ่ฒฌไปปใๆๅชๅไธฆ่ช ๅฏฆ็้ขๅฐๅตไฝ๏ผๅพไธญๆด็่งฃ่ชๅทฑไธถ็่งฃไบบไธ้็้ไฝๅๆๆๆ็พฉ็ๆฌ่ณช๏ผ๏ฟผ๏ฟผไธฆ็ฅ้ก่ง่ ่ฝๅพๆ็ไฝๅๆๅฐๅบไป้บผ๏ผไพๅฆ๏ผ้็ ง่ช่บซ็่ๅขไธถๆๆ่ๅนๅผใ้ๆผๆๅๅฆ๏ผๆไธ็ด่ตฐๅจ่่ก๏ฟผ๏ฟผ้็จไธญ๏ผๆ้ๆดป่ใ
AFT: Is there any work that you have not finished or canโt complete? What happens then?
ไฝ ้ๆไป้บผไฝๅ้ๆชๅฎๆๆไธ่ฝๅฎๆ็๏ผๅฆๆไธ๏ผไฝ ๆๆๆจฃไบ๏ผ
I think that life in itself is an unfinished creation, so my work is not yet finished but one day it will be complete.
ๆ่ช็บ็ๅฝ็ๅญๅจๅฐฑๆฏๆชๅฎๆ็ๅตไฝ๏ผๆไปฅๆ็ไฝๅ้ๆชๅฎๆ๏ผๆไธๅคฉ๏ผๆไธๅฎๆๅฎๆใ
AFT: Is health and fitness important to you as an artist? Would you care to share about your daily routine?
ไฝ ่ช็บไฝ็บไธๅ่่ก่ ๏ผๅฅๅบทๅ้ๅๅพ้่ฆๅ๏ผไฝ ่ฝๅไบซไฝ ๆฏๆฅไธๅฎๅ็ไบๆ ๅ๏ผ
Having the right mood is very important for me. I try to remain in a calm state as far as possible – it is easier to understand when doing things. When I get up in the morning, I tend to flowers and trees, irrigate the garden, wash and feed my chicken, collect eggs, enjoy my my daily Buddhist ritual, have breakfast, and start my day of creation.
ๅฟๆ ๅพ้่ฆ๏ผๆ็กๅฏ่ฝๆ่ชๅทฑ็ๅฟๆพๅจๅนณ้็็ๆ ๏ผๅ่ตทไบๆ ไพๆฏ่ผๅฎนๆ็่งฃใ ๆฉไธ่ตทไพ็็่ฑ่ๆจนๆจ๏ผๅนซไปๅ็ๆบไธถๅนซไปๅๆดๆป๏ผ้คต้ฃๆ้ค็ๅนพ้ป่๏ฟผ๏ฟผ้ไธถๆฟ้่๏ผๆฏๅคฉ็ฆฎไฝ๏ฟผ๏ผ็จๆฉ้ค๏ผ้ๅงๅตไฝ็ไธๅคฉใAFT: Finally, whatโs your ultimate favourite thing to do?
ๆๅพ๏ผไฝ ่ฝๅไบซไฝ ๆๅๆญกๅ็ไบๆ ๅ๏ผ
Be with my family, be able to talk about what I know, and share my creation with everyone.
่ทๅฎถไบบๅจไธ่ตทไธถ่่ๆ็ฅ้็ไบๆ ๏ผๆๅตไฝๅไบซ็ตฆๅคงๅฎถใTeam AFT thanks Santiago Ribeiro, Chih Hui Chuang and Yami Su-Min Yang for making this interview a reality. We also thank Eve Wong for her assistance in preparing the English – Chinese translations.
Visit the artist’s official Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/chc888/
Learn more about the International SURREALISM NOW exhibition: https://www.facebook.com/internationalsurrealismnow.org/
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