Instantaneous Omen

"Instantaneity" has to do with a momentary, ephemeral interval of time. In my pieces

you can see that grasping this present instant is especially important. An instant is

captured by exposure of light through the photographic lens of the physical eye: this

instant puts the artist in the place of an observer. In contrast with art as conventionally

practiced, this artist does not manifest his passion on the painted surface by means of

brushwork; instead, he works with a conception that can manifest his attitude.

Representation of an instant primarily reflects momentary objective features of

subject matter. Grasping an instant is a means of obtaining a revelatory view of the

world. The speed of an instant is suitable for the mental rhythm of our contemporary

life. At the same time, instantaneousness of painted content conveys the detachment

of contemporary people’s inner world and the voyeuristic tendencies of desire.

Contemporary art has no criterion for evaluation, so an artwork ends up being a

creative kind of omen. The external form of an artwork is polysemic, so even a small

transformation can be suggestive in various ways. Shifts in external form can produce

symbolic meaning. The world does not exist in stasis. Living as human in this world,

one creates new things in various ways. People can create novelty through language;

the can describe what the world could be.

Panluomin

2013-5-1

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