Wen-Hsi (Chen) Harman
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Artist's Statement 

Wen-Hsi Harman (1984- ) is a Taiwanese/British ceramic artist, based in Somerset, United Kingdom.

I am also a member of the UNESCO-International Academy of Ceramics IAC and Royal Society of Sculptors (MRSS)

My ceramic practice investigates the concept of ‘in-betweenness’ between Taiwan and Britain. Living away from my homeland gives me a clearer perspective of the culture in which I grew up. The cross-cultural experience provides a platform, from which I can address the questions of who I am and how I might express, and communicate my experience of in-betweenness as a place where I can survive - where I can draw breath to help me cope with the challenges of living in two cultures.  

Currently, my handmade ceramic wall pieces are mainly porcelain and stoneware with the gold luster, enamels, and digital transfers. However, one of my project called " Taiwanese bananas and island" was focused on the earthenware (2014-2019).

Using the tips of my thumbs and forefingers I created tiny and careful actions to represent my own small voice.
​This meditative movement is between pressing and pushing, is between inhaling and exhaling. Each small individual porcelain fingerprint is a reconstruction of my cultural identity. 

Updating the information on the 9 Jan 2022.

 Photo by Sea Maiden Photography / film.


陳文曦是陶瓷藝術家,使用的創作媒材以瓷土為主。工作室在英國南部布里斯多,在2018年取得英國巴斯泉大學藝術博士,是IAC陶藝學會員,IAC隸屬國際聯合國教科文組織,IAC 的全文International Academy of Ceramics。


       英國與臺灣時差八小時,兩處日夜不同,感覺和衝擊特別敏銳。透過陶瓷作品詮釋以一個亞洲面孔的女性,如何在西方世界生存,方向有:跨文化的衝擊、身份認同與探討、性別的意識、後殖民主義  材料美學等研究。

透過陶瓷藝術的創作找到自我,並審視所存在的空間,藉此逃離真實生活中 : 種族的歧視和不友善的氛圍,處困境的無助和不安的緊張。

     已發表的作品有,指紋、臺灣香蕉、湯匙,皆與博士班的研究主題有關。博士論文的內容之一是從當代陶瓷創作探討臺灣文化價值。在媒材中探討文化的價值,審視台灣的文化,思考自己的價值,異國異鄉的生存處境。手與陶土的載體充分對話,自在的探索可創作的源泉。指紋些微不起眼,卻淵遠流長的述說文化的流動。日用的湯匙與唾手可得的香蕉,加上信手可丟的香蕉皮,在構思中融入創作,期待觀賞者共享心靈的脈動與寓意。


家鄉臺灣

臺灣是我的家鄉,身處在異鄉更佳意識到家鄉的重要性。
我用自己的一片一片的指紋,創作出屬於我記憶中土地的溫度。指紋(fingerprints)代表著每一個人獨特的記號, 是身份(identity)的一小部份。

每個手指末端的指腹,呈現凹凸的紋路, 借用自己的食指和大拇指接觸陶土,而形成紋路的印記。 留在陶土上的印痕,成為我作品的一部分。當胎兒在母體中, 發育三至四個月時,指紋就已經形成。兒童在成長期間指紋會改變, 直到青春期十四歲左右時才定型。 所以指紋是每個孩子和母親的聯繫過程,象徵血脈相連的記憶。

陶土是大地之母,我的指紋印藉由施力和擠壓的過程, 製作出一片又一片微小的指紋片,群居簇擁,組織聚集每一片片的指紋片, 在重新建構中並思考自己血脈與身份的價值。對我而言, 每按壓一次指紋在陶土的過程,就是一個生命的省思( meditation)的過程,同時也是一種透過勞力的運動, 剖析人、事、物,自我、本我、他我的真相。留在陶土上的手指紋路,可能清楚,也可能不清楚, 模糊的指紋是不是在失焦中的文化中認同,找尋對於家鄉的愛意。用自己的指紋,傳達著土的語匯。
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我的家鄉臺灣陶瓷藝術品,是藝術情境,不是正確的地圖,
不代表正確的地理知識,是抽象陶瓷藝術品,
​和不代表任何政治傾向,我的陶瓷藝術品中的所有顏色.
不代任何政治意識,代表著我個人對於家鄉臺灣的愛love。


更新資料 .日期3月20日2025年






                       

      

 

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