Petitalk

‘Such objects and images weren’t something I ‘designed’ in a rational sense—they emerged through the interplay of body, unconsciousness, and emotion.’

‘A still image is just one form of that language—but ‘stillness’ isn’t some predefined answer or prompt; it can carry warmth, evoke memories, or capture present emotions. That’s why my work gives off a sense of reaching beyond the frame.’

‘The orchid is not an object that exists for human beauty, utility, or symbolism, but a being that stands with us in the face of domestication, discipline, alienation, and ecological oppression.’

‘As a third-generation industrial migrant, I see these rotating machines as metaphors for political decisions. People are wrapped in them, all caught in the whirlpool of history.’

“I enjoy working collaboratively, making space for people, materials or the environment as collaborators, that animate the works.”

“Nothing is whole, and my job is to show such incompleteness in my paintings.”

‘I seldom make detailed sketches in advance because I look forward to the response I get from the canvas when I put the image in my mind onto it.’

‘As long as the faith is strong enough, one can be a belief.’

“They are essentially transformations of my own life experiences, as well as similar experiences from other people’s lives. It contains certain psychological states of individuals or groups in this society or particular era,which are busy, non-stop and oppressed…Beneath the lively and jubilant scenes, there’s a sense of sadness. Many things cannot be explained so clearly.”

‘If radio gymnastics helped me gain my body, then painting gives me my image-driven world of experience. My painting isn’t spontaneous. It’s a form of revenge against the canvas after being stimulated by image.’