天堂來自地獄 Heaven From Hell／姚瑞中 Yao Jui-Chung
2018,Polaroid 拍立得
2018,Polaroid 拍立得
〈天堂來自地獄〉系列作品是姚瑞中走訪全台宮廟與靈山並探究台灣信仰的拍攝計畫。「我想試著讓天堂拍得像地獄，地獄拍得像天堂。」此拍攝計畫中，姚瑞中透過走訪台灣數個具有地獄造景、壁畫與受難圖像的宮廟，拍攝多尊以道教或佛道混合信仰為主的地獄審判場景，這些雕像的特別之處在於沒有西方與東方的典型雕塑感，而是具有台灣獨特美感的奇異與可愛。
橫跨全台灣，他踏查包含新北市金剛宮、林口包公廟、彰化市南天宮、台南麻豆代天府、高雄市大岡山超峰寺、龍虎塔與昇龍觀音等地點，姚瑞中以如同田野調查般的藝術概念與帶有疏離感的觀看方式，詮釋常民文化中的在地美學。同時以廣角大型拍立得所呈現的雙重補光技術，凸顯台灣宗教中對於遊走於地獄及天堂的文化詮釋。
The artworks showcased in the exhibition based on Yao Jui-Chung’s newest photographic project. In this project, Yao Jui-Chung takes a long time to visit temples all around Taiwan and do a lot of research for Taiwanese traditional faith.
“ I try to make heaven like hell, and makes hell like heaven.” Yao Jui-Chung mainly take the pictures of Taoism statues and the statues that mix the feature of Buddhism and Taoism. Instead of the aesthetic sense of typical sculpture, these statues present a unique beauty and value of Taiwanese cultural.
Yao Jui-Chung covers more than hundreds of temples, cemeteries, public gardens, and amusement parks. He elaborated the beautiful of civic culture by a sense of distance and the concept which similar to field investigation. Also, in order to highlight the unique Taiwanese interpretation of religious between hell and heaven, he use Polaroid with Wide-Angle Lens to create the entire art works.
橫跨全台灣，他踏查包含新北市金剛宮、林口包公廟、彰化市南天宮、台南麻豆代天府、高雄市大岡山超峰寺、龍虎塔與昇龍觀音等地點，姚瑞中以如同田野調查般的藝術概念與帶有疏離感的觀看方式，詮釋常民文化中的在地美學。同時以廣角大型拍立得所呈現的雙重補光技術，凸顯台灣宗教中對於遊走於地獄及天堂的文化詮釋。
The artworks showcased in the exhibition based on Yao Jui-Chung’s newest photographic project. In this project, Yao Jui-Chung takes a long time to visit temples all around Taiwan and do a lot of research for Taiwanese traditional faith.
“ I try to make heaven like hell, and makes hell like heaven.” Yao Jui-Chung mainly take the pictures of Taoism statues and the statues that mix the feature of Buddhism and Taoism. Instead of the aesthetic sense of typical sculpture, these statues present a unique beauty and value of Taiwanese cultural.
Yao Jui-Chung covers more than hundreds of temples, cemeteries, public gardens, and amusement parks. He elaborated the beautiful of civic culture by a sense of distance and the concept which similar to field investigation. Also, in order to highlight the unique Taiwanese interpretation of religious between hell and heaven, he use Polaroid with Wide-Angle Lens to create the entire art works.