歷屆新藝獎Exhibition review

廖昭豪|LIAO Chao-Hao

廖昭豪|LIAO Chao-Hao

1990年生於台中。畢業於國立台南藝術大學造型藝術研究所,現就讀於國立臺南藝術大學藝術創作理論研究所博士班。曾獲2015高雄獎、入圍台北獎與桃源創作獎。廖昭豪作品主要以絞碎的紙漿仿擬台灣人為地景風貌,不論是沿海岸線常見的消波塊、山路岩壁斜切亙守的擋土牆、水土維護有關的植生護坡,或道路旁普遍的紐澤西護欄,將原屬戶外的「景觀」移進室內,作品皆是紙漿材質模擬土石水泥,試圖以手工仿真的軟性材質形塑堅硬具保護作用之結構物,這類環境中習以為常的水泥製品成為抵擋大自然的盾牌,而其上斑駁的紙痕與透見內裡的木條支架亦暗示了,當它們在與自然力量抗衡時顯得那麼單薄而不堪一擊,於此展現藝術家對人為開發於自然與環境保護議題上的反思。

Born in Taichung, 1990, Chao-Hao Liao earned his  M.F.A. degree from Graduate Institute of Plastic Arts of Tainan National University of the Arts, and Liao enrolled in the Doctoral Program in Art Creation and Theory, Tainan National University of the Arts. He was awarded with several prestigious prizes, such as 2015 Kaohsiung Art Awards. He uses pulp to create simulated landscapes of Taiwan, be they the tetrapod commonly seen along the coastline, the retaining wall erected along a mountain road, the vegetation slope designed to preserve soil and water, or the Jersey barrier on the roadside. He tends to move the outdoor “spectacles” indoors, trying to simulate solid cement structures designed for protection with hand-made soft materials such as pulp. These ordinary objects made of cement have become a shield against the wrath of nature. However, the mottled pulp models and the visible wooden armatures collectively suggest their extreme vulnerability to the power of nature, highlighting the artist’s reflection on the precarious balance between human development and environmental protection.

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