| Here is another clue to understanding my paintings
from 1996 to 2003. I believe that artists create their own unique
style by manipulating their art works each in an individual
way. As for me, I abstract this concept of manipulation and
exaggerate the method of manipulation in my paintings.
First of all, I use a slide projector to make enlargements
of the picture on the canvas. Then I use two kinds of black
and white colour tones to duplicate the picture on the canvas
(this is not meant to look engineered, but quite natural).
Next I rotate coloured crayons rapidly and randomly on the
surface so that the strokes reach every corner of the canvas.
In this way, I manipulate a painting and ensure it has its
own style.
The concept of manipulation comes from our everyday life.
For example, we can use Photoshop to manipulate images. We
can make ourselves more attractive. Editors manipulate articles
in magazines and newspapers to make them more readable. These
are all examples of manipulation. In fact, the whole of human
behaviour is a kind of manipulation, through which people
consciously reshape nature and society. If we can stand back
and see this, and understand the aims of this manipulation,
then we may understand the essence of things more clearly.
Yue Min Jun
January 2004
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