20.3.09

The Kiss of Metaphysics 形而上學之吻



形而上學之吻 淡彩紙本

作品介紹:
創作啓發自本人的矯齒療程。因配帶矯齒器後,接吻會變成一件危險的事,最後思考到有關人存在的時間性問題。
1.牙齒是人體中能保存最久的器官,它的存在比人的生命(身體機能)要長得多。
2.若時間跳至人類滅亡後,能證明人類曾存在於地球的東西,其中一件是青銅器。
3.透過性行為和愛情,人類理論上可繁衍至永遠。
4.可是愛情的吸引和性的衝動,往往是瞬間發生然後消失於無形的。
這樣按照存在時間的長短,順序為:
金屬製品>骨骼(牙齒)>身體機能(肌肉)>愛情/性
金屬飾品和矯齒雖是裝飾或改善外表的東西,但也許會在某程度上幫助到人類的繁殖。

The Kiss of Metaphysics
40(h)x65(w) cm
Chinese ink and pigment on paper 2008

Description:
This work is inspired by my orthodontic treatment. I think about even a kiss may hurt the mouth terribly after someone wore the dental brace. Somehow it makes me measuring the existing time of mankind in various aspects.

1. Teeth are the organs that can be preserved for the longest time, they exist much longer then the life of a mankind.
2. After the mankind became extinct, bronze products are one of the things to prove their existence on earth.
3. Through the sexual intercourse and love, mankind can reproduce forever in theory.
4. However, both the passion of love and the compulsion of sex come so suddenly and disappear.

According to the length of time, the order is:
Bronze products> bones (teeth)> the function of body (muscles)> love/sex
Although the metal accessories and dental brace are the stuffs to decorate or improve ones’ look, somehow they may help the reproduction of mankind.