Artist Album of Shangyuan: Art Documents (Issue 31, 2003)

Author: Editorial Department of "Art Documentation"
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Publish Date: 2004-10-01
Features: I agree with the statement that artists are the perceptual driving force of historical progress. Because in the ever-changing process of our social life, artists always exist as a sensitive and idealized group. On one hand, they reveal and represent the historical process of social change and the emergence and pursuit of various ideals through their works—both artistic and performative—that are sensually poetic, engage with contemporary life yet insightful into the depths of the human soul, and focus on the current state of humanities and ecology while transcending historical time. As the saying goes: "Art is the barometer of the times." On the other hand, they demonstrate and embody the value of human freedom and the quality and meaning of individual life through their pursuit of a free and independent way of living (including clothing, food, shelter, transportation, birth, aging, illness, death, and all emotions and desires).