Some 30 years ago, I bought a medical anatomy book with one US dollar at a second-hand book stall in front of the New York University Library. I’ve called it my “visual bible” since then, which has helped me interpret the structure of human body in my paintings. The photographic images in the book cover the muscles, tendons, blood vessels, bones and organs, large and small. The intricate presentation and its organization help me construct an array of images simulating body states. The horizontal and vertical bones carry with them the truth of life in a body extending outward, whereas the joints are connected to the various interactions of visual vocabulary during body movements. In my long-term effort of depicting the muscle fascia and skeletal system, these elements are gradually internalized into catalysts of my visual memory, which have become the vowels of the vocal vibrations. The body sensation and body heat are generated and erased. In Differences in Traces and Duplicated Movement, the body, legs, or arms that seem to be squatting or lying are mixed among the grassy vines. This is a kind of modality of my civilized cognition and my take on the wilderness. The sharpness and posture of the brushstrokes and lines are suggesting chaos yet re-establishing orderliness. The process is a road of self-cultivation. I erase with full force, carefully rubbing it. But even with complete attentiveness, there may still not be a definitive direction or destination. (Excerpt from Appearance under Erasure Artist statement by Juin Shieh) Read more

Appearances under Erasure by Juin Shieh
Date | 19 Oct. – 30 Nov. 2019
Opening Reception | 3:00-6:30pm (Sat.) 19 Oct. 2019, Artist will present
Venue | Mind Set Art Center : 7F, No.180, Sec. 1, Heping E. Rd., Da’an Dist., Taipei City 106, Taiwan

話說三十年前我在紐約大學圖書館前二手書攤，以一美元買下醫用人體解剖參考書，自此以畫室之「視覺聖經」稱之，伴我解讀繪畫中的人體結構。書中攝影圖像涵蓋大體的乾肉、筋脈、血管、骨骼及諸多大小器官，錯綜複雜的微觀及其組織提供我建構了大量圖像的狀態模擬，橫豎骨骼承載著生命道理在身體內外延展，關節則銜接視覺語彙在移動時的多重關係。在長時期鋪陳描繪肌肉筋膜與骨骼系統的過程裡，這些元素逐漸內化為視覺記憶中的酵素，成為發聲振動時的母音，體感與溫度得以生成擦抹的畫面。於《差異的蹤跡》與《複製動態》中，似蹲似臥的軀體、腿足或臂膀，雜存於草葉藤蔓之中，這是我的文明認知與鄉野生命的一種相處模態。筆觸與線條的尖銳及姿意，解析著混沌也重建了紀律，過程是修行之路，我全力擦與抹、小心推與搓，然而即便用心經營仍難覓必然的方向或終點。（節錄自《擦抹情境 》藝術家自述，謝鴻均） 閱讀更多

擦抹情境 | 謝鴻均
展覽日期｜2019年10月19日 – 11月30日
開幕酒會｜2019年10月19日（六）3:00 – 6:00pm, 藝術家將出席
安卓藝術｜台北市和平東路一段180號7樓