F
or Jacky Tsai, Bitcoin - Buddha, Venus and Guan Yu is simultaneously a piece of visually hypnotic digital artwork and a bold exploration of the ways in which traditional Chinese artistic styles might be redefined and rearticulated in the international contemporary context.
In this extraordinary work, Tsai skilfully conceals the classical Chinese and Western mythological figures of Buddha, Venus and Guan Yu, within a traditional Chinese painting. Influenced by "Dali Aesthetics", this reimagining through the gaze of art history is further transformed in accordance with Bitcoin’s price in the exchange market.
For Tsai, Venus symbolises stability and silence, Guan Yu boldness and bravery, and Buddha impermanence. The fluctuations of the cryptocurrency market reflected in the present work are much like those one experiences in everyday life, with the artist offering a sense comfort within the shifting and changing image and the endurance of the figures within.
對於蔡贇驊而言,《三位一體》不只是一件視覺上十分得意的數碼藝術作品,也是對於中式傳統藝術風格如何在國際當代語境中重新綻放光彩進行大膽探索。
藝術家在作品中巧妙把菩薩、維納斯、關羽三個中西經典神話形象,以一種「達利美學」的方式隱藏在傳統中式繪畫之中。圖像會根據比特幣在股市中的價值波動而每日改變:比特幣當日市值上升5%將出現關羽圖像;當日下降5%會出現菩薩圖像;市場波動小於5%則會對應出現維納斯形象。
從藝術家的角度來看,維納斯代表了平穩(安靜);關羽代表了高漲(勇武);菩薩代表了無常(佛系)—— 來對應虛擬貨幣市場以至我們人生中的高低起伏,觀眾可在作品中尋找一個屬於當下市場環境和自身景況的文化圖像。