The truth of madness, solo exhibition by Ding-Yeh Wang

Every era has its specific madness.

【Statement】

The island keeps drifting on the sea. Its historical depth and present dimensions foster extremely complex senses of space and time, trapping the people on this island in a state of constant turmoil. In such a predicament, the mentally deranged people keep twitching and crazing as if they are possessed. However, they all behave calmly as if they remain sane.

Madness is the extreme reaction provoked by the context of times and the collective state of contemporary society. This reaction does not necessarily imply insanity. Rather, madness and reason co-exist in an interdependent manner. Madness exists in the society. It conceals behind every face and may not necessarily be highlighted. We do not defy madness because no one can free him/herself from it. Madness resembles a popular fashion or a mutually infectious disease. It is the derangement of this great era. The derangement profoundly reflects social realities, namely the truth in jeopardy.

“Portrait under Electric Shock”

The cramped and twitched muscles reflect an abnormal facial expression of intense irritation. For a moment, and just for a moment, this face no longer belongs to oneself but the stage of times. The work “Portrait under Electric Shock” represents the collective state of the society, namely tingling with numbness. The electric currents run through the face, irritating every muscle and nerve fiber. The wrinkled and distorted face vividly reflects the current twitched and cramped situation of the contemporary world.