After throwing himself into the environment with mountains as his surroundings in Puli for about a decade, Hsi-chi Wu moved to the coast of Yilan last year, in pursuit of impressions of his happy and carefree childhood as well as re-embracing the stunning east coast sea view. In "The Human Ridge", Hsi-chi Wu extremely presents brightness that is far different from the sunshine in the forest. He increases the saturation of colorfulness and these fluorescent colors, which pass from one to the other in the eyes of viewers, conjuring up illusions of people standing under the bright sun. The unique combination of "color" and "light" comes from his keen observation and although those pieces reveal colorful paintings that are beyond reality, they are not merely pretenses.
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