Concept

In the series of ‘Fingerprints’, the combination of fingerprints, seal carving, names and portraits were used to generate a new style of self-portraitures. There are two main novelties in this series, that is, the innovative combination of the new materials and the way of viewing.

Firstly, in contrast to the traditional self-portraitures where the face of the portraiture is the only element, the fingerprints and the seal carving were also utilized to enrich the styles. The idea was oriented from the fact that these two new elements are significantly prevalent in Taiwanese cultures. For example, fingerprints have been widely made use for identifications. On the other hand, seal carving is also essential for many applications in our daily lives such as parcel registration, contract agreement, bank account opening, and many affairs in the government offices.

Secondly, the portraiture needs to be seen in a disparate way. The views are different in the presence of the light or dark room. This presents versatile information of portraiture, which is limited in the traditional methods as only one single view is painted. Moreover, since the time is required for the lights to change, the difference can only be seen with a bit of waiting. It perfectly matches the situations where time is needed in personal relationships to deeply understand each other.

Lastly, this series includes 10 different fingerprints. The portraits using the 10 fingers depict the 10-current stage of life. The fingerprint was created by seal carving. There are faces and names, representing the people I met during different stages in life, including my parents, brothers, relatives, friends, teachers etc.

創作理念

「夜光指紋自畫像系列」結合指紋、篆刻、圖刻、名字與人臉，創作出屬於自身文化的肖像畫。本系列特色為：(一)新表現方式來詮釋舊題材、(二)觀看方式。

首先，本系列主要以指紋和印章為主，希望跳脫傳統肖像畫只著重人臉的風格。指紋和印章是台灣不可或缺的文化，已被大量運用在台灣社會。例如，因為每個指紋都是獨一無二，在台灣被用來做個人身分鑑別。又或者印章在台灣很多場合幾乎都需要被使用到，從簽收掛號信件、合約、到各種機關或是機構申請業務。

本系列結合上述兩種元素和夜光顏料，觀看方法有別於傳統肖像畫。首先，畫面在開燈與關燈後呈現不同影像，希望打破傳統肖像大多呈現單一固定影像的方式，並呈現更多被畫者的訊息。此外，因為需等待到燈光變亮或是轉暗，才可以看見另一種畫面，所以希望藉此觀看方式，表現出人際關係中，從初步認識到進一步了解，需要時間。

此系列分別為十根不同的手指指紋。以手指比出數字的方式從一到十，繪製目前人生十個階段的自畫像。指紋是以篆刻排列完成。裡面包含不同的臉與名字，代表生命中各階段遇到的人，從父母、兄弟、親人、朋友、老師等等。