馬戲 Circus
免燒陶土/壓克力顏料
Stonex white clay/acrylic paint
26x7.5x12cm
「希望借由這些歪斜冷笑的角色，能和觀者對話讓觀者體悟，那些不小心埋下的私心弱點。」
童趣又詭譎
旅居紐約的藝術家劉欣怡創作，充滿個人風采，作品中充滿童趣可愛卻又帶一點弔詭邪惡的感覺。在每個小怪物雕塑中，充滿隨性時髦的調性，沒有過度渲染只有赤子之心。在提及內心故事中，雖然帶有嚴肅黑暗的色彩，但藉由作品中繽紛的顏色，可愛的動作以及弔詭的笑容，讓人不禁被她作品深深吸引。
第三方角色紀錄
長年觀察亞洲文化中，周遭有許多不好說出的生命歷程與情感，在每一個日子總會受到錯綜複雜關係影響。身在台灣，我們幼年被賜予的天賦就是：在意別人，尤其是那些和你很親近的人。
在亞洲社會中，人們總想要從他人關係中得到安全感，進而依靠與支持。常常忘記自己尖銳或歪斜的控制，造成許多無形中壓力而產生偏離行為，反而埋下關係中疏離與疲累的種子。
關於感情上的束縛
愛的脈絡、愛的束縛。許多人利用了在情感中的責任、愧疚心理，最後屈服於情感勒索者，順從著他們的意思。在生活中，許多事情是無力抵抗，又或許是遷就於社會價值觀，而導致許多事情力不從心。而人們又從何時開始習慣這道德的監牢，習慣了也逃脫不了束縛，形成了常態；造就了文化。鏡像的每一個事件在心靈肉體上的影響力，轉折強度更超越地心引力，希望借由這些歪斜冷笑的角色，能和觀者對話讓觀者體悟，那些不小心埋下的私心弱點。
如詩詞般的述說
吃吃
你我在散落星屑的未知軌道中相見。 無以計數的日子裡黏著，在關係裡練習，血裡土裡親密。
你爬在身上丟給我了言語；你附在肩上指示我該往東西。
竭盡所能，撐起破洞的保護傘，畫出漏水的藍圖印記。
我樸拙承受邊走邊看你，塞下好幾顆或是好幾萬把的情緒糖，好意包在各種亮晶玻璃紙裡，融化了碎了或根本過期，點點匯入和了水，黏黏糊糊於腳下溶呈鏡像一地。
你要我吃，你沒發現豐收是我被咬了好幾口的無法告辭。
濃稠的愛，是醒不來的夢。出生就有，更勝萬有引力。
泡在裡面，疲憊又依賴的，沉迷睡去.......
“Through these ironic characters, I hope to connect with the audience, thus making them realize those weaknesses that were all accidentally buried underneath us.”
Fun and Bizarre
Hsinyi Liu, an artist living in New York, creates endearing and fun artworks with a taste of mischievous and evilness. Every sculptures of the little monsters are filled with modern casualness, without extra rendering and only created with a heart of a child. The dark solemn colors may reflect on her personal stories, but the colorful hues and the cute poses combined with the weird grins of the sculptures is what truly grabs people’s attention.
The Records from a Third Person View
By observing the Asian culture, there are various life experiences and romantic relationships found to be difficult to talk about due to the complex interpersonal relations and hardships that surrounds our everyday life. In Taiwan, there is a common saying: care about the others, especially the ones that are the closest to you. Living in an Asian society, one must learn to find a sense of emotional security from the others, in order to be supported and relied on. Yet people often forget the power of a sharp and twisted mind, which produces unseen stress that can cause deviation. Deviation plants the seed of isolation and exhaustion between relationships of humans.
The Restrictions of Romance
Love’s veins, Love’s restrictions
People take advantage of the responsibility, the guilt, and the dominance in ones’s relationship in order to make the submission obedient. There are numerous events in life that are unable to resist, or maybe it is the society’s values that had influenced us to do so, which makes these events less capable than desirable. When did people get used to being held captive in a cell of morals? Adaptation brings us to no escape, to come into being what is called “normal” or “tradition”. The image of these events reflects and affects on our body and soul and the force of changing is even stronger than gravity. Through these ironic characters, I hope to connect with the audience, thus making them realize those weaknesses that were all accidentally buried underneath us.
