24” x 30”
Oil paint on canvas
2020

Many times “caring” actions will bring people closer together, but it can also make people uncomfortable with too much attention. In this series of works, Interpreting Discomfort , I discuss how much attention is too much? How is this feeling of discomfort formed? For the attention given by others, we all want to classify it as concern, but too much attention may become a kind of pressure. This kind of pressure which is hard to get rid of. In many cases, we can’t even be sure that this pressure comes from the others or our own overreaction.

In this series of works, a lot of hands, eyes and figures are used to express my concept. The unusual combination of hands and eyes to achieve the goal of horrible and stressful, just like how we feel in life sometimes. No one likes to be stared at by other people, and no one want to be pointed at by others. Except for hands and eyes, by including additional elements from everyday life: mobile phones, nail polish, mirrors, etc., I show that these situations can happen to anyone at any time. I use this series of works to discuss with the viewer the comfortable distance of interaction between people.

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