Interviews med Yu-Ting Shih

Jason SHIH（Yu-ting SHIH）was born in 1972 and grew up in Lu-kang Town, Chang-hua County, Taiwan, which was a district prospered with traditional folk arts and crafts. He was so fascinated by those ancient temples, paintings, ceramic and wood figures that motivated him to pass a special test for a fine art class in an elementary

school in the capital,Taipei. Following the fine art class in junior and senior high school, Jason SHIH studied at Taipei National University of the Arts for the BFA program and graduated as a Metal Sculpture-major (1996).

After 15 years fine art school training and widely exploring in the area of arts, Jason SHIH was confirmed the passion to the creation of form. In order to become a professional sculptor, after 2 years army service in duty, he studied abroad at School for American Crafts, Rochester Institute of Technology, New York, USA, and majored in Metal Sculpture. After graduating with the MFA degree (2001), Jason SHIH worked for Albert Paley, a world-renowned metal sculptor in New York, as an assistant to learn more technology and practical experience of public

art and metal craft.

In 2002, after well prepared, Jason SHIH decided to come back to the artist's hometown, Taiwan, to begin his professional sculptor career. 20 years so far, he has completed more than 80 public art works. During this period, Jason had also participated in the artist residency programs of Wangsan Festival in Gangneung, South Korea (2003), JamFactory Contemporary Craft and Design in Adelaide, Australia (2004) and New Taipei City Goverment Gold Museum, Taiwan (2008).

While developing his professional sculptor career, Jason SHIH never forgot to pursue the nourishment of academic theories. He obtained his Art Ph. D. from China Academy of Art, China (2015) and a MBA from National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan (2022). Now, Jason SHIH and his twin boys live in Taoyuan City, Taiwan, and consistently engages in the both areas of sculpture and public art.

Poetic imagination, the dynamics of light and shadow, and the rhythm of volume

As a professional sculptor, Jason likes to experience the taste of life with perceptual observation in the subtle moments, and also likes the ever-changing situation of game shapes in the poetic imaginary space. For Jason, art creation is to share various moods and stories in daily life.

Self-celebration

Oriental trend

My creation likes to interpret kinetic energy or dynamics from the aesthetic context of Futurism (1909-) and Constructivism (1917-). The speed and continuous movement displayed by the kinetic energy of nature and animals are often full of charming energy images. I pursue the beauty of dynamic energy itself that can be interpreted in a restrained and elegant manner at the moment of defying gravity, flying in the air, and sliding.

Title: Turning/ Artist: Jason Shih/ Material: Cast stainless steel and coated with titanium/ Dimensions: L120 x W66 x H60 cm/ Weight: 45 kg/ Year: 2022

Artist statement:

The wind gliding on the water is dense, discrete and aggregated in the light and air current. The invisible energy in the atmosphere drifts along with the light rhythm, sometimes thick and full; sometimes smooth and unrestrained. Like a graceful dancer, whirling and jumping in a serendipitous time and space, like a streamlined and elegant wind.

Jason SHIH graduated from School for American Crafts, Rochester Institute of Technology, New York, USA,and majored in Metal Sculpture. And, he earned his Art Ph. D. from China Academy of Art, China (2015). Now, Jason SHIH lives in Taoyuan City, Taiwan, and consistently engages in the both areas of sculpture and public art.

As a professional sculptor, I likes to experience the taste of life with perceptual observation in the subtle moments, and also likes the ever-changing situation of game shapes in the poetic imaginary space. For me, art creation is to share various moods and stories in daily life.

I chose to be a sculptor and I love it.

Humanistic thinking derived from eastern sentiments/oriental trend, Jason Shih's abstract sculptures adopt a simplified aesthetic that uses simplicity to control complexity.

Jason Shih is good at translating the aesthetic insights in daily life into profound and timeless elements, gathering pure energy in concise and concise words. His creations start from the delicate humanistic thinking of oriental sentiments and invoke the bright expression techniques of contemporary visual art in form and color. The characteristics of the work are simplicity yet grandeur, attention to detail and full of dramatic tension. In a lively and creative modern style, it elaborates on contemporary humanities.

I suggest that young designers should be brave enough to try new things in life and artistic expression methods.

Solve problems skillfully and solve problems perfectly

Originality and inspiration

Good design allows us to experience fun and be full of imagination about life

It is an honor to use your talents to help those in need and those who appreciate you.

I always focus on the job at hand and make it perfect.

Focus on perfection. Meanwhile, stay open to curiosity.

As far as artists are concerned, I admire German choreographer Pina Bausch(1940-2009) and British costume designer Alexander McQueen(1969-2010). The former's contemporary humanistic and profound concepts of time and space inspired me to understand sculpture's ability to display kinetic energy and imagination in space. The latter gives me a freer and broader inspiration for the interpretation of contemporary images or themes.

I like the kinetic energy or dynamics from the aesthetic context of Futurism (1909-) and Constructivism (1917-). The speed and continuous movement displayed by the kinetic energy of nature and animals are often full of charming energy images. I adore the beauty of dynamic energy itself that can be interpreted in a restrained and elegant manner at the moment of defying gravity, flying in the air, and sliding.

Poetic imagination, the dynamics of light and shadow, and the rhythm of volume.

Focus on perfection. Meanwhile, stay open to curiosity.

No matter what kind of job I have, I will focus on it and do it perfectly.

Good design is the perfect implementation of things in a scientific, kind and artistic way.

Professional work partners.

Experience the joy of life and appreciate various forms of artistic expression.

No matter what the situation is, I will always focus on the job at hand and do it perfectly.

Design originates from humanistic needs. It comes from people and will be used by people.

I always focus on the job at hand and make it perfect.

I always focus on the job at hand and make it perfect.

I always focus on the job at hand and make it perfect.

Design originates from humanistic needs. It comes from people and will be used by people.

我始終專注於自己手邊的工作.並將它做到完美

I always focus on the job at hand and make it perfect.

我始終專注於自己手邊的工作.並將它做到完美

I always focus on the job at hand and make it perfect.

Good design is the perfect implementation of things in a scientific, kind and artistic way.

Design originates from humanistic needs. It comes from people and will be used by people.

I always focus on the job at hand and make it perfect.

Design thinking: the design originates from humanistic needs. It comes from people and will be used by people.

Always focus on the job at hand and make it perfect.

Design originates from humanistic needs. It comes from people and will be used by people.

Professional work partners.

I will look for professional assistance based on work needs.

The relationship between color and materials is like food and plates. They need to be harmonious with each other to be perfectly presented.

I always focus on the job at hand and make it perfect.

Focus on perfection. Meanwhile, stay open to curiosity.

Sure, I will look for professional assistance based on work needs.

I will look for professional assistance based on work needs.

Experience the joy of life and appreciate various forms of artistic expression.

Experience the joy of life and appreciate various forms of artistic expression.

I will look for professional assistance based on work needs.

No matter what the situation is, I will always focus on the job at hand and do it perfectly.

Black, theater, oriental food, autumn, Volvo and Timberland.

I was born in Lukang Town, Taiwan, where traditional craftsmen are active. I have been interested in folk crafts, temple architecture, wood and stone carvings since my childhood.

No matter what the situation is, I will always focus on the job at hand and do it perfectly.

Since my childhood, I really like to experience the joy of life and appreciate various forms of artistic expression.

No matter what the situation is, I will always focus on the job at hand and do it perfectly.

Jason Shih's abstract sculptures adopt a simplified aesthetic that uses simplicity to control complexity. He is good at translating the aesthetic insights in daily life into profound and timeless elements. As a professional sculptor, Jason likes to experience the taste of life with perceptual observation in the subtle moments, and also likes the ever-changing situation of game shapes in the poetic imaginary space. For Jason, art creation is to share various moods and stories in daily life.

Jason SHIH graduated from School for American Crafts, Rochester Institute of Technology, New York, USA, and majored in Metal Sculpture. And, he earned his Art Ph. D. from China Academy of Art, China (2015). Now, Jason lives in Taoyuan City, Taiwan, and consistently engages in the both areas of sculpture and public art.

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As a professional sculptor, Jason likes to experience the taste of life with perceptual observation in the subtle moments, and also likes the ever-changing situation of game shapes in the poetic imaginary space. For Jason, art creation is to share various moods and stories in daily life.

Abstract sculpture, metal sculpture, outdoor sculpture and public art

Modern sculpture, abstract sculpture and orientaltrend creations

Metal sculpture

Curiosity and passion

Poetic imagination, the dynamics of light and shadow, and the rhythm of volume

Poetic imagination and orientaltrend

Self-celebration / self-fulfillment

2024 “Jason Shih–Solo Art Exhibition”, online: May 15 – June 14, https://lightspacetime.art/jason-shih-solo-art-exhibition/

2024 “Aureate Imagery- Jason Shih`s Abstract Sculpture”, Spot Gallery, New Taipei City,Taiwan

As a professional sculptor, Jason likes to experience the taste of life with perceptual observation in the subtle moments, and also likes the ever-changing situation of game shapes in the poetic imaginary space. For Jason, art creation is to share various moods and stories in daily life.

My creation likes to interpret kinetic energy or dynamics from the aesthetic context of Futurism (1909-) and Constructivism (1917-). The speed and continuous movement displayed by the kinetic energy of nature and animals are often full of charming energy images. I pursue the beauty of dynamic energy itself that can be interpreted in a restrained and elegant manner at the moment of defying gravity, flying in the air, and sliding.

Jason SHIH graduated from School for American Crafts, Rochester Institute of Technology, New York, USA, and majored in Metal Sculpture. And, he earned his Art Ph. D. from China Academy of Art, China (2015). Now, Jason lives in Taoyuan City, Taiwan, and consistently engages in the both areas of sculpture and public art.

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The issue that sculpture and ballet face together is "gravity", which is the matter of "support". Due to the different dynamic and static supporting conditions, a unique composition method and shape interest are created. Inspired by modern ballet, Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) allowed modern sculpture to step out of the established framework of the pedestal and gave the shape the freedom to stretch its own will. The subsequent development approaches such as Futurism (1909-1915), Constructivism (1917-1921), and Kinetic Art (1920-) have become one of the spiritual guides for sculpture to explore modern spatial phenomena. Abstract sculpture not only develops the grammar of visual aesthetics in which people use shapes to interpret psychology and emotions, but also gets rid of the passive purpose of replicating nature and reproducing reality, thereby touching the hearts of modern people with more concise and direct appeals. After being baptized by non-traditional raw materials and welding industrial technology, sculpture materials have stronger applicability and freer choices in application. The composition of sculpture no longer needs to rely on visual psychological support or other cognitive aesthetics. Formation becomes a material form of ideas, a spiritual and aesthetic sharing.

"Movement and light drive away the concreteness of objects." - Futurist Manifesto, 1910."Kinetic Rhythms, which will be the basic form by which we experience actual time." - 1920 Realist Manifesto.The energy of the sculpture creator comes from willpower. The more energetic something is, the less it can be formed, produced or understood in terms of form. Only imagination and sensitivity derived from the ontology of life can be permanent, magnificent and infinite.

I appreciate the worldview described by quantum mechanics, and I like to start from a humble belief and explore the original aesthetic interest of things around me. This belief is the energy basis for the creator to shape himself and the world. This is why he is able to realize the possibility of "flowers blooming for me and all things living for me". The ancients said, "The external teacher creates good fortune, and the inner source is the source of the heart." Through the accumulation of aesthetic experience, I believe that people can absorb this universal resonance, either intellectually or perceptually, in a personal way of interpretation under the triggering perception of aesthetic situations. As for the creator's motivation: shape is the material form of an idea. Once an energy or experience with aesthetic value is confirmed, it must be readily shared with others in a concise and refined form.

In the process of making the work, I hope to accurately express the brightness, streamline and modernity of bronze casting, so I have in-depth research on modeling design and polishing technology. I hope that the character of the work can be fully presented and explained through the properties of the material. The mature creator's will, modeling character and material language should be a perfect combination that complements each other.

Simplicity is the ultimate in complexity. My abstract sculptures are based on a simplified aesthetic that uses simplicity to control complexity. It is like gold mining, smelting and sifting out the unique spiritual aesthetic essence, or the auspicious light that can shake people's hearts. Coming from an academic background, I have been engaged in abstract sculpture creation for more than thirty years. I am good at translating the aesthetic insights in daily life into profound and meaningful elements, condensing pure energy in concise and concise words. The characteristics of my works are simplicity yet grandeur, full of dramatic tension and attention to detail. I use a lively and creative modern style to illustrate contemporary humanistic features.

Sculpture uses visual techniques of color, shape, and texture to interpret the beauty of light, shadow, rhythm, and volume. Sculpture creators strive for qualities that can touch people's hearts. In fact, they are as abstract as temperature and smell, but full of profound penetrating power. This aura directly points to the human heart, an aesthetic sense that allows people to enter the drama in resonance, or it may be like nostalgia, embodied in the concern for seeing things and the timid expectation of being close to home. The sea breeze, mountain mist, morning sun, and glow, in addition to shape and color, there is also the memory of temperature. The smells of cooking smoke, hot soup, wooden tables, and pottery cups echo the gradual tones of nostalgia. In people's daily aesthetic experience, the temperature and smell memories accompanied by touch often become a trigger for reliving old dreams. The work involved in sculpture creation is to "condensate" the presence of various beautiful things in this dazzling beautiful time and space in an appropriate way and with true emotions. As a sculpture creator, I likes to experience life through perceptual observation in subtle moments, and he also likes to play with ever-changing shapes in a poetic imaginative space. For me, artistic creation itself is a kind of emotion, allowing me to share various moods and stories in life.

There are so many beautiful things and times in life. I am fortunate enough to be able to wander in the poetry that suddenly strikes me. Whether it is the association of precious memories or the inspiration of the unknown world, these poetic abstract sculptures can be interpreted with the purest, simplest and most inclusive imagery. of scenic beauty. Simplicity is the ultimate in complexity. My abstract sculptures are based on a simplified aesthetic that uses simplicity to control complexity. It is like gold mining, smelting and sifting out the unique spiritual aesthetic essence, or the auspicious light that can shake people's hearts. Coming from an academic background, I have been engaged in abstract sculpture creation for more than thirty years. I am good at translating the aesthetic insights in daily life into profound and meaningful elements, condensing pure energy in concise and concise words. The characteristics of my works are simplicity yet grandeur, full of dramatic tension and attention to detail. I use a lively and creative modern style to illustrate contemporary humanistic features. My abstract sculpture creations start from the delicate humanistic thinking of Eastern sentiments and invoke the bright expression techniques of contemporary visual art in form and color. I hope to lead the audience to experience an aesthetic feast of the world in their rich poetic imagination.

Artistic creators are often able to create empathy and creative poetic thoughts about the people, events and scenery around them through the ingenious transformation of poetic scenery. As for my creation, through such poetic transformation, the sculptor can drive aesthetic consciousness and use skilled creative techniques to refine the accuracy of materials, shapes and rhythms, thereby creating a beautiful poetic work. My creations range from imagination, poetry, to sculptural presentation. Just like those beautiful imaginative journeys, they all become pure, bright and cheerful landscapes as the artist's artistic practice evolves and settles.

I am very happy that my work can be recognized on the international stage. In the future, I will still focus on the delicate humanistic thinking of Eastern sentiments in my own creations, and continue to delve into the vivid expression techniques of contemporary visual art in form and color.

If architecture is condensed music, then sculpture is the dancer in space. With the dynamic viewing of the viewer, the sculpture's rich postures naturally transform with time, light and shadow. And in this huge space-time environmental theater, the wind on the lake, the fish swimming in the water, the herons standing by the water, or the rough waves, use color, shape and texture to interweave the interpretation of gravity and light and shadow. Dance beautifully. In the dynamic beauty of the abstract works, the audience will appreciate the simple beauty of lightness and streamlines that are gently evoked by the dancer's posture, as well as the light and shadow creation full of trend tension.

The issue that sculpture and ballet face together is "gravity", which is the matter of "support". Due to the different dynamic and static supporting conditions, a unique composition method and shape interest are created. Inspired by modern ballet, Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) allowed modern sculpture to step out of the established framework of the pedestal and gave the shape the freedom to stretch its own will. The subsequent development approaches such as Futurism (1909-1915), Constructivism (1917-1921), and Kinetic Art (1920-) have become one of the spiritual guides for sculpture to explore modern spatial phenomena. Abstract sculpture not only develops the grammar of visual aesthetics in which people use shapes to interpret psychology and emotions, but also gets rid of the passive purpose of replicating nature and reproducing reality, thereby touching the hearts of modern people with more concise and direct appeals. After being baptized by non-traditional raw materials and welding industrial technology, sculpture materials have stronger applicability and freer choices in application. The composition of sculpture no longer needs to rely on visual psychological support or other cognitive aesthetics. Formation becomes a material form of ideas, a spiritual and aesthetic sharing.

"Movement and light drive away the concreteness of objects." - Futurist Manifesto, 1910."Kinetic Rhythms, which will be the basic form by which we experience actual time." - 1920 Realist Manifesto. The energy of the sculpture creator comes from willpower. The more energetic something is, the less it can be formed, produced or understood in terms of form. Only imagination and sensitivity derived from the ontology of life can be permanent, magnificent and infinite.

I appreciate the worldview described by quantum mechanics, and I like to start from a humble belief and explore the original aesthetic interest of things around me. This belief is the energy basis for the creator to shape himself and the world. This is why he is able to realize the possibility of "flowers blooming for me and all things living for me". The ancients said, "The external teacher creates good fortune, and the inner source is the source of the heart." Through the accumulation of aesthetic experience, I believe that people can absorb this universal resonance, either intellectually or perceptually, in a personal way of interpretation under the triggering perception of aesthetic situations. As for the creator's motivation: shape is the material form of an idea. Once an energy or experience with aesthetic value is confirmed, it must be readily shared with others in a concise and refined form.

During the manufacturing process, the main challenge encountered is the accuracy and integrity of stainless steel casting. Secondly, there are the requirements for color and uniformity in the titanium plating process.

Sculpture uses visual techniques of color, shape, and texture to interpret the beauty of light, shadow, rhythm, and volume. Sculpture creators strive for qualities that can touch people's hearts. In fact, they are as abstract as temperature and smell, but full of profound penetrating power. This aura directly points to the human heart, an aesthetic sense that allows people to enter the drama in resonance, or it may be like nostalgia, embodied in the concern for seeing things and the timid expectation of being close to home. The sea breeze, mountain mist, morning sun, and glow, in addition to shape and color, there is also the memory of temperature. The smells of cooking smoke, hot soup, wooden tables, and pottery cups echo the gradual tones of nostalgia. In people's daily aesthetic experience, the temperature and smell memories accompanied by touch often become a trigger for reliving old dreams. The work involved in sculpture creation is to "condensate" the presence of various beautiful things in this dazzling beautiful time and space in an appropriate way and with true emotions. As a sculpture creator, I likes to experience life through perceptual observation in subtle moments, and he also likes to play with ever-changing shapes in a poetic imaginative space. For me, artistic creation itself is a kind of emotion, allowing me to share various moods and stories in life.

There are so many beautiful things and times in life. I am fortunate enough to be able to wander in the poetry that suddenly strikes me. Whether it is the association of precious memories or the inspiration of the unknown world, these poetic abstract sculptures can be interpreted with the purest, simplest and most inclusive imagery. of scenic beauty. Simplicity is the ultimate in complexity. My abstract sculptures are based on a simplified aesthetic that uses simplicity to control complexity. It is like gold mining, smelting and sifting out the unique spiritual aesthetic essence, or the auspicious light that can shake people's hearts. Coming from an academic background, I have been engaged in abstract sculpture creation for more than thirty years. I am good at translating the aesthetic insights in daily life into profound and meaningful elements, condensing pure energy in concise and concise words. The characteristics of my works are simplicity yet grandeur, full of dramatic tension and attention to detail. I use a lively and creative modern style to illustrate contemporary humanistic features. My abstract sculpture creations start from the delicate humanistic thinking of Eastern sentiments and invoke the bright expression techniques of contemporary visual art in form and color. I hope to lead the audience to experience an aesthetic feast of the world in their rich poetic imagination.

I am very happy that my work can be recognized on the international stage. In the future, I will still focus on the delicate humanistic thinking of Eastern sentiments in my own creations, and continue to delve into the vivid expression techniques of contemporary visual art in form and color.

Artistic creators are often able to create empathy and creative poetic thoughts about the people, events and scenery around them through the ingenious transformation of poetic scenery. As for my creation, through such poetic transformation, the sculptor can drive aesthetic consciousness and use skilled creative techniques to refine the accuracy of materials, shapes and rhythms, thereby creating a beautiful poetic work. My creations range from imagination, poetry, to sculptural presentation. Just like those beautiful imaginative journeys, they all become pure, bright and cheerful landscapes as the artist's artistic practice evolves and settles.

Simplicity is the ultimate in complexity. My abstract sculptures are based on a simplified aesthetic that uses simplicity to control complexity. It is like gold mining, smelting and sifting out the unique spiritual aesthetic essence, or the auspicious light that can shake people's hearts. Coming from an academic background, I have been engaged in abstract sculpture creation for more than thirty years. I am good at translating the aesthetic insights in daily life into profound and meaningful elements, condensing pure energy in concise and concise words. The characteristics of my works are simplicity yet grandeur, full of dramatic tension and attention to detail. I use a lively and creative modern style to illustrate contemporary humanistic features.

If architecture is condensed music, then sculpture is the dancer in space. With the dynamic viewing of the viewer, the sculpture's rich postures naturally transform with time, light and shadow. And in this huge space-time environmental theater, the wind on the lake, the fish swimming in the water, the herons standing by the water, or the rough waves, use color, shape and texture to interweave the interpretation of gravity and light and shadow. Dance beautifully. In the dynamic beauty of the abstract works, the audience will appreciate the simple beauty of lightness and streamlines that are gently evoked by the dancer's posture, as well as the light and shadow creation full of trend tension.