



Shi Jin-Hua
Further images
The work "Frames" consists of a size 0 blank canvas continuously framed by 14 layers of gold frames. These gold frames gradually protrude, forming an object resembling a megaphone. Behind the frame, slightly melancholic street performance music plays on a loop. A large bowl is placed on the ground in front of the frame for audience contributions.
The canvas of this piece, using the smallest standard oil painting size, is entirely blank except for a pencil signature in the corner. The part that would typically be the main subject of a two-dimensional work has been reduced to a very small, blank area, while the decorative frames are exaggeratedly presented. The elaborate, ornate gold sections thus become the protagonist, showcasing a repetitive, exaggerated technique and a contrasting, contradictory relationship—a reversal of the roles of host and guest.
〈框框〉一作是把一個0號的空白畫布連續框了14層的金框,這些金框逐漸突出,形成一個有如擴音器的物體,框框後面則有略帶悲傷的街頭表演音樂重複播放,框框前方地面放了一只大碗,供觀眾賞錢。
這件作品的畫面是用標準油畫的最小尺寸,除了在角落以鉛筆簽名以外,全是空白;原本佔平面作品主體的畫面部分已縮小空白到很小的程度,而裝飾的畫框則誇張的呈現,繁瑣華麗的雕花金色部份至此成為主角,一種重複、誇張的手法,一種對比矛盾的關係,這是一種主客地位的互換。
◆〈框框〉1992|畫布、木框、鐵架、音訊檔|完成總尺寸:148.5 x 145 x 43 cm
Exhibitions
1992 “Moneyfor Nothing”, Taipei Fine Art Museum, Taipei, Taiwan1992「所費不貲」,台北市立美術館,台北,台灣
Publications
1993 “Money for Nothing”, Doors Gallery, Kaohsiung, Taiwan1993《所費不貲》,串門藝術,高雄,台灣