“Vessel of Life”
Han Yun Liang Solo Exhibition
2022.8.11—9.11
Red-Brick Office Gallery D, Tsung-Yeh Arts and Cultural Center, Tainan (TW)
At the end of May, I came to Tainan, living and working surrounded by trees, animals, and insects. One day, while strolling around, I saw a dark brown seed pod of the golden rain tree thrust into the land. This scene aroused my attention. In the 17th century, during the Dutch colonial period, golden rain trees were introduced to Tainan for the use of fort batteries, farm tools, shipbuilding materials, and so on. The golden rain trees are still blooming to this day. To us, in different historical contexts, the golden rain trees have different roles and meanings. However, for the golden rain trees, nature, and this land, life is circling.
Life expresses its original fact from one generation to the next, growing, thriving, withering away, and sprouting again, regardless of whether the plants were introduced to new places or native ones. The land witnesses and embraces all, including you, me, the environment, and history.
Land is the vessel of life.
生命的盛物——梁瀚云個展
2022.8.11—9.11
臺南總爺藝文中心．紅樓D展間
5月底來到台南總爺，樹木、昆蟲動物圍繞，在一次的散步途中，看到一支插在土裡直又長的阿勃勒豆莢，引起我的注意；17世紀荷蘭殖民台灣時，為了製作砲台、農具、船料，引進阿勃勒樹來台南。當年來台灣的阿勃勒樹，在台南開花結果至今，樹之於我們有不同的意義，不過對於樹、自然與這塊土地，生命依舊生生不息。
無論當年的外來種、原生種，生命以他們誠實的樣貌一代代的在土地上生長、茁壯、繁育、凋謝，然後再次萌芽，土地見證也承接了生命的所有，你、我、環境與歷史。
土地是生命的盛物。