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Jesus in Jesus
2007
BY
PENG Hung-Chih
Jesus in Jesus
2007
plaster figure
35x26x36cm
01 / 10

A bust of “Jesus” is mounted alone on the gallery wall. But this statuette is not what it at first appears to be. Priest Lee You-Kun has performed a Taoist ritual on God’s son; he has located Jesus in heaven and invited him to inhabit his own sculptural representation. Religion always involves believing that there is something greater than what appears before our eyes. The objects that the devout surround themselves with serve as visual reminders of that which always remains unseen. Jesus in Jesus serves to negotiate between two diverging belief systems that are normally kept far apart. As a result of a simple action, Western and Eastern religions are provocatively melded together, thereby shedding light on the fact that very different rituals, ceremonial procedures and iconographies fundamentally are grounded on similar, if not the same, human desires.

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30 artworks / 38 exhibition
Installation Art , Video Art , Painting
My artistic identity is no different than that of ordinary intellectuals in other disciplines, only it involves more artistic technique and aesthetic ability. I express common problems, just like a writer uses his pen to comment on current events, ...
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KEYWORDS
PENG Hung-Chih, 2007, Installation Art
PENG Hung-Chih, 2008, Video Art
PENG Hung-Chih, 2005, Video Art
PENG Hung-Chih, 2007, Video Art
PENG Hung-Chih, 2006, Video Art
PENG Hung-Chih, 2010, Installation Art
PENG Hung-Chih, 2001, Installation Art
PENG Hung-Chih, 2007, Video Art
PENG Hung-Chih, 2001, Photographic Art , Video Art
PENG Hung-Chih, 2006, Video Art
PENG Hung-Chih, 2004, Video Art
PENG Hung-Chih, 2009, Installation Art
PENG Hung-Chih, 2001, Installation Art
PENG Hung-Chih, 2008, Video Art
PENG Hung-Chih, 2002, Installation Art