Peter Deng
Slowburn 1
邓煜恒
Slowburn 2
Slowburn 3
Slowburn (series)
Mixed Media: Oil and Twigs
Slowburn 1&2&3 is a series of abstract art centering on how technology domination in our society has influenced my identity and self-perception. Humans consist of two elements: soul and body. I think social media and the virtualizing society is blurring the boundaries between these two elements. The Covid 19 pandemic has moved most of our work space and social interactions online. The face to face intimacy is gradually replaced by communication in a physically intangible world. Will physical intimacy be replaced by virtual communication? Will our body become not as necessary as it is now in the future?
慢燃
36 x 48 inches
材料：油画，树枝
《慢燃》这一个系列想用抽象的方式讨论科技社会如何改变人类对自我的认知。人由灵魂与肉体组成。而我认为在科技世界中我们的灵魂世界与肉体世界正在逐渐融为一体，变得更加的密不可分。由于新馆疫情，人们的工作与社交逐渐从线下转变为线上。我们的社交方式也从线下的近距离面对面沟通变成了线上的交流。我们的精神距离在此时也逐渐在取代着人们之间的物理距离。在将来人们的沟通是否不会需要物理上的接触而是转化为精神上的沟通？
Identity
25x19 inches Pastel on Paper
Identity centers on the complex layers of identity we have in the digitalizing world. The invention of social media created a space for people to develop virtual identities. Putting on a mask, we interact on the interconnecting platform of the internet. Social media has made communication more convenient and accessible to people, but I feel the solitude we face in the modern society has never been changed. We present the best of us to others for acknowledgement and attention, but at the same time we focus too much on our online image to care about the interactions we have in real life. When online interactions are taking over my real life interactions, I feel my virtual identity is encroaching on my identity in real life.
身份
色粉笔，砂纸
《身份》想要讨论的是我们在数字社会中扮演的多重角色。社交媒体的发明给予了我们一个在虚拟世界中创造自己的平台。如同化妆舞会一般，我们戴上面具与成千上万的人在网络虚拟平台中互动。社交媒体在某种程度上使得人与人之间的交互更加方便但是我认为现代社会的孤独症并未因此而的该改善。当我们尝试着在社交平台中过度寻找陪伴与认可而忘记现实世界的生活时，我们的真实身份会逐渐被网络上的虚拟身份反噬从而迷失自我。
Freedom
36x36x36 inches Mixed Media, Sculpture
Clay, gloss gal acrylic paints bronze, wood boards
We all say that everyone is born free. But is such a statement really true? Technology has given us a channel to express our thoughts more “freely” to other people. However, we hardly questioned ourselves to what extent we are really free on this virtual platform. Everyday we receive news and information from thousands of different sources. Would those sources try to feed us single sided stories to either manipulate our thoughts or distract our eyes from the real issue of the society that suppresses us from getting our freedom? Is our freedom real?
自由
我们都曾学过“人生而自由”但是这句至理名言是否是真实的？科技给予的我们自由发声的渠道但是我们是否只问过这种自由的平台是否真正的给予了我们自由。每一天我们都会从社交媒体中得到成千上万的新闻与信息。而我们所收到的这些新闻是否是真实客观的？还是尝试着用一种单方面的视角呈现不完整的事实去控制我们的思想与转移我们的目光去远离那些真正防止我们获得自由的问题。我们的自由是否真实。
搁浅
我们是否搁浅于现实与幻像的交界。
Stranding
24 x 16 inches Charcoal on paper
Are we stranded on the converging line between reality and illusion?
Artist Background:
Peter Deng is from Chengdu, China. He is currently a sophomore at Haverford College, majoring in East Asian Studies and Economics. Since the first time he started painting in primary school, art has become a life-long passion for him. Throughout his spare time art career, he has won one national gold medal and one silver medal from the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards in New York. His work, Moral Decadence, was displayed in Bruce Museum, Greenwich, Connecticut in 2018. Through art, he wants to discover the individual meaning in the society and self-identity.
艺术家简介 ：
邓煜恒来自四川成都，现就读于美国的Haverford College，专攻东亚研究与经济。从小学开始学习绘画起，艺术成了他的一生的爱好。在他业余的绘画生涯中，他曾获得过一次国家级 艺术比赛Scholastic Art and Writing Awards的金奖与银奖。他的作品，《道德沦丧》曾于2018在康涅狄格州的Bruce Museum巡演。通过艺术，他想寻找自己在社会中的意义以及自我存在的价值。