ISHTAR
HSU    

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Received Master’s degree in Information Design from the Design Academy Eindhoven (DAE) in 2018.

Ishtar Hsu's working process is shrouded in mystery and inner struggle, which is evident in her work. She chooses not to give clear explanations, as she believes her works express themselves without the need for words. For Hsu, art is not about imposing meaning or telling stories but rather about entering into a conversation with the materials. She strives to maintain the purity of this dialogue so that she can hear the voices coming from the material, even at the cost of not meeting the expectations and understanding of others.

Ishtar Hsu's work goes beyond representing still-lifes; it serves as a reflection of her inner world, full of voices, textures, and dynamic exchanges. The tearing, cutting, and reconstructing can be understood as a reflection of her inner conflicts while also showing her own understanding of still-life. In doing so, she defies simple definitions and refuses to be limited—even in photographic form—to a single, static, hushed aesthetic form. Instead, she seeks an experience, a power of energy, and provocative stimulation. In this way, she connects art to both the experience of pain and that of liberation.

Each work feels like a still in which the paradoxical and distinct experiences of journeying through the fog of her inner self are merged into one image, in which contradictions are brought together into a visually natural composition. No answer, nothing is demonstrated, only shown—without sentiment and with compassion.





2018年畢業於Design Academy Eindhoven Master of Information Design

Ishtar Hsu的創作過程充滿神秘和內心的掙扎，這些特質在她的作品中表露無遺。她選擇不提供明確的解釋，因為她相信，作品能在無需語言的情況下表達自身。對她而言，藝術的本質不在於強加意義或講述故事，而是在於與材料之間的對話。她努力維持這種對話的純粹性，以捕捉材料本身的聲音，即使這可能無法符合他人的期待或理解。她的作品不僅僅是對靜物的表現，更像是一面映射內心世界的鏡子，充滿聲音、紋理和動態的交流。撕裂、切割和重構的過程象徵著內在衝突的顯現，也彰顯了她對靜物的全新詮釋。這過程中，她挑戰簡單的定義，拒絕受限於單一、靜態或平靜的美學形式——即使是在攝影的框架內。相反的，她追求的是一種深刻的體驗、能量的釋放以及感官的激發。通過這樣的方式，她將藝術與痛苦的感受以及解放的意義連結在一起。每一件作品都如同一幅靜態畫面，將穿越內心迷霧時那矛盾而獨特的經歷凝結成影像。在這些影像中，矛盾並存，並最終以自然的方式呈現。它們沒有答案，沒有刻意的表達，僅僅是展示——沒有情感的宣泄，也沒有帶著同情的修飾。