Unfettered Mind - Jenny Chen Solo Exhibition 
束無縛－陳張莉個展
​2013.10.05~11.02

My studio was burned down to ashes over night. Not only that I lost all artworks created over the years but also the precious memories collected during the period of time. Staring at the charred debris, the emotions were overwhelming. Undoubtedly, the accident was a trauma to me. 
After much inner struggles, I decided to accept this unexpected situation. Suddenly, I realized that as the shackle loosened, creating art became easier and more natural. Feeling free from the burden, art-making became unencumbered; its fun and joy also grew more. Looking back upon the accident, it no longer feels like a trauma but a positively stimulating force. 

This exhibition reflects the life experience of the artist through free-flowing or contrasting colors in the images. Layers of texture form the space that the artist uses to represent her self-examination and the documentation of her own dialectic process.
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工作室一夕化為烏有，失去不僅是多年來的作品，還有對過去創作期間點滴心境的記憶。看著一片焦灰殘骸，心情複雜難理，無疑的，這個意外對我來說，是個創傷。 
經過內心的掙扎論戰，決定接受這個無常的現況，頓時發現隨著束縛漸放，創作過程也更隨心順暢。自在自得的創作鬆綁，也讓創作的樂趣與喜悅成長。再回首無常，感覺它不再是一個創傷，反倒是一個向上激勵的能量。

此次展覽，即藉由畫面中或順暢流動、或衝擊對比的色彩來應照創作者的生命體驗，層層疊疊肌理所架構出來的空間，則是創作者自我檢視與思辨過程的記錄再現。 

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​>  CHEN Jenny  陳張莉