For this piece, artist Liu Po-chun used metal materials and industrial technology to symbolize the evolution of human labor and time, smelting scrap metal to form beautiful lines that create a “gentle” piece of art featuring humanistic characteristics that contrast the hard material with soft forms. This urges us to reflect on the social environment and material evolution.
This work was created based on the profile silhouettes of five people, with rough and cold steel bars bent to form the shapes of foreheads, eyes, noses, and lips to elicit a sense of familiarity from the viewer. Liu utilizes these large silhouettes to resonate with his audience and invite them to search for the beautiful faces that they wish to embody.
Giving scrap metal new life reveals an industrial overproduction, urging us to slow down and rediscover the relationship and warmth in human interaction as well as the connectivity between human and natural environments.
藝術家劉柏村擅長以鋼鐵進行雕塑創作，透過金屬材質與工業技術，象徵人類勞動方式的改變與時代變遷的軌跡；將鋼鐵融化為優美的線條，使作品從廢棄的鋼條鐵片，化身為溫柔有人性的作品，展現鋼雕剛柔並濟的獨特魅力，也重新喚醒現代人對社會現狀和物質文明的反思。
本作品以5張人的側臉輪廓所組成，粗硬生冷的鋼條在彎曲、凹折的勾勒下，額、眼、鼻、唇的曲線應運而生，你我腦海中的熟悉輪廓也呼之欲出。藝術家透過一幅幅龐大的側臉，試圖引發觀者內心的共鳴，找尋自己想見的動人容顏。
這些原本是工業廢棄物的廢鐵被賦予新的生命，除了反映工業文明生產過剩的狀態，也提醒人們放慢腳步，重新找回生活中人與人、環境之間的溫度。
作品名稱：側影 A Silhouette
作者：劉柏村Po-chun Liu
創作年份：2009
材質：鋼、鐵 / 300×300×210cm
設置地點：駁二藝術特區