ARTIST STATEMENT
I had experienced serious eczema in G12 (final year of high school). Suffering from sickness made me feel depressed and frustrated. Meanwhile, handling a ton of school works and preparing for the public exam, I was exhausted.
Through this artwork, I tried to change my feeling towards my sickness by making fun of the things that make me frustrated. I drew on top of my medical objects and decorating it to become something I liked in my daily life. The medical objects became food products I like to eat. For example, my plastic pill bag became a chocolate instead. Through the process of drawing and changing my perspective on the medical objects. I relieved my depressed feeling due to sickness.
Also, I created a unique medical box by designing my own logo and medical treatment guide. It was a record of my daily routine due to my eczema. I changed the logo of the medical box from "藥" (Medicine) into "樂" (Happiness) by playing the Chinese typography. That's also the process where I am searching for happiness through my suffering.
This work was all about my feeling towards sickness, and how I find joy in sorrows (苦中作樂).
