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Standard Paper
Artwork size per piece: 297 x 210mm
Artwork size with wooden frame per piece: 325 x 245mm
Standard Paper is an on-going project since 2011. It is a collection of hand-made papers with wild grasses. In this work, it reveals our modern society and capitalism have turned our relationship with earth into an indirect form. And through the process of collecting wild plants and hand crafts, it reconnects the relationship between the user, maker, and the land.
紙是一種人類使用已久的文化載體，它並且是一種與自然和生活環境互動所產生之物。它因著人類社會形態而轉變，現在其蒼白和公式化的樣貌幾乎與大自然脫離，正如我們與土地的連系因為資本主義的不直接關系和效率至上的意識形態而被分離，致使我們不懂得與自然體系發展平衡關系。我想從身邊再開始，使用不同的野草來造成我們的紙。透過造紙的過程，重新理解自然物質的獨特性和多樣性，並且反思人類本來取之於自然，貼近自然的本性。
Benjamin Hao
郝立仁
Hao Lap Yan Benjamin was born in Hong Kong and currently traveling for his research and study. Hao has gained his BFA from RMIT and Hong Kong Art school. He has just been awarded his interdisciplinary art MFA of University of Hartford. His practice examines the relationship among human being, nature and society, meanwhile stimulates reflection and reimagination through his art. His works and projects have been exhibited and taken place in Hong Kong, China, Macedonia, Iceland and U.S.A.
郝立仁生於香港，2011年畢業於香港藝術學院及澳洲皇家墨爾本理工大學合辦的藝術學士課程（主修繪畫），並於2018年畢業自美國哈特福藝術學院修讀跨學科藝術碩士。曾於中國、冰島、馬其頓和美國等地參與駐留計劃和舉辦展覽。