21/04/2026
《五行山下五百年》蔡煒廷創作個展
Five Hundred Years Beneath the Five-Element Mountain
TSAI Wei-Ting Solo Exhibition
▌展覽期間：05.08（五) - 06.05（六）
▌開放時間：週一- 週五 09:00 - 17:00
▌開幕茶會：05.08（五） 14:00
▌展覽地點：寶佳潭美藝廊
▌地址：台北市內湖區行善路461號2樓
▌藝術家：蔡煒廷
▌主辦單位：GALERIE OVO 十方藝術空間
展覽「五行山下五百年」取材自《西遊記》中孫悟空被壓於五行山下的情節，藝術家蔡煒廷將原有的懲罰、禁錮敘事轉化為對「獨處」的時間性經驗與內在狀態之隱喻。作品關注個體在被迫靜止的狀態中，如何經歷時間與生成感知，並展開自我對話。這種長時間的內在凝視，除了限制之外，還是一種使內在經驗逐漸浮現與累積的過程。
創作以植栽為核心意象，象徵生命的持續生成與內在能量的循環，並透過盆栽、枝葉與蔓生形態構成自我繁衍的系統。同時引入五行概念，轉化為色彩與山石結構的組織邏輯，使畫面在靜態中呈現流動關係。作品並置日常場景與神話隱喻，模糊現實與想像的界線，將「被壓於山下」轉化為一種心理狀態。藝術家透過「五行山下五百年」想傳達的是一種對於停滯本身的再思考。當外在行動被暫時中止，內在世界反而得以展開其複雜性與深度。獨處不僅是現代生活中不可避免的處境，更可能是一種通往內在豐饒的途徑，一種在靜止中持續生成的存在方式。
The exhibition Five Hundred Years Beneath the Five-Element Mountain is based on an episode from Journey to the West, in which Sun Wukong is confined beneath the mountain. TSAI Wei-Ting removed from its original narrative of punishment and captivity, the scene is reconfigured as a metaphor for solitude—understood as both a temporal experience and an internal condition. Through enforced stillness and prolonged introspection, the work examines how perception, imagination, and self-dialogue emerge within isolation. In this sense, stillness is not only a constraint, but also a process through which inner experience gradually unfolds.
Plants serve as the central motif, symbolizing continuous growth and the circulation of inner energy. Through potted plants, foliage, and creeping forms, the work constructs a self-generating visual system, suggesting that solitude is not a state of lack, but a field of internal abundance. The concept of the Five Elements is translated into a compositional logic of color and rock formations, forming both a system of classification and a relational structure that introduces movement within stillness. By juxtaposing everyday scenes with mythological references, the work transforms “being beneath the mountain” from a physical constraint into a psychological condition.
Rather than a narrative of escape or liberation, the exhibition reconsiders stasis itself. When external action is suspended, the inner world unfolds in its complexity and depth. Solitude thus becomes not only an inevitable condition of contemporary life, but also a potential pathway toward inner richness—a mode of existence in which stillness remains generative.
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