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Abstract
Titled as Portraits of Living : The discussion on MingHui Lai's creative works, is an investigation of 1960s American Pop Art and after World War II American social status relationship development. This analysis concentrate on four main issues: the times of the art form, daily life of the theme, occult of the intrinsic meaning of the subjects, and anonymity of the creator. The creator uses visual language of Pop Art as the creative elements, such as images of daily life, vulgar colors, mechanical, depersonalization, reproduction, appropriation consumer goods images, etc.
Taking the emotional response and reflection of life experiences as the subject and content of the art creation, the creator adopts the form of plain painting, not only stating and conveying the real emotion facing external life, but also reflecting the relationship between homeland and the creator, such as the unspeakable alienation, inner emotions of doubts, nothingness, unrealistic, loss and sigh.
The introductory chapter establishes the motive of creative works, purpose, scope, limitations and research methods into four subsections. The second chapter discuss American Pop Art development base on the view of art critics and art history and its relationship to creative works. The third chapter focus on the creations discourse, examines how iconographic symbols, technique, creative concept, and creator’s viewpoint represent her personal art language. This explores how visual art states and communicates the inner meaning and emotion of the creator. The fourth chapter focus on reality of daily life is the essence of creations practice, and to give the interpretation of the source for the creation of emotional, by the themes and content of creative works。The final chapter is the conclusion of the subject “Portraits of Living”, indicates no matter what types of forms and media are used, the creator should always come back to her homeland for creative sources.
Keywords: depersonalization, reality of daily life, occult, Pop Art
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