Predestination : Randomness II, 2016
Ink and color on paper, mounted for framing, with an artist's seal.
72 x 38in (182.8 x 96.5 cm)
Footnotes
With one pair of arms holding the Moirai's distaff and spindle spinning the thread of fate, while the other arms form the gestures of rock-paper-scissors, a child's game governed by chance, this eight-armed, Bodhisattva-like figure poses a question about the nature of destiny.
吳欣慈(生於1963年) 宿命:偶然 II 設色紙本 鏡心 二〇一六年作
藝術家鈐印一枚(右下)
菩薩的一雙手持希臘神話中命運女神摩伊賴(Moirai)的捲線桿與紡錘,轉動象徵命運的絲線;其餘諸手則作「包、剪、揼」之戲,以遊戲中的隨機與偶然,對照命運的既定與必然。菩薩凝神若思,命定與不可預測由此並置,構成作品對生命、偶然與宿命的思考。