Provenance：
Illustrated：1. "J.C.KUO’s 18 Lohans Exhibition 2005", Main Trend Gallery, 2005, Page 21
2. "Totem and Taboo: Solo Exhibition by J.C. Kuo", Taipei Fine Arts Museum, 2008, Page 103
Exhibition：1. "J.C.KUO’s 18 Lohans Exhibition 2005", Main Trend Gallery, Taipei, 2005
2. "Totem and Taboo: Solo Exhibition by J.C. Kuo", Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, 2008
Exposition：
The Arhat as Kuo Chen-chang described is not extraordinary, but a figurative expectation, implying that humanities or social values varied with different sectors. Therefore, it conveys the message of many positive meanings of life to Taiwan’s current social development.
In the background of “Arhat ─ 8” a speaker and sphere highlight how the contemporary Arhat retains its sense of judgment in reality’s multitude of voices so as to find a equilibrium point and meaning of life in an unstable social change. The colorful sphere insinuates the political and social turbulence and change; and by side of Arhat was the clown with eyes closed and his thick make-up reflects the hardship of forcing oneself to look cheerful for the job; the speaker conveys a rational response, insinuating how people find a foothold between the balance and imbalance in their current social status.
Kuo Chen-chang pasted gold foil onto the jute bag that his grandmother had given him and placed it in “Arhat-8” to symbolize the ancients’ hard work farming rice as their staple food. Following the passage of time, the beads collaged on the work remind people how Taiwan people created an economic miracle through OEM works, which accumulated to form multi-layer faces of Taiwan’s economy, culture, politics and society.
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