Brook Hsu
Region: MFA Annual
The subjects in my work reflect my need to understand how
nature works. In all senses of the word, I am a naturalist. But
unlike an observer of the physical world alone, I also observe
my own interior psychological world. The polarizing result is an
undeniable truth: what should make sense in light of the facts
that are presented is exactly what does not make sense. An artist
innately thinks this way. In other words, the artist relies on instinct
as the means of finding truth.
How did it begin? Probably with a question, which spawned only
more questions. I create with two objectives: imagery and beauty.
The two cannot be captured without attentiveness to biology and
psychology, though I am not an expert in either area. My reasons
are simple: humans need art to live; humanity must love life
enough to save it.