Taiwanese Artist transforms discarded car parts into sculptures
Taiwanese Artist transforms discarded car parts into sculptures
2025-09-11
Today, we visit an exhibition that explores automotive repair craftsmanship through a contemporary lens. Taiwanese artist Wu Chien-hsing collaborated with mechanics to transform discarded car bodies into sculptural installations. FTV reporter Stephany Yang takes us in to see the highlights!
In his latest exhibition, Wu reimagines discarded car bodies as sculptural installations, breathing new life into discarded cars. Working in collaboration with auto mechanics, he fused traditional bodywork techniques with contemporary materials like carbon fiber and cutting-edge 3D restoration technologies. Wu and the mechanics cut, bent, and reassembled car parts, reshaping them into sculptural works of art.
Artist
Wu Chien-hsing
I deconstructed the structure and symbolic language of the car’s underbody. In collaboration with skilled metalworkers, I employed techniques such as hammering, cutting, and welding to showcase technical precision and the artistic value in handcrafted work. This piece integrates four materials: metal, fiber-reinforced plastic molding, the newest technology of 3D printing, and silicone. Each material is dialogue between rigidity and softness, reflecting my personal interpretation of the material. Metal conveys strength and durability, while silicone—its opposite—symbolizes the gentle texture of my father’s hands. With these materials, I also explore the evolution of automotive construction, spanning from the early reliance on iron, to aluminum alloys and finally to the adoption of FRP.
The exhibition explores how manual reconstruction and technical innovation can coexist. Wu was inspired by his dad, who is a car mechanic. He said he has witnessed his family’s business slow down with the decline of traditional industries. Through his artworks, Wu hopes to pay tribute to Taiwan’s auto repair workers as well as encourage viewers to explore what craftsmanship means in the modern day.
Wu Chien-Hsing
Artist
In Taiwan, the term black-hand refers to workers in the mechanical industry. My work is a response and reinterpretation of my black-hand family heritage, especially my father, who was a sheet metal craftsman. In earlier times, black-hand workers typically learned their skills through apprenticeships. The term is widely associated with Taiwan’s working-class laborers.Through this exhibition, I hope to spotlight the unique value of craftsmanship within the labor class, highlighting the diverse techniques and the artistry in manual work. I also aim to use materials as a medium to express the relationship between labor production and value-driven creation. By incorporating 3D printing, I combine past and present technologies—inviting people to reflect on how contemporary methods not only evolve from but also echo traditional practices.
The exhibition will run through Oct.12 at the Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei.
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藝術家與黑手師傅合作 將汽車遺骸轉化為裝置作品
2025-09-11
台北當代藝術館舉辦 「黑手煉金術III」展覽。藝術家吳建興與黑手師傅共同合作，探索修車技藝在當代語境中的延續與轉化。吳建興與黑手師傅共同敲擊、切割、變形、組裝，將這些汽車遺骸轉化為裝置作品。
在吳建興的最新展覽中，他將廢棄的車身化為雕塑裝置，賦予廢棄汽車新的生命。他與黑手師傅合作，將傳統的車身工藝與當代材料，如碳纖維、3D 數位修復等技術融合。他們共同敲擊、切割、變形、組裝，將這些汽車遺骸轉化為裝置作品。
[[藝術家 吳建興]]
“解構車底跟車子的符號，將它變形，然後與黑手師傅合作共同敲擊、切割、焊接等等的方式，透過不同的技術，去呈現出手工的技術價值，以及手工的藝術價值。這台車子總共用四個媒材，除了鐵以外，還有就是FRP的素質翻模，以及3D列印，最新的技術，還有矽膠材質，因為不同材質彼此之間是有一種剛硬跟柔軟不一樣的，對於媒材的個人的表達。例如像金屬代表剛硬，但是我又選了它的反材質，矽膠，矽膠像是我爸爸的觸摸的手的質感，透過不同的材質，也去處理關於汽車發展裡面從最早的鐵的材質，慢慢轉換成鋁合金的材質，或是FRP的材質。"
展覽探討了手工改造與技術創新如何共存。吳的創作靈感源自於他的汽車修理工父親，隨著傳統產業的衰落，他親眼目睹了家族生意的下滑。吳建興希望透過自己的作品向台灣的黑手致敬，並鼓勵觀眾探索工藝在現代社會的意義。
[[藝術家 吳建興]]
"黑手在台灣指的就是從事機械產業的一些工人，其實一系列的作品是對我黑手家庭、對我父親，板金師傅的一個回應及再詮釋。早期的黑手師傅都是透過學徒的方式去學習技術。黑手這個名詞普遍出現在台灣的社會的勞動階級，透過展覽， 我希望讓大家看到的是說，去關注到勞動階級不同的技術的手工價值。而且我也希望透過媒材的表達，去傳達出背後的勞動生產以及價值性生產之間的討論的關係。這次運用的3D列印，除了有新舊融合之外，最有趣的是現在的技術，可能也可以類比成為早期的技術，這兩者技術之間的價值性。"
展覽將在台北當代藝術館展出至10月12日。
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