The objects presented nowadays, are always in the inevitable situations with which they are not familiar. This may be a kind of blessing, beneficial rather than harmful. The new suit of the emperor or queen has already been shown in the silence. That is not fantasy, but reality— silence will tell its truth.
We can always find contents among a mass of works (most of the time they are just in the same noisy way as a crowd of frogs which flattering the cruelty and the romance of the hot summer.). However, it’s much harder to find the language. People whisper to each other in languages which drift and vanish in the air. However, it’s even more difficult to find humanity—it seems that humanity is the most difficult language.
Philosophy is both boring and harmful. But the truth of existence can keep on with the lash of humanity, to make it heard, until the blaze of red is seen. So we would rather give up philosophy, for if there is the humanity, its shell will always be as the same naked and glaring as the inside.
An allegory is not that necessary to a great work. Allegories unconsciously imitate the truth. And the truth will tear up the allegories, walking in the dark back and forth, visiting those with the black eyes—who still possess justice and humanity.
All languages are related to the destiny for destiny is the etyma of all languages. And prefix is the attitude, the mask of the destiny. There's no need to stick to the age, the city, the family and the lovers. As well, there is no need to save and count the allowance, dollars, and China Yuan. Only the truth is – forever.
So,
"What we cannot speak about we must keep in silence."
Guangci, March, 2003
Qu Guangci, artist. Born in 1969 and graduated from Chinese Academy of Fine Arts with a Masters in Sculpture in 1997, he now works and lives in Beijing.