Runo B

Lives and works in Venice, Italy

Artist statement

“The Fool” has been the main topic of my work over the years. "Fools" mean stupid and abnormal people in general, but I think they are just different from most people, just because of their different beliefs and pursuits, their attitudes, values, and their disdain for certain worldly rules, so they are the common people marginalized by society and the public. In the West, Michel Foucault explored the causes of madness and how people in society treat madness in Madness and Civilization, which mentions the concept of the "Ship of Fools" and the subject of the banished people in it. Hieronymus Bosch, Matthias Grünewald, Pieter Bruegel... all of these masters have created classic paintings on this subject. There are also descriptions of fools in the East, such as the idiom "Great Wisdom is Foolishness" from the poet Su Shi of the Song Dynasty, which depicts the story of his friend Xiu who chose to resigned from a very high position in the court and return to hometown in his prime, and was puzzled and even ridiculed by others. They all provide deep documentary content for me to think and reflect on in my creation. So how do I react to the present moment through my own thinking, as a Chinese living in Europe, being in two different social and social media environments especially made me perceive the situation of some minorities in social groups. These discrepancies, and the absurd stories touched me very much. for example, what happened to people who refused vaccinations and...

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