Wu Ji (吳極) "Great Vow" (大願力) - World Integration Art Vision Solo Exhibition

Wu Ji's (吳極) "Great Vow" (大願力) 150m x 85m copper corrosion masterpiece and World Integration Art Vision solo exhibition is scheduled from March 2 to March 26, 2026 (Mon-Fri / closed on holidays) from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM and 1:30 PM to 5:00 PM at the Global Art Center of the Yingcai (英才) Cultural and Educational Foundation (4F, No. 179, Fu-Hui Garden Road, Xitun District, Taichung City). The opening ceremony will be held on March 6 (Friday) at 2:00 PM. Art lovers are cordially invited to visit.

Wu Ji has long focused on the research and creation of copper surface materials, conducting painting experiments with copper (Cu) combined with self-developed chemicals. Through precise control of time, dosage, and oxidation reactions, he breaks through the established aesthetics of "technical perfection" in metal craftsmanship, constructing a unique copper corrosion art system. Over eighteen years of creation, starting from material experiments, he has transformed the temporality of corrosion into a metaphor for life's generation; subsequently, he uses verdigris to respond to the rethinking of imperfect aesthetics in the digital age, exploring the symbiotic relationship between technology and nature; finally pointing to the Buddhist concept of "dependent origination and emptiness of nature," embodying the practical spirit of non-duality of self and others and benefiting all sentient beings.

In this solo exhibition, Wu Ji initiated a great vow in 2024 to complete a massive copper corrosion art masterpiece 150 meters high and 85 meters wide, with a scale comparable to a vertical city or a cosmic map. The core of the creation is "painting the faiths of the world together," not as a mixture of faiths, but as a respectful juxtaposition, presenting a spiritual landscape where diversity is unity and difference is integration, conveying the core message that "we were originally one." The exhibition also uses the copper-corroded lotus as a symbol. Through the process of oxidation and generation, the mottled patterns, flow, and layering of corrosion constitute the breathing rhythm of the lotus petals, serving as a metaphor for the fluctuations of all beings' consciousness between cessation and contemplation. Thus, this lotus does not symbolize escape from the world but stands within it; it does not deny corrosion but transforms it, translating impermanence into a contemporary artistic language of awareness.