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Kimvalrie Art Studio
Selected Artworks & Poems:
Kimvalrie: "Is That So?"
金包銀: 「敢按呢?」
This artwork and the bilingual poem, both by the artist Kimvalrie, share the same title.
Having wrapped the hair in a bath towel,
I've crowned myself.
Am I now a pope, or a queen?
Adorned with gold and silver accessories,
My name is Kimvalrie.
As a pope, I stand before a stained glass window;
As a queen, I wear a crown with pearl tassels.
Both trapped in quandaries;
Neither can discern truth from lies;
Can’t help questioning: Is that so?
Is this right?
Original Hanzi/Kanzi version --
浴巾包在髮上
給自己加冕
我成了教皇，還是女王？
穿金戴銀
我叫金包銀
教皇背對彩窗
女王頭頂冕旒
同陷困境之框
難辨真假之相
不禁質疑：“敢按呢?”
真是這樣？
(2022)
Kimvalrie: "Now What?"
金包銀: 「今嘛擱按怎?」
This artwork and the bilingual poem, both by the artist Kimvalrie, share the same title.
From eons ago;
From outer space;
Aware that nothing lasts.
Nothing concerns me;
I’m here only to study;
My name is Kimvalrie.
Studies require interacting with earthlings;
At times, I mind their business;
At times, I act mischievous.
No need for earthly worship;
No desire for longevity.
If convenient, I guide the curable;
For sure, I leave alone the incurable.
Those craving greedily are ignorant and in agony;
Those viewing from afar get to dance happily.
Original Hanzi/Kanzi version--
來自古時候
來自外太空
知諸事皆空
諸事不關己
只是來修行
我是金包銀
修行需入世
偶爾管管事
或不恭玩世
不需人間煙火
不願長命百壽
能救的順手救
沒救的不歸我
貪戀的人，無知陷痛苦
遠望的人，翩然輕起舞
(2022)
Sometime After The Beginning
太初不久
This artwork and the bilingual haiku, both by the artist Kimvalrie, share the same title.
Our eyes and light touch
Colors emerge; so do changes
What are we in this?
Hanzi/Kanzi Translation--
眼和光接觸
萬色顯，變化出現
而我們又是?
(2024)
We The People...?
眾生平等...?
This artwork and the poem, both by the artist Kimvalrie, share the same title.
We the people
Have been told
We’re all created equal
Yet, it’s like someone has
“Pampered” me into believing
I am a queen of a nation
High and above, in contemplation
Whether to have a man
In front of me, down on his knees
Executed
Some say my eyes look gentle,
Even merciful
But being this high above
I feel numbingly comfortable
How guilty this man needs to be
Really doesn’t matter to me
I’m here to decide and give orders
Someone else
Will take care of the rest
Accountability? None
Still –
I vaguely feel a void
I feel someone
Is fooling me
I feel something
Is behind the scene
Calling the real shots
While granting me this illusion
That I am the one
Making all the decisions
Do you have the same feelings?
Are we being sidelined?
Are we kept blind?
Are we all made equal in that…
We are all turned delusional?
Are those behind the scene
Above us?
Have we mistaken them to be
Part of us?
Note to myself:
Do not take this lightly
We the people
(2024)