This paper examines the transcultural translation of art in the junk paintings of Taiwanese artist Kuo Hsueh-Hu (1908~2012) under Japanese colonial influence, as well as the virtual reality interpretation of his paintings with modern technology. This paper explores how transcultural influences and elements intertwine in junk painting and how junk ships in the Asian maritime era are reviving and reconnecting viewers with virtual reality today. Drawing on Erwin Panofsky’s iconology and Homi K. Bhabha’s concepts of cultural hybridity and the third space, this paper interprets Hsueh-Hu Kuo’s paintings through the lens of transcultural translation, cultural diversity, and modern adaptations of virtual reality. Kuo once studied with the Japanese artist Gobara Koto, became the first Taiwanese artist to depict junk painting with gouache, and was awarded the The Sunrise Prize (あさひしょう, Asahi-shō) at the 9th Taiwan Art Exhibition in 1935 during the Japanese colonial period. As a renowned Taiwanese virtual artist, Hsin-Chien Huang reinvented junks using virtual technology in "Three States of Kuo Hsueh-Hu's Home Gazing" in 2020. This research investigates how junk is reinterpreted through transcultural translation and influences in Kuo's paintings, as well as its modern interpretation through virtual reality.

Authors:
Chao Jung Chen, National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan

About the Presenter(s)
Ms Chao Jung, Chen is a doctoral student in the International Phd Program in Taiwan and Transcultural Studies and an adjunct lecturer in National Chung Hsing University in Taiwan. Majoring in foreign languages and literature, she also pursued interdisciplinary approaches in art and education with exploring art in Parson's School in New York. Her research has embraced Taiwanese art, transcultural studies and visual analysis.
Her current project is the research on Taiwanese art and artists in 1930s, exploring how transcultural elements have influenced and displayed in the paintings and how artists created their own identity under the influence of colonialism.

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