在昆明滇池的经历，引发了我的创作，但相较地理位置而言，这件作品更多对于心境或情感状态的一种表达。滇池周围有山、草地、森林、动物和纯粹的宁静，与我习惯的城市生活，形成了鲜明的对比。

当我看到，听到和读到我们的环境正在发生的事情，特别是自然世界和生物，受到的破坏和摧残时，感到了深深的悲伤，现在我们自身的存在也受到了质疑，因为这种破坏正在对我们的生活产生冲击。 我们的自然世界不再是一幅美丽的图画，我们正在毁掉它，我们甚至看不到它。

我们能否找回自然之美?

在这件雕塑中，Ben Puah回应了他认为的人与自然之间的关系，活力充沛，但也暗含了紧张和冲突的情绪。 我们所有人都使用同一个空间，彼此积极互动。 我们是大自然的一部分。我们需要顺其自然。

This work was prompted by my experience at Dianchi in Kunming China, although this work is not about a geographic location but rather a state of mind or being. The site on Dianchi was surrounded by mountains, meadows, forests, animals and pure tranquility which is a complete contrast to the city life to which I am accustomed.

I feel a deep sadness when I see, hear and read about what is happening to our environment, especially the destruction and loss of our natural world, and now our own existence is question as the destruction is making an impact on our lives. Our natural world is no longer a pretty picture, we are destroying it and we don’t even see it.

Can we bring back the beauty of nature?

In this deeply personal sculpture, Ben Puah responds to what he sees as the relationship between Man & Nature, fraught with energy and vitality but also with undercurrents of tensions and conflicts. All of us occupy the same space, and are in a dynamic interaction with each other. We are part of nature. We need to flow with it.

Ben Puah是亚洲当代艺术新生代佼佼者。

1976年出生于新加坡，Ben在皇家墨尔本理工大学及新加坡拉萨尔艺术学院学习，2000年获得皇家墨尔本理工大学的艺术学院学士学位，并于2001年获得总统⻘年人才奖。

艺术对Ben来说非常重要，因为它是一种表达自己的方式，也是他对生活感受的抽象。他的作品就像是在幻想的状态下，混合了真实和想象的元素。

Ben的作品曾在新加坡、伊朗、澳大利亚、德国、日本、美国、越南、印度尼西亚、泰国、巴西、伦敦、马来西亚、中国和菲律宾展出。他的作品被私人和公共机构收藏；包括新加坡美术馆、新加坡国家教育学院、越南美术协会和新加坡可持续发展与环境部。

Ben Puah is an exciting figure in a new breed of contemporary Asian artists.

Born in Singapore in 1976, Ben studied at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology and LASALLE College of the Arts. He received his BFA with Distinction from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in 2000. He is also the recipient for the President’s Young Talents in 2001.

Art is very important to Ben because it is a way of expressing oneself and an abstraction of how he feels about life. His works are like in the state of phantasmagoria where there is a mix of real and imagined elements.

Ben has exhibited his works in Singapore, Iran, Australia, Germany, Japan, USA, Vietnam, Indonesia, Thailand, Brazil, London, Malaysia, China and Philippines. His works are collected by private individuals and public institutions; including Singapore Art Museum, National Institute of Education(Singapore), Vietnam Fine Art Association and Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment (Singapore).