Ko Si-Chi’s Human Body Photography Series “Garden of Eden” Debuts at Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts

By MOOK Travel Life Network, reported and compiled by Chen Guan-Xin

 

 

In Ko Si-Chi’s KMFA exhibition, the Inner Scenery series reflects the style he developed during his wandering period in 1979. Through seemingly minimalist and restrained compositions, the works convey the artist’s delicate and perceptive emotional responses. Whether it’s endless deserts, common sights like setting suns, incense burners, or even a streetlamp, they all transform into poetic imagery. Moreover, from photographing Taiwan’s first professional female nude model Lin Si-Dian in the 1960s to shooting American dancers and models in the 1970s—from fashion photography to pure aesthetic exploration—last year, at 82, Ko Si-Chi ventured to Australia to create the alternative human body aesthetic series “Garden of Eden.” The work showcases the sincerity of family bonds or romantic love among nude figures in nature, giving Ko Si-Chi a new understanding of the human body and nature. He said, “The beauty of the human body isn’t singular. Women who have given birth may have wider hips and thicker waists, representing different life stages—and that too is beauty. That’s what I want to capture now. Only by appreciating diverse forms of beauty can the heart expand.”

In the Classic Series, his dye-transfer photographs not only significantly elevated the depth of color photography but also cemented Ko Si-Chi’s irreplaceable status in the photography circles of the U.S. and France. French art and culture publisher Cercle de Art, in its book “On Ko Si-Chi,” once commented: “While the professional photography community in Europe and America was still debating the artistry of black-and-white photography in the 1980s, Ko Si-Chi had already proven that the era of color photography had arrived.” In portrait photography, Ko Si-Chi pioneered thematic portraiture in Taiwan during the 1960s. Notably, his 1966 photoshoot of modern dance by Mr. and Mrs. Huang Zhong-Liang marked the first instance of an outdoor dance troupe photoshoot in Taiwan.

 

 

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