Time and Space

#78014     30 X 15″      ac

• Dali: “Christ of St. John of the Cross” (1951)
• Photo of an American astronaut

The fantasy of Marc Chagall was described on the canvas revealing an imagination out of time and space. Chagall preferred to regard his fanciful image as “reality” of an inner world. Physical time and space are measurable while our inner time and space are mingled in categories and rich in layers, if we believe in the reincarnation of Buddhism.In this painting by T. F. Chen, our outer space is shared by astronauts, historical figures and imaginative creatures. Space is visible here while time is felt through (the suggestion of) movements. When Chen was in Paris, he established his 5-dimensional cultural view out of the revelation of astronauts landing on the Moon. Scientists applied Einstein’s E=MC2 (square) and “Relativity” theory of the fourth-dimension (of time) to reach the Moon. “Is there a fifth-dimensional exist?” Chen asked then. Chen thought the fifth-dimension could not be but God, the unifying of time and space, the origin of creation and the ultimate “Omega Point” of evolution, with “Love” as its essence, as indicated by Teilhard de Chardin.

“Time and space are the foundation of the Universe and the manifestation of creation, therefore life is the gift of God whose existence ought to be beyond time and space”. Thought Chen when he was producing this artwork.

In this painting “Time” is suggested by Chagall’s clock floating on the space filled with human activities. Where are the angles?

– T. F. Chen