Abstract

In this paper I approach one aspect of contemporary art, using "memory" and "ecosophie" as keywords. I especially focused on the work of Miroslaw Balka, who was born in Poland in 1958. He began with figurative sculpture, but from around 1990 he changed his style to create metal or wooden objects based on the size of his own body. His works tell us about his life history and make us to remember our own memories. Although they seem to be private, we can feel that their feelings are all common to us. They attain universality by probing deeply into their own experiences. Unlike many avant-garde artists, who always seek to find something new, Balka adds to his works traces of the past. With the relationship between art and culture, the idea 'ecosophy' is broadly proposed to consider how the human spirit should be. We could call Balka's works ecosophycal, being able to dissolve the alienation between nature and culture and producing a passage between art and the environment They take root in the spiritual landscape of each person and restore mutual confidence in people. They have an active power that can bear the deepest chasm in our heart and its shadow