As a medium of narration, Shieh often chooses the human body as his subject, which he then translates into stereotyped figures or characters. It is through the employment of these highly symbolical figures that Shieh is able to question the nature of identity building in modern society. With this new body of works, Shieh reflects on his own personal identity and converses with his own past. Like chapters in a personal journal, the sixteen drawings of “The Cultural Life of Wilson Shieh” effectively explore the influences and roles that specific individuals or artworks had in shaping his own identity. Defined by an introspective quality, this series is not only a self-analysis of the artist’s psyche, but a broad exploration of the manipulative power of culture.