9/11/2012
Wu Chi-Tsung
TKG+, Taipei
The artist works with a variety of different media, including photography, video, and installation, to create images which challenge the perception of our physical and natural world.
TKG+ is delighted to present the first solo exhibition of Wu Chi-Tsung at TKG+, on view from November 10 to December 16, 2012 (opening reception on Saturday, November 10, 6–9pm). Wu Chi-Tsung works with a variety of different media, including photography, video, and installation, to create images which challenge the perception of our physical and natural world. Using techniques which play on the scale of everyday objects, Wu creates images and perceptions that illuminate the ephemeral aspects of nature, resulting in poetic renditions of the everyday.
In this solo exhibition, Wu Chi-Tsung creates a new installation that explores the relationship between the sublime and the minute. Using a vessel filled with ants and sugar, Wu creates a projected image of clouds drifting through the sky, based on the natural movement of the ants in sugar. In another series of works, Wu inspired by the texturing methods (cun-fa) of Chinese calligraphy, manages to transform paper into mountain ranges, or possibly a sea of waves through crumbling and lighting these surfaces. Wu recreates landscapes through the physicality of light, paying particular attention to the way things are perceived and how the notion of landscapes can be created through simple gestures.
Wu Chi-Tsung was born in 1981 in Taipei, Taiwan and received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in oil painting from the Taipei National University of the Arts in 2004. He has participated in numerous group exhibitions in Taiwan and abroad, including Sub-Phenomena: Report on the State of Chinese Young Art, The First CAFAM Future Exhibition (2012), CAFAM Art Museum, Beijing; Boundaries on the Move: Taiwan-Israel, A Cross-Culture Dialogue (2012), Herzliya, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv, Israel; Taiwan Calling - The Phantom of Liberty / Elusive Island (2011), Műcsarnok - Kunsthalle Budapest Ludwig Museum, Budapest, Hungary; Our Future: The Guy & Myriam Ullens Foundation Collection (2008), Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (UCCA), Beijing, China; Artes Mundi (2006), Wales International Visual Art Prize, National Museum of Cardiff, Cardiff, UK; Hyper Design: 6th Shanghai Biennial (2006), Shanghai, China; The Elegance of Silence (2005), Mori Museum, Tokyo, Japan and has held solo exhibitions at IT Park Gallery (2004, 2009) and Chi-wen Gallery (2009) in Taipei, Taiwan.
Additional works by Wu will also be on view at the TKG+ booth (B33) at Art Taipei (November 9–12). For additional information, please visit: www.tinakenggallery.com.
TKG+, the contemporary platform of the Tina Keng Gallery, opened its expansive space in the Neihu District of Taipei in October 2009. Its mission is to promote and support the most interesting and significant contemporary art from the region. The gallery works with emerging artists and privileges experimentation in art across different mediums, from video and photography to installation and new media. As its name suggests, TKG+ believes in the exponential growth and possibility of art in the 21st century.
Opening reception sponsored by Glenfiddich.
Image above: © 2012 Wu Chi-Tsung. Image courtesy the artist and TKG+, Taipei and Beijing.
For all press inquiries, please contact Connie Chen at info.tkgplus@gmail.com.
Opening: 10 November, 6–9pm
TKG+
B1, No. 15, Lane 548, Ruiguang Road Taipei
Hours: Tue–Fri, 10–7pm; Sat–Sun, 11–7pm
Admission free