Chi-wen Gallery presents works from Yun-Fei Tou, Noritoshi Hirakawa and Jawshing Arthur Liou. 

About the artists:

Yun-Fei Tou ( b.1975) graduated from Rhode Island School of Design receiving a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1998. Between 1999 and 2009, he worked as a professional photojournalist. Since 2010, he has independently pursued fine art photography while focusing on various social issues in Taiwan, where he lives. His work incorporates a variety of artistic and conceptual approaches.

MEMENTO MORI has been exhibited in many international as well as local art spaces and galleries. In 2011, MEMENTO MORI was featured in PROVOCATION, a juried, invitational exhibition held during the New York Photo Festival; in 2012, the series was awarded Grand Prize by "The 10th Taoyuan Creation Award" in Taiwan. MEMENTO MORI was recognized by PhotoShelter as being a “Notable Photography Project” in 2012. This body of work has been published in numerous news and media circles around the world including: Der Spiegel, Daily Mail, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Boston Herald, and the Huffington Post.

Noritoshi Hirakawa ( b.1960) originally studied Applied Sociology and today works with photography, film, installation and performance. His works have been described as erotic and intimate and challenge mainstream views of sexuality and the assumption that male desire is inherently exploitative, objectifying and oppressive towards women. The artist believes that human activity forms the culture in which we live today and proposes to push the boundaries of perception in order to further culture as such. In particular, he identifies the camera as “a very good excuse to connect men’s and women’s desires”.

Hirakawa’s work has been exhibited over 300 times, including at the Venice Biennale, Venice; Istanbul Biennale, Istanbul; Museum fuer Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt; Centre Pompidou, Paris; MoMA PS1, New York; Kunsthalle, Vienna; and at Christopher Guye Gallerie, Zurich and Taka Ishii Gallery, Kyoto. The artist has also collaborated with poets, musicians, choreographers and architects and presented his work at Das TAT, Frankfurt; Danse Montpellier; and at Fondation Cartier, Paris. Noritoshi Hirakawa lives and works in New York City.

Jawshing Arthur Liou ( b.1968) received his MFA from University of Florida, majoring in electronic inter-media and photography. Liou’s videos and prints are in numerous public and private collections across the US including Museum of Fine Arts Houston and Indianapolis Museum of Art.

-Chi-Wen Gallery

Image: © Noritoshi Hirakawa