In March, Liang Gallery hosts, “Celebrating Spring Together - Joint Exhibition of Ten Contemporary Artists,” which gathers the works of ten up and coming young artists who are becoming increasingly prominent in the art scene: Jam Wu, Hsi Shih-Pin, Chang En-Tzu, Lin Tai-Hsuan, Huang Yi-Sheng, Lin Hung-Hsin, Lin Jiunn-Huey, King Fen-Hwa, Hsu Wei-Hui, Wang Chien-Yang. Spanning fields such as painting, photography, sculpting, paper-cutting, and embroidery, their rich works radiate a vigor and vitality deeply infused within their artistic expression.
Hailing from a new generation of artists, Hsu Wei-Hui and Lin Tai-Hsuan both utilize unique materials for their works to present a bold imagination and creation. Hsu draws from her personal life experiences as a woman, and uses masks to bring to light the inner anxiety and turmoil that women hold about their outward appearances, as well as explores the topic of time and life. Lin’s wire sculptures utilize welding methods to change real objects into the production of three-dimensional images. In addition to capturing the beauty exuded by everyday objects, they also express a relationship between objects and people.
Jam Wu, Chang En-Tzu, and Hsi Shih-Pin are cutting-edge artists who inject deep, modern thoughts into personal works, forming the cultural regeneration of new content. Having learned paper-cutting in Northern China, Wu conducts a reflective comparison between the histories of Taiwan and China, emphasizing the value of self-identity. He converts folk methods of paper-cutting into the vocabulary of contemporary art. Chang uses fairy tales as the theme to his embroidery works. At first glance, his works seem to tell sweet, timeless tales. However, the sensation of the needle puncturing into the canvas and irregular threads make a subtle commentary about the repression of women in society. The different readings are interesting. With his expertise in using mixed media to produce space for his sculptures, Hsi takes the basic structures of everyday objects, and creates forms and spaces that have a hidden strangeness about them through the dual methods of construction/deconstruction.
Artists Lin Jiunn-Huey, King Fen-Hwa, Huang Yi-Sheng, and Lin Hung-Hsin create exquisite oil paintings filled with rich, symbolic imagery. Lin Jiunn-Huey’s paintings are imbued with musical and philosophical reflections, presenting a tranquil and elegant Platoistic landscape. The feminine softness and minimalistic style of King’s works expresses the pureness and simplicity of Eastern aesthetic ideals. Huang uses tangible images in daily life to create a cozy utopia that seems logical, yet is actually an unreal imagined paradise. Lin Hung-Hsin places graphic symbols together with realistic characters. The conflict between the two reveals an eerie sense of serenity and appropriate narrative.
Furthermore, Wang Chien-Yang, whose works generated much attention in the U.S., France, Japan, and Taiwan, will debut his newest photography series, “House,” and his Geisai Taiwan winning oil painting series, “Toys,” at this exhibition.
After the calm of winter, spring has finally arrived. With spring’s rain, everything comes back to life again. And, for this joyous season, Liang Gallery will bring you a feast of visual delights.
