Don Sis! Don Sis! Don Sis! Don Sis!; Duo exhibition of Yeh Yi-Li & Wang Chien-Yang

“Tiao Zhen ,” or record skipping, was undoubtedly a hit in 2013. The song not only took the island by storm with its catchy tune, but also took Taiwanese popular culture to a whole new level. Originally referred to a broken record that skips, “Tiao Zhen” has become known as a technique, which many of today’s advertisements adopt to make stronger impacts on viewers. Just as rap music, once seen as a subculture but now a mainstream in commercials, the success and popularity of “Tiao Zhen” represents a local cultural breakthrough and kicks the habit of mimicking western pop culture.

From the post-martial-law period to the early 1990s, there was a close relationship between art and society in Taiwanese modern art. In mid-1990s, however, art is believed to have entered an era of “frustration,” when artists became self-concerned, no longer devoting themselves to social movements. The artists of this project—Ye Ii Li and Wang Jing Young—stand out from other artists in this generation in a way that, while being seemingly creator-oriented, their art pieces consciously deal with the subject of social phenomena and explore the core of humanity with enthusiasm.Ye Ii Li, graduated from Tainan National University of Arts, Graduate Institute of Plastic Arts, turned her focus from plastic arts to cross-disciplinary creation, the materials and demonstration of which usually combine stereoscopic sculptures, image media and behavioral performance. This exhibition transforms an ordinary art space into an artistic shrine, where imagery of the magic lamp, Eastern goddess, and Western fairies are involved. The combination of these elements demonstrates the chaotic values as well as the perceived astonishment as a result of globalization in the postmodern world.

Wang Jing Young, graduated from National Taiwan University of Arts, Department of Fine Arts, is adept at director photography and image editing. His works features Otaku , and creates a surreal personal playground by using a bunch of colorful toys and young innocent female figures as material. This fantasy world reflects a strategy where modern people try to seek an outlet for life through individual illusion and imagination. Joy and lightness set the tone for both Ye’s and Wang’s creative works. Their artistic vocabulary is flooded with fun of “Tiao Zhen,” with which we are able to “see through” social reality. Ye and Wang are critical but not cynical. They are hilarious but not pretentious. Their efforts and achievements have surpassed the success of “Like Button” designed for Facebook, and have responded to a popular local saying for admiration, “Jiao Wo Jie Jie!”

by Yuchieh Lin

Wang Chienyang Photographer 1981 Born in Taipei , Taiwan 2006 National Taiwan Art University, BA of Fine Art Solo Exhibitions 2013 Wang Chienyang Solo Exhibition 「宅La casa de Taiwán」, Casa de la Cultura de Tampico , Tampico , Mexico 2013 Wang Chienyang Solo Exhibition 「宅La casa de Taiwán」, Galería de Artes Visuales del Centro Cultural Nuevo Laredo , Mexico 2012 “A House Odyssey”@ Liang Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan 2011 “House”@ Austin Tung Gallery, Melbourne, Australia 2010 “House Party”@ Piaopiao Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan Joint Exhibitions- 2014 「ART14 London」, Olympia Grand , London 2013 “LOVE LOVE : Animamix Biennale”@ Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts , Kaohsiung , Taiwan 2013 “Exhibition for Nominated Young Artist in Asia”@ Today Art Museum, Beijing, , China 2013 Taipei Toy Festival ”Alice in the Wonder HOUSE”@ Hua Shan 1914,Taipei,Taiwan 2013 “Fall in Love with your Fantasy”@ Cans Tea House,Taipei,Taiwan 2012 “Future Pass”@ Today Art Museum, Beijing, China 2012 EPSON 100 People Ensemble “Consciousness”@ TIVAC, Taipei, Taiwan 2011“Stay Real Dreams”@ Huashan 1914. Creative Park, Taipei, Taiwan 2011“ART HK 2011”@ Hong Kong International Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong 2011“Contemporary art in Taiwan and China”@ Moganshan M50, Shanghai, China 2011“GEISAI TAIWAN #2 Awarders’Joint Exhibition”@ Taipei Kaikai KikiGallery, Taipei, Taiwan 2011“Celebrating Spring Together – Joint Exhibition of Ten Contemporary Artists” @ Liang Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan 2011“T-ART Art Fair”@ TaiChung, Taiwan 2010 “PHOTO TAIPEI 2010”@ Taipei, Taiwan 2010 “GEISAI TAIWAN #2”@ Taipei, Taiwan 2010 “THE Art of Photography SHOW”@ The Lyceum Theatre Gallery, San Diego, USA 2010 “35th Japan Photographers Society Exhibition”@ Tokugawa Art useum of Nagoya & Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Japan 2010 “GEISAI – Finding New Stars”@ ARKI Gallery, Taipei 2010 “35th Japan Photographers Society Exhibition”@ Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of photography, Tokyo, Japan 2010 “GEISAI #14”@ Tokyo, Japan 2010 “ILLUMINATOR”@ Taipei, Taiwan 2009 “PHOTO TAIPEI 2009”@ Taipei, Taiwan Awards 2013 TDW Art Fair, Tokyo Designers Week 2013 Judgeˊs Award 2010 Finalist of GEISAI,l Taiwan #2 2010 Finalist of FINE ART, first place of NUDES & first place of PEOPLE- OTHERS (Non-pro), International Photography Awards, New York City 2010 Top 50 of ART TAKES MIAMI, Miami 2010 Top 50 of ARTISTS WANTED, New York City 2010 Honorable mention of THE Art of Photography SHOW, San Diego, US 2010 Photojournalism (pro)- Performing Arts second Place, France Prix de la photographie Paris (Px3) 2010 Amateur Nude 2nd Place, 4th PHOTOGRAPHY Masters Cup, New York 2010 Grand price of Japan Photographers Society Competition 2009 Judge Prize from Mr. Seiichi Kamei (Japanese Mag. Casa Brutus), GEISAI taiwan #1 2009 Non Professional Advertising Music 2nd Place rewarded, France Prix de la Photographie Paris (Px3)

Yi-Li Yeh / born in Taiwan 1973 EDUCATION 2000- M.F.A., National Tainan University of Arts, Tainan, Taiwan 1995- M.A., National Taiwan University of Arts, major in Sculpture, Taipei, Taiwan ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE PROGRAMS 2011- Fellowship, Reunion Academic of Fine Arts, Arts Actuels La Reunion Biennale, Africa La Reunion, France 2007~2010 Beijing 318 International Art Park, Beijing China 2008- Fellowship, Council for Cultural Affair, Taiwan “Cite’ Internationale des Arts,” Paris, France 2004- Fellowship Artist, Department of Cultural Affairs, Taiwan, “Ssamziespace ,” Seoul, Korea 2001- Taiwan Fellowship Program Grantees, Asian Cultural Council Foundation, New York, NY, U.S.A. 2001- Fellowship Artist, “Baltimore Clayworks,” Baltimore, MD,U.S.A. SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2009-“2009Yeh Yi-Li Video Exposition” 100 Gallery, Taipei Taiwan 2008-“Yeh Yi-Li Video Exposition” Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France 2008-“KUSO-Rainbow Fairies – Yeh Yi-li Solo Exhibition” KING Gallery, Shanghai, China 2006-“KUSO-Rainbow, Spring Snow, Orange Flower – Yeh Yi-li Solo Exhibition” Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei, Taiwan 2005-“KUSO-Spring Snow, Chocolate, and Encounter in Red” TC284 Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan 2004-“Ruren KUSO Neuro-infection Yeh Yi-Li Solo Exhibition,” NHC TC ARTIST SPACE, Hsinchu, Taiwan 2000-“The Parental Body- A Cross-analysis of Breeding -Yeh Yi-li Solo Exhibition,” American Cultural Center, Taipei, Taiwan 1997- “Yeh Yi-li Solo Exhibition,” Taipei County Cultural Center, Taipei, Taiwan SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2013- “Cutlog NY/ The New Wave of Contemporary Video Art in Taiwan” NY City, U.S.A - “Cutlog Paris/ The New Wave of Contemporary Video Art in Taiwan” Paris, France - “The 4th International Contemporary Art Gwnagju Art Vision Exhibiton” exhibition halls of Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju, Korea. - “Common Sense of the East” ,175 Gallery, Seoul, Korea 2012-“Young Artists Project 2012” The Daegu Photo Biennale Organizing Committee, Korea -“Stepping In . Nature: MAM Collection of Chinese Conceptual Photography” , Macau Museum of Art, Macau, China - “King Hu: the Renaissance Man”, Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan -“Austronesian International Arts 2012” Taitung Art Museum, Taitung ,Taiwan -Future Pass, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts ,Taichung Taiwan - Maneuvers: Something relating to Arts Actuels La Reunion Biennale, Li Space, Beijing, China -Not So Resistant, VT Art Salon, Taipei, Taiwan 2011- Arts Actuels La Reunion Biennale, La Reunion, France -Ray in Glance, Reception hall of New Urban Art, Taipei, Taiwan -Rediscover Photography, The 11th China Pingyao International Photography Festival, Shanxi, China -Future Pass, the official collateral event of 54th International Art Exhibition, La Biennale Venezia, Venice, Italy -Fantasy Magic Nation of Beasts, Children Museum, Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan 2010- IQue - Hung Tung and Yeh Yi-li's Ultra-dimensional Encounter, 100 Gallery, Taipei Taiwan - SuperGeneration@TAIWAN, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China - Innovative Applications of Technology and Electronic Arts – Thematic Exhibition, Taipei Theme Pavilion, ICCIE 2010 , Beijing, China - Innovative Applications of Technology and Electronic Arts – Thematic Exhibition, Taipei Theme Pavilion, The West China Cultural Industries Fair, Xian, China 2009- Animamix Biennale, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China - SuperGeneration@TAIWAN, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China - The Simple Art of Parody, Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan - Accumulation - Group Exhibition, Perkin Fine Arts, Beijing, China 2008- SuperGeneration@Taiwan, Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan - Shanghai MoCA Envisage II—Butterfly Dream, Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai, China - Inward Gazes – Documentaries of Chinese Performance Arts, Macau Museum of Art, Macau, China - Spring Training, Beijing 2008 Group Exhibition, Perkin Fine Arts, Beijing, China - Animamix Hyperlink Exhibition, Moon River Cultural Creative Industry Zone, Beijing, China - Welcome - Light Artist, 100 Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan - 100 Tales in Animamix, Linda Gallery, Beijing 798 Art Zone, Beijing, China 2007- 2007 International Incheon Women Artists’ Biennale, Incheon Multi-culture Art Centre, Main Hall, Incheon, Korea - Humor and Mischief in New Taiwanese Art, Taipei Gallery, Taipei Cultural Center, New York, NY, U.S.A. - The 5th DaDao Live Art Festival, 798 Art Zone, Beijing, Hong Kong, Macau, China - Very Fun Park II - Contemporary Arts in East District of Taipei, Fubon Art Foundation, Taipei, Taiwan 2006- ATTITUDE - Video /Short & Experimental Film / Photography Festival, Cultural Center "Magaza," Bitola, Macedonia - Moving Castle －Exchange Exhibition of Four Cities, Macau Ox Warehouse, Macau, China - Seoul Marginal Performance Festival, Seoul, Korea -The 4th Beijing DaDao Live Art Festival, 798 Art Zone, Beijing, China - Temporary Identities -Video Art Event, Novosibirsk State Art Museum, Russia - Indiana International Video Art & Architecture Festival, The Indiana University Art Gallery, U.S.A. -Final Fantasy-Video Art, Mission Gallery, Swansea, U.K. 2005- Ji-ling Lin – Group Exhibition, Elite Art Space, Taipei, Taiwan - Taipei 2005 Artists Exposition, Central Movie Studio, Taipei, Taiwan -Touch Without Danger Art Exhibition, The Bridge 8 Lifestyle Centre, Shanghai, China - Inward Gazes – Documentaries of Chinese Performance Arts, Macau Museum of Art, Macau, China - The Seoul-District Streetshow Project in 2005, Seoul Performing Artist Group, Seoul, Korea - Oasis Project – Group Exhibition, Space 720, Daehangro, Seoul, Korea - The New Taiwanese-digital Witnesses, Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei, Taiwan - Artists' Secret Diary, Barry Room, Taipei Artist Village, Taipei, Taiwan - Packed/Unpacked II：Alice in My Heart - The 2nd SSamzie Collection Exhibition, SSamzie Art Warehouse, Seoul, Korea - EXPRESS - Hexaproject in Shanghai, Shanghai Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai, China - The 6th Open Studio Exhibition, Ssamziespace, Seoul, Korea - Contemporary Ceramics from Taiwan, Baltimore Clayworks, (NCECA), MD, U.S.A. 2004- CO4 Taiwan Avant-garde Documenta II, Hua Shan Cultural Center, Taipei, Taiwan - 2004 Taiwan Artist Exposition, Hua Shan Cultural Center, Taipei, Taiwan - Hot Bed – Feng-chi Huang, Yun-shan Li & Yili Yeh Exhibition, Art Site of Chiayi Railway Warehouse (granted by NCAF) 2003- Creation & Material, Main Trend Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan - 2003 Taiwan Artist Exposition, Hua Shan Cultural Center, Taipei, Taiwan - Street Furniture - Contemporary Arts, Stock 20 Gallery, Taichung, Taiwan 2002- 2002 Kaohsiung Art Exposition, Kaohsiung, Taiwan - Open Studio, New York Studio, New York, NY, U.S.A. - East-West Clay Invitation, The Filipino Cultural Center, (NCECA), Kansas, U.S.A. 2001- The Fourth Chapter - Contemporary Ceramics, Baltimore Clayworks, MD, U.S.A. - The Fun Part - Ccontemporary Arts in Taiwan, Fubon Art Foundation, Taipei, Taiwan 2000-A Fairyland - Contemporary Arts, Stock20 Gallery, Taichung, Taiwan -Contemporary Ceramic Arts, Front Art Gallery, Taiwan 1999- Ceramic Arts Group Exhibition, National Central University Art Center, Hsinchu, Taiwan 1998- Contemporary Craft Arts Group Exhibition, Tainan National College of the Arts, Tainan, Taiwan 1996- Ceramic Arts in Daily Life, National Ceramics Exhibition, Taiwan AWARD 2012- Prize for Silver “Austronesian International Arts Award 2012” Taitung County Government organizing, Taiwan 2007- NCAF Grants for International exchange, 2007 International Incheon Women Artists’ Biennale - NCAF Grants for International exchange, The 5th DaDao Live Art Festival 2005- NCAF Grants for artist creation, KUSO-Rainbow Fairies – Yeh Yi-li Solo Exhibition - Bureau of Cultural Affairs, Taipei City grants for exhibition, KUSO-Spring Snow, Chocolate, and Encounter in Red 2003- Invited for International Large-scale Outdoor Ceramic Lamp Sculptural Workshop, Yingge Ceramics Museum, New Taipei City 2000- Selected for the 8th International Ceramics Biennial Exhibition, National History Museum, Taipei, Taiwan - Taipei Award, Fine Art Category, Taipei Fine Art Museum, Taipei, Taiwan 1999- Prize for Excellence, International Gold Coast Ceramic Art Award, Australia 1998- Prize for Excellence, Art Exhibition of Tainan County, Tainan, Taiwan 1996- Selected for the 6th Chinese Ceramics Biennial Exhibition, National History Museum, Taipei, Taiwan - Selected for the 1996 Taiwan Ceramics Art Award, Taiwan - Silver Prize, Student Category, Hocheng Golden Ceramic Contest Participated Public Art Project 2011- Bling Bling Celebrating Lamp Festival – Taipei Lamp Festival Public Art Festival 2010- Third runner, Public Contest, MRT Airport Line Taipei Bridge End Station Public Art Project 2009- First place and installation Life is Gold, Public Contest, National Taiwan Bank - River 2: Tracking Upstream – International Urban Exchange Project/ Bitan Public Art Festival 2008- Second runner, invitation category, Hsintien High School Public Art Project 2006- Delegated Installation, Taipei Municipal Lishan Elementary School Public Art Project 2006- First place and installation, invitation category, Cheng-te Labor Cultural Zone – Labor’s Park Public Art Project 2005- Private Installation of Ceramic Plates, Huang’s House at Hsinchu 2005- Second runner of final contest, invitation category, Lugang Branch, Executive Yuan National Aquatic Spice Biological Database Public Art Project 2002- Second runner of final contest, location A-1 F-2, Taipei County Government Hall Public Art Project 2001- 20 pieces ceramic plates from four series including Parasitism & Homobium I & II and Flowing, Parasitism, Red, and Illusion are installed in new building of Taiwan Tainan Courthouse 1998- Ceramic Plates Creeps, installed by 4F elevator, Multi-function Building, National Tainan Art College, Tainan, Taiwan