Home as Commercial Space：A Case Study of Art Store in Taiwan

【Home as Commercial Space：A Case Study of Art Store in Taiwan｜Huang Tian Shiang Solo Exhibition】 Date｜ 10/12 Sat. - 11/24 Sun. Opening｜ 10/12 Sat. 15:00 Forum｜ 10/12 Sat. 15:30 Guest｜Yang, Chia Hsuan

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【Statement】

The works have a strong connection with my personal background. My family has been running an art supply store in Tainan for twenty-nine years. In 1990, our store started to sell professional art supplies and provide picture framing services. However, with computer graphics getting more and more popular, the sales of painting materials were impacted and went from bad to worse. Furthermore, with the emergence of large-scale stationary retailers, customers turned to less-professional, budget substitutes. Thus, the sales of those pricy yet good-quality products imported from Europe, U.S.A. and Japan dropped. Eventually, these dead stock inventory have been placed in originally residential areas. These out-of-date and unsalable products have been even placed in the bathroom. As time went by, the dead stock inventory have increased and have to be stored vertically due to the lack of space. The bathroom walls have become an exhibition of dead stock inventory and personal objects from different periods of time. In a densely-populated country such as Taiwan, it is critical to store things properly and smartly in order to solve the lack of space, either in a commercial or a mixed-use property. This work is intended to represent part of my own house, a mixed use building which is used as a residence and an art supply store. Those stocks that can’t be placed in the shop are stored in our domestic bathroom; so are the materials of my artworks and the unfinished works. The dead stock inventory from the shop and the spare materials of my art creation are stored in the less used rooms, in order to solve the above mentioned problem. Besides, due to the lack of storage room, I have to take advantage of vertical storage. For safety consideration, heavy things are placed at the bottom, which makes the whole structure stabler. As a result, styrofoam boards and PP plate sheets are put on the top of the shelf in the work as well. The sight of parts of a mixed used building is then represented.

【About Huang Tian Shiang】

Born in 1985. PhD student in Tainan National University of Arts, Doctoral Program in Art Creation and Theory. ｜Exhibitions｜ 2019/03　“A Series”, Yiri Arts, Taipei City, Taiwan 2017/02　“Dream Team of Kaohsiung Awards and Its Four Challenges”, Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan 2016/02　“Transformations: Contemporary Media and Manifestations”, Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan 2014/02　“Pop Art Factory - Heating‧Cooling‧Contemporary Art in Taiwan”, Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan 2012/12　 “Da-poche. Group exhibition from Tainan National University of the Arts - 14th Graduate institute of Plastic Arts” Taipei City, Taiwan 2012/02　“Kaohsiung Awards 2012”, Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts Kaohsiung City, Taiwan 2012/10　“Huang Tian-Shiang Solo Exhibition｜Please 18”, Howl Space, Tainan City, Taiwan ｜Awards｜ 2018　Taipei Art Awards. Nominated in the first stage. Taipei Fine Arts Museum. 2013　Next Art Tainan. Tainan City Government. 2012　New Taipei City Art Exhibition. Nominated in the Multiple Media Category. New Taipei City Government. 2012　Kaohsiung Awards. Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts. 2010　Taiwan Emerging Art Awards. Nominated. Taichung City Seaport Art Center. Organizer: Absolute Space for the Arts Sponsor: National Culture and Arts Foundation, Cultural Affairs Bureau of Tainan City