Math, Empty Can by Wei-Chen Chen

Math, Empty Can by Wei-Chen Chen

Date ｜ 1/18 Sat. - 3/1 Sun. Opening｜ 1/19 Sun. 15:00 Discussion｜ 1/19 Sun. 16:00 Guest ｜ CHANG Nai-Wen, LIN Yu-Sheng 【Statement】 “How should people exercise our imagination through material and the history it contains?” The origin of art is contemplated through observations made on everyday materials. Through practice and reconsideration of concepts such as ready-made, appropriation, and classic beauty, trajectories are extended from self-experience, cultural identity and circumstantial consciousness. Attempts are also made to allow materials under the artist’s control to be seen in ways that are different from their usual controlled and disciplined functions, meaning, and referential qualities. Although society is being systematically naturalized, geometricized, and stylized, an empty can that has been haphazardly left on a stairway is still spotted in the city.

【About Wei-Chen Chen】 1993 Born in Taipei EDUCATION｜ 2015- , (M.F.A.) Department of Fine Art, Taipei National University Of Art, Taiwan 2011-15, (B.F.A.) Department of Material Arts and Design, Tainan National University Of Art, Taiwan SOLO EXHIBITION｜ 2019 Math．Empty Can, Absolute Space for the Arts, Tainan 2015 Cutesy Dodo, Super Beast, Black Blank space, Taichung GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2019 Sui Generis: Jing-Pai of Taiwan Part III, IT PARK, Taipei Dare you do this ? FFFF it. Taiwan Gangshan Dist Contemporary Art Warehouse International Exchange Program,Risheng Wood Co., Ltd. Factory area,Kaohsiung 2018 Taiwan Annual, Taipei Expo Park, Taipei SIDE STREET, Locker Gallery , Washington 8th International Sculpture Festa 2018 in Seoul, Art Centre , Seoul 2018 National Art Exhibition, ROC, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung 2017 Dust Language, Elsa Art Gallery , Taipei Haiku-sculpture, Tokyo Woman's Christian University , Tokyo 2016 Infinite Forms, New Taipei City Yingge Ceramics Museum , New Taipei City 2016 National Art Exhibition, ROC, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung AWARDS｜ 2019 The 1 Contemporary Sculpture Lih Pao Prize 2018 2018 National Art Exhibition, ROC, sculpture, Selected 2017 S-An Art Award, Plastic Arts, Selected 2016 2016 National Art Exhibition, ROC, sculpture, Selected 2015 The 7th Taiwan Golden Ceramics Award, gold medal