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WU CHI-TSUNG NOW REPRESENTED BY SEAN KELLY
吳季璁加入尚凱利藝廊

2019-11-20 author

Photo Credit: Yu Tzu-Chin Sean Kelly is delighted to announce that the gallery now represents Wu Chi-Tsung. Wu Chi-Tsung’s innovative work features a broad range of media including photography, video, installation and painting, in which he combines traditional and contemporary forms and methodologies to explore perceptions of the physical and natural worlds. Trained from an early age in the practices of Chinese calligraphy, Chinese ink painting, watercolor and drawing, Wu Chi-Tsung worked for many years in a traditional idiom. Following a period spent creating experimental ink paintings, he turned to video, installation and photography, finding in these new media compelling conceptual stratagems that spurred new and dynamic approaches to making images. These have included films that conceptually translate traditional cut-branch flower paintings into time-based moving images and his recent Cyano-Collage Series, in which he connects Eastern and Western culture and art to integrate traditional aesthetics with startling contemporary language. On joining the gallery Wu Chi-Tsung said, “I’m pleased to be joining Sean Kelly, which has a legendary history and program, featuring amazing artists from all over the world. Sean Kelly states, “We are delighted that Chi-Tsung is joining the gallery. We included him in a group exhibition this summer and were profoundly impressed by his conceptual and artistic process, in which he combines contemporary techniques and traditional Chinese methods to create a unique amalgamation of different cultures, the past and the present.” Wu Chi-Tsung currently lives and works in Taipei, Taiwan and Berlin, Germany. He was the recipient of the Liu Kuo Sung Ink Art Award, Hong Kong and Taiwan (2019). In addition, he was awarded the WRO Media Art Biennal (2013) and Taipei Arts Award (2003). He was short-listed for the Prudential Eye Awards, 2015; the Artes Mundi, 2006. His work has been included in international exhibitions at institutions such as the Mori Art Museum, Japan; National Museum Cardiff, United Kingdom; the Long Beach Museum of Art, Los Angeles; the Casino Luxembourg – Forum d’art Contemporain, Luxembourg; the Museo Del Palacio De Bellas Artes, Mexico and the Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA) Art Museum, Beijing, China; Shanghai Art…

Upcoming: Wu Chi-Tsung in Art Basel Miami Beach
吳季璁將參加邁阿密巴塞爾海灘藝術展

2019-11-20 author

Cyano-Collage 064, 300 x 600 cm, will be presented in Miami Meridians Opening (by invitation only) Tuesday, December 3, 2019, 4pm to 7pm VIP Preview (by invitation only) Wednesday, December 4, 2019, 11am to 8pm Thursday, December 5, 2019, 11am to 3pm Public Days Thursday, December 5, 2019, 3pm to 8pm Friday, December 6, 2019, 12 noon to 8pm Saturday, December 7, 2019, 12 noon to 8pm Sunday, December 8, 2019, 12 noon to 6pm Venue Miami Beach Convention Center, 1901 Convention Center Drive Miami Beach, FL 33139 Wu Chi-Tsung will be participating in the Art Basel Miami Beach represented by Sean Kelly New York. As the first Taiwanese artist that is shown in this art fair, Wu Chi-Tsung will be presenting his new work of the Cyano-Collage Series at the Meridians section, a new section that focuses on sculptures, paintings and video installations of large scales. As is introduced by curator Magalí Arriola, works of this section will provide reinterpretations towards race, gender, and regions. Magalí Arriola, a curator and critic based in Mexico City, has been named director of the Museo Tamayo in the Mexican capital. According to the Mexican newspaper La Razón, Arriola will take up the role on September 17. The publication also reported that one of Arriola’s priorities will be increasing the international reach of the museum. Arriola was chief curator at the Museo Tamayo from 2009 to 2011, and during that time she organized exhibitions of work by artists such as Roman Ondák, Claire Fontaine, Adriá Julia, and Julio Morales. After her tenure there, she worked as curator at the Museo Jumex in Mexico City, which opened in 2013 and has since become one of the city’s most important spaces for contemporary art. For the Museo Jumex, she curated a show focused on James Lee Byars. Between 1997 and 2000, Arriola worked as chief curator at the Museo Carrillo Gil in México City and, in 2006, she was visiting curator at the Wattis Institute for Contemporary Art in San Francisco. Some of her curatorial credits include the 2008 Panama Biennial, the group show “Prophets of Deceit” (2006) at the Wattis…

Cyano-Collage 068 Collected by Xie Zilong Photography Museum
謝子龍影像藝術館典藏《氰山集之六十八》

2019-11-19 author

Cyano-Collage 068, 2019, 150 x 300 Exhibited in Photofair Shanghai in last September, Wu Chi-Tsung’s Cyano-Collage 068 was collected by Xie Zilong Photography Museum. Located in Changsha, the museum is prestigious for its symbolic architecture and professional interpretation of photography art. Xie Zilong Photography Museum (XPM), located at Zone D of Yanghu Wetland Park in Changsha City, was founded by Mr. Xie Zilong, photographer, Chairman of Hunan Photographers Association and President of LBX Pharmacy Chain Co. Ltd., with an investment of 150 million yuan. As the largest non-profit photography museum in China, XPM was officially opened to the public for free since September 16th, 2017. Designed by the famous architect Mr. Wei Chunyu, Dean of the School of Architecture of Hunan University and his team, XPM has a floor area of 10,600 square meters and was made by a one-off cast in fair bare concrete—it’s a return to the essence of architecture and art and a rejection and subversion of the flashy architectural language prevailing today, allowing the audience to feel the art of photography through the building. Of the four floors, the first one is the Art and Cultural Space with Zhinong Bookstore, Zhinong Café, a Japanese restaurant, a multifunctional hall and a water-viewing deck inside; the second and third floors are professional exhibition halls of 4,000 square meters with display walls as long as 1,000 meters, the tallest of the walls is 10m and the longest 40m and with professional German Erco display lighting; the fourth floor is a full set of a top-class Swedish Profoto high-end photo studio and a gallery. As a professional and high-end world-class museum of photography, Xie Zilong Photography Museum integrates collection, exhibition, academic research and exchange and is dedicated to building a platform for the art of photography in China and to promoting the development of Chinese photography art. 吳季璁在上海影像藝術博覽會中展出的作品《氰山集之六十八》由位於中國長沙的謝子龍影像藝術館典藏，藝術館以其獨特的建築與對於攝影藝術的專業呈現而獨具聲望。謝子龍影像藝術中心由中國攝影家協會理事、湖南省攝影家協會主席、老百姓大藥房董事長謝子龍全額出資1.5億元創辦，由湖南大學建築學院院長魏春雨團隊設計建造，建築面積約1萬平方米，2017年開始營運，為目前國內最具規模和收藏實力的民營非營利性影像藝術中心。「當人們談起巴黎、紐約、倫敦時，總會聯想起羅浮宮博物館、大都會藝術博物館和大英博物館，這些博物館收藏著人類發展史上可堪稱頌的文化藝術結晶，它們的魅力和影響力吸引了全世界的目光，我也非常希望未來當人們談起長沙、甚至是中國的時候，謝子龍影像藝術中心成為一個『必去』的地標性建築和博物館級的影像藝術中心。」謝子龍在開幕新聞發布會上宣布，該館以弘揚影像藝術、提升城市文化品位為宗旨，不以商業盈利為目的，將成為國內最大的影像藝術公益藝術館。「『還影像藝術一個殿堂級的藝術館』——這是我成立這個影像藝術中心的初衷和願景，也是我們期望達到的最高目標。」謝子龍說，「到目前為止，中國還沒有一個真正意義上的攝影藝術博物館。希望『謝子龍影像藝術中心』能夠成為研究影像藝術的資料庫，成為中國影像藝術的發聲平台，舉辦最有價值的影像藝術賽事，為促進影像藝術增添一份力量。」