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Solo exhibition Exposé opening on Mar 25 at Galerie du Monde
個展《Exposé 現》將於3月25日開幕

Opening  Mar 24, 6 ~ 8 p.m., 2021Public Days  Mar 25 ~ Jun 13Zoom Talk  Mar 31, 8 p.m. HKTVenue  Galerie du Monde, 108 Ruttonjee Centre, 11 Duddell Street, Central, Hong Kong HONG KONG – Galerie du Monde is pleased to present a solo exhibition by Wu Chi-Tsung: Exposé, curated by Hong Kong based Ying Kwok. Wu’s work explores light and time, and ways to recreate traditional art forms and aesthetics without losing the spirit. In Exposé, curator Kwok leads us on a journey to discover the correlation between Wu’s Cyano-Collage series and these concepts. Born in Taipei in 1981, Wu received his BFA in 2004 from the Taipei National University of the Arts, where his training from an early age in the practices of Chinese calligraphy, ink painting, watercolor and drawing were furthered. After decades of creating experimental ink paintings, Wu turned to photography, video and installations to apply his aesthetics in classical landscapes. Wu created his first Cyano-Collage in 2015, a further development of the earlier Wrinkled Texture series which he started in 2012. Both series explore the process of “recording light” on Xuan paper (Chinese rice paper). From Wrinkled Texture to Cyano-Collage, Wu showed he could somehow manipulate the unpredictable, creating beautiful illustrations of the relationship between man and nature. Wu began the Wrinkled Texture series with the intention to reinterpret the traditional Texturing method (Cun Fa) of Chinese landscape painting. Instead of using ink and brush, Wu utilizes a classical photographic technique – Cyanotype, to treat his Textures. Wu first soaks the Xuan paper with a photosensitive solution, and then exposes them to sunlight for 30 minutes, while at the same time crumbling and shaping the paper into various forms and wrinkles. This exposure process is random and uncontrollable as the light intensity and the sun’s angle is different every day, at every hour. The paper is then flattened and washed in a water tank in the studio for an hour to fixate the exposed textures. This is the most intriguing part of the entire process, as it is the moment when Wu sees the outcome – the different…

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“EXPOSÉ” listed as ‘best art exhibitions to visit this month’ by Lifestyle Asia
《EXPOSÉ現》被Lifestyle Asia收錄為本月最佳展覽

Wu Chi-Tsung’s ‘Exposé’ was recommended by Lifestyle Asia in their article “A comprehensive round-up of the best art exhibitions to visit this month” published on April 8th. Editor Joey Wong introduces the exhibition as below: “A perfunctory gaze will perhaps write off Wu Chi-Tsung’s ‘Exposé’ exhibition as a simple series of mountainous landscapes; this perfunctory gaze would be wrong. Curated by Ying Kwok, ‘Exposé’ deep-dives into an extraordinary wrinkled-paper technique that mimics that of valleys, troughs and crevices; minute, natural-appearing details that would happen upon any geographic rendering. The textured cyano-collage process used, however, is completely randomised, with each fold and crease on Xuan paper a happy accident.” 在Lifestyle Asia報導《關於本月最佳藝術展覽的全面介紹》一文中,吳季璁個展《EXPOSÉ現》被收錄其中,編輯Joey Wong對展覽介紹如下: 「若只是敷衍了事地匆匆一瞥,人們會對《EXPOSÉ現》中展示的作品當作尋常的山水畫,而這無疑是錯誤的。在郭瑛的策劃下,展覽深入研究了用宣紙的皺摺去呈現山谷、谷底與裂縫等自然中的細節。然而,塗布試劑的宣紙在陽光下曝光後呈現出的紋路的結果卻是隨機的,每一條折痕、每一條紋路的出現都是一次令人驚喜的意外。」  

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“Exposé” WAS LISTED AS 10 Must-See Art Exhibitions In Hong Kong In April 2021 BY TATLER HONG KONG
《Exposé現》被香港Tatler評為2021年4月最不容錯過十大展覽

In the recent exhibition review “10 Must-See Art Exhibitions In Hong Kong In April 2021“, Talter Hong Kong has listed “Exposé” as one of the must-see exhibitions in Hong Kong this April. Below is a quote from the report: Cyanotype was invented to duplicate engineering drawings and was one of the first ways of creating photographic images in the 19th century. But in 2012, Taiwanese artist Wu Chi-Tsung invented his own cyanotype process by crushing the light sensitive paper, exposing it to light and flattening it. This creates an illusion of traditional Chinese landscape painting when, in fact, it’s Wu’s contemporary interpretation of landscape paintings. Exposé, curated by Ying Kwok, showcases Wu’s Cyano-Collage series and explores its relationship to traditional art and aesthetics. March 25 to June 16. Galerie du Monde, 108 Ruttonjee Centre, 11 Duddell Street, Central, Hong Kong. Find out more at galeriedumonde.com 近日,個展《Exposé現》被香港Tatler評為四月香港最不容錯過的十大展覽,報導介紹稱「氰版攝影是19世紀所發明的最早的攝影術之一,其初衷是為了複製工程圖紙。而在2012年,台灣藝術家吳季璁發展出他自己的氰版攝影,他將宣紙揉皺、在陽光下曝曬再壓平。其畫面恍若中國傳統的山水水墨畫,這是吳季璁對於山水畫的當代詮釋。」  

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