Two of Wu Chi-Tsung’s video works, Still Life 012 – Buttercup Tree and Still Life 014 – Yellow Mai Flower, were acquired by Santa Barbara Museum of Art. The works are now exhibited in the group exhibition Mediated Nature. Located in California, the Santa Barbara Museum of Art (SBMA) was established in 1941, and its building was formerly a post office in the downtown. As a small to medium-sized local museum, the collection of the Santa Barbara Museum of Fine Arts is exquisite and delicate, with a high span of works collected across ancient and modern Europe and Asia, including early Greek and Roman artifacts, Asian art and antiquities from China, Japan and Korea, 19th and 20th century European and American paintings, and international contemporary art. For each collection focus, more than one curator in the museum is responsible for its exhibition and acquisitions plans. It is worth mentioning that the Museum’s Photography and New Media Art is an independent department, currently led by curator Charlie Wylie, and the acquisition of the Still Life Series was carried out by this department. The Museum also has a strong connection to the local community. Many art lovers enthusiastically volunteer to be docents during their leisure time. In addition to private donations as a source of funding, the museum also relies on generous donations from the public, making the museum a place where memories and histories are shared with local residents. The exhibition will run through Dec 1, 2022.  吳季璁的兩件錄像作品《小品之十二 彎子木》和《小品之十四 黃梅》被美國聖塔巴巴拉美術館收藏，並於美術館群展《媒介化的自然》中展出。 位於加州的聖塔巴巴拉美術館（SBMA）成立於1941年，其建築物前身為市中心的郵局，後來透過私人捐助等預算不斷擴建館舍，近期才完成耗時七年的裝修改建。 身為中小型的地方博物館，聖塔芭芭拉美術館的藏品精緻細膩，作品收藏跨度極高，橫跨古今歐亞，囊括早期希臘和羅馬文物、亞洲中日韓三地藝術和古物、19和20世紀的歐美繪畫，國際當代藝術，每個收藏重點皆由一位以上館內策展人負責作品展出與購藏的規劃。值得一提的是館內「攝影與新媒體藝術」是獨立出來的部門，目前由策展人Charlie Wylie主導，《小品系列》作品正是由這一部門購藏。 美術館與地方社群的連結極深，許多藝文愛好者會在閒暇之餘熱心參與館內導覽活動。另外，除了以私人捐贈作為經費來源，館內眾多藏品也仰賴民間捐獻，使美術館成為與在地居民共譜記憶的場域。 展覽將持續至2022年12月1日。  

We are honored to share that Wu Chi-Tsung’s Cyano-Collage 024 was acquired by the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco (AAM), one of the world’s finest collections of Asian art located in the U.S. Cyano-Collage 024 was the featured artwork for Wu Chi-Tsung’s solo exhibition, presented by Galerie du Monde, at Art Basel Hong Kong 2018, where it made its debut. In 2019, when he was awarded the winner of the inaugural Liu Kuo-Sung Ink Art Award, this work was the piece selected for exhibition. Scaled 180 x 360 cm, the Cyano-Collage 024 was the artist’s first attempt on such a considerable dimension on a single panel. It took him several months to conduct experiments from selecting papers that involve interesting details to connecting them into a poetic scenery. Besides, it was the first time that he challenged a dual-color composition, which contributed to a deepened depth of field.  近日，美國舊金山亞洲藝術博物館典藏了《氰山集之二十四》。該館擁有全美最大的亞洲藝術藏品，特別以收藏中國古文物聞名。 這件作品為藝術家首次嘗試單一底板的最大尺幅的創作，寬3.6公尺、高1.8公尺。他花費數月時間研究與實驗氰版相紙的拼接，力求呈現氣勢磅礴而富有詩意的畫面，畫面中近景的深藍與遠景黃棕色的氰版顏色對照令構圖更具縱深感。在2018年巴塞爾藝術展香港展會世界畫廊展位中，作品首次发表，並在2019年吳季璁榮獲首屆「劉國松水墨藝術大獎」之際再度亮相。  

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。」