Written by Mind Set Art Center
Mind Set Art Center is set to launch a new group exhibition this coming fall, titled “Variation”. The exhibit features the latest works on paper and paper-based arts by 12 artists from Taiwan and abroad, four of whom are making their first-ever appearance at the gallery. The list of artists includes Rui Miguel Leitão FERREIRA, Rao FU, LEE Jo-Mei, LIN Chuan-Chu, Mia LIU, JHONG Jiang-Ze, SHI Jin-Hua, SHI Jinsong, Juin SHIEH, TZENG Yong-Ning, YANG Yu-Ning, and CHOU Kai-Lun. The artworks on display span a wide range of disciplines, including oil painting, ink brush painting, three-dimensional art, performance and concept art, through which the artists explore the variations of time and space in art. The exhibition is scheduled to open at 3:00 p.m. on September 17. We eagerly await your gracious presence.
The exhibition’s title “Variation” is inspired by the formal technique where melody or rhythm is altered in music. The participating artists express their creativity on or with paper and collectively explore the various shifting aspects of visual art. Through their different perspectives, techniques and interpretations, we get to witness their creative energy that would hopefully help change the stale impression of paper-based arts. Some of the standout works at the exhibition include SHI Jin-Hua’s latest drawing Pen Walking #182 Ocean I. For this particular work, SHI first draws a layer of underpainting with ink brush, and then proceeds to lay down countless lines of color pencil drawing. It is through the tumbling, interwoven lines that SHI expresses his romantic sentiments and freeze a moment in time. The drawing not only presents his expressive imagination of ocean, earth, soil and mountain ridges, it immerses the audience in an ever-expanding and fluctuating universe.
