Exhibition Dates: August 19 to September 27, 2013
Surprising Paradise by Onion Hsu
Artist Yang-Tsung Hsu who is adept at modern sculpture, photography and product design creates works with new shapes and space and develops new applications and forms which differ from traditional materials. He often draws inspirations from daily objects and plastic products, taking a new path in hopes of creating a surprising yet familiar joy to the audience. His new work “Surprising Paradise” will be exhibited in the lobby of Taishin Tower.
Hsu’s “casual yet ambitious” philosophy of creation has marked the relationship between the artist and his works. With simple tools, delicate craft, both intuitive and rational aesthetics, he builds, combines and forms his works from scratch. Based on the idea of “unleashing the aesthetic genes of ready-mades or semi ready-mades,” he decomposes and reconstructs daily plastic objects into new shapes and delivers a new sense of material aesthetics through built-in lights.
In the exhibition, colorful plastic objects are made into portable illuminants in a casual and elegant display, presenting a floral image in the post-structural space installation. A cascade of radiating objects creates a kaleidoscopic stage scene which builds up a sense of relaxation, romance and modernism in multi-perspectives. It is attempted to visually construct “an anticipated or seductive ambiance and a venue for spiritual interaction and message exchange.” For busy metropolitans, this is a visual feast as well as a “Surprising Paradise.”
About Yang-Tsung Hsu
Hsu, born in Yunlin County, received training from the Department of Sculpture at the Taiwan National School of Arts (now known as the National Taiwan University of Arts). He was devoted to image creation in his early years. Then he pursued further education in Italy and earned two master’s degrees from the Department of Sculpture at the Accademia di Belle Arti Brera di Milano and the Department of Industrial Design at the Domus Academy. His 1985 work “Intimate Relationship” won a modern sculpture award at the Taipei Fine Arts Museum and was showcased in different venues in Taiwan. He currently lives in Yunlin and focuses on creating modern art, design and images.
