The Tina Keng Gallery (Taipei) is pleased to present Becoming．Refrain, a solo exhibition of the work of Hsu Yunghsu, which will be on view from February 18 to March 18 (opening reception: February 18, 4:30pm). Building on the gestures of his past work, Hsu Yunghsu, deconstructs the process of clay by pressing, pushing, tearing, layering, and overlaying the material with his fingers. Becoming．Refrainincludes thirty-two new pieces that reexamine Hsu’s career and his concepts.
Hsu Yunghsu seeks to transcend the intrinsic limitations of clay, including weight, density, and size. Hsu compresses clay, stacking it repeatedly to build mass, managing to balance immense forms against a delicate lightness. Unprecedented in the history of Taiwanese ceramic art in both concept and style, Hsu works with clay in a unique and alternative way. He utilizes it in a manner contrary to its very own characteristics (which he terms as “anti-clay”), and further transforms his creations into art that merges form, action, and conceptualization.
Hsu Yunghsu
Born in 1955, in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. In 2007, Hsu obtained his MFA at the Graduate Institute of Applied Arts at the Tainan National University of the Arts. He is currently professor of art at the Institute of Art Studies at the National Cheng Kung University, also in Tainan. He has held residencies in Taiwan, the USA, Japan, Korea, and Beijing. Recent notable group exhibitions include: Seeing a large color (2011)at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chengdu, China, The International Sculpture at Racconigi(2010) at the Royal Castle of Racconigi, Italy, International Contemporary Ceramic Exhibition(2007) at the National Visual Arts Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, along with recent solo exhibitions Iteration – In between: Hsu YungHsu Solo Exhibition(2009) at Museum of Contemporary, Taipei, Taiwanand Hsu Yunghsu Solo Exhibition: Theater of Clay(2008) at the Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Taiwan.