Maison et Univers Joint Exhibition by HUANG Pin-Ling & WEN Meng-Yu
Exhibition： 2020.05.16-2020.07.04
Opening Reception： 2020/5/16
The current joint exhibition, Maison et Univers gathers selected works from Weng Meng-Yu’s and Huang Pin-Ling’s latest creations. Weng exquisitely elaborates images of house via her works while Huang’s art is lyrical sceneries of the universe. The distinct themes and portrayal of these two artists’ styles echo the philosopher Gaston Bachelard’s words from House and Universe, chapter 2 of The Poetics of Space—that house is our conscious residence and initially, our mini universe; and universe, the background which holds and surrounds the house, is also a projection of our mental state.
Weng’s works often include several interwoven layers as means of space, ideology and memories. The interior rooms and the sceneries outdoor may present, now and then, one’s mental state, as well as visions of future or shroud of night in the past. Being a necessity in her pictures, the window view serves as an outlet, which she has developed, for feelings.
Huang’s landscapes are conversations between body, perception and memories.
The sceneries she faces and sketches are those of impressions, what she attempts to capture is the experiences of perceiving which, fresh in one’s memories, remains invisible. Whether in a fast pace or a lower one, her lyrical strokes draw the contours of thoughts while running fluid oil paints. The layers of white paints on canvas create an expansive view in wilderness, demonstrating the majestic myriad of phenomena in this universe. And those exquisitely tinted shades along with the leaving of white space—they seem like breaths of the mountains or the ripples as wind blows on the waters.
As time passes and her senses are reshaped, Huang, at a steady yet genial pace, delivers the rhythm of inner thoughts via the shades of universe.
(texts from articles by Wong Jing-You and Chang Kai-Chun)
