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Tsai Ken(1950-)
Minimalist Scenery
Reference Price NT$ 160,000
Selling Price NT$ 160,000
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Tsai Ken(1950-)

Minimalist Scenery

2005

150x44x7cm

Mixed media

Publication
Still Life Tsai Ken 2006 Solo Exhibition: Main Trend Gallery, 2006, p92-93
Reference Price
NT$ 160,000
Selling Price
NT$ 160,000
  • About Work
  • About Artist
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About Work

In his 2006 solo exhibition “Still Life,” Tsai Ken presented a series of wall-mounted works that imitate the pictorial charm and artisticity of Chinese ink wash painting.

 

[Minimalist Scenery] is one of his wall-mounted works.

 

As the title implies, this work is relatively simple in terms of design. A thin, long branch lies horizontally at the lower part like earth, and two metal rods are placed vertically like two rivers. The sun-like orange stone at the top is quite eye-catching. The fretwork of Chinese tracery that represents a natural flower is directly installed in this work. A minimalist scenery unfolds spontaneously.

 

There is no such thing as formal criteria for the use of materials in Tsai’s wall-mounted works. A stone could be a layer of cloud, a pebble, or a pedestal. If we look at his works only from the perspective of Western abstract sculpture without referring to Chinese ink wash imagery, we’ll be unable to recognize the mountains, forests, clouds, and windows from the lumps and lines of the materials, nor will we be able to appreciate the tranquil and contented delight in the spatial composition of Tsai’s works.

About Artist

Tsai Ken
Tsai Ken
蔡根
1972
Graduated from National Academy of Arts (National Taiwan University of Arts), Taipei, Taiwan
1950
Born in Taipei, Taiwan
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023
Thus Have I Seen, Main Trend Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2015
Wandering in the Creative Play of Forms and Materials, Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, TNUA, Taipei
2014
IT LOOKS LIKE ART, Tamsui Art Gallery, New Taipei City, Taiwan
2010
Forty Years of Forming, National Central University Art Center, Taoyuan, Taiwan
2009
The Great Form Without Shape, Main Tread Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2006
Still Life, Main Tread Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2000
Round Melon; Melon Ground, Eslite Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
1998
Tsai Ken’s Talking, National Tsing Hua University Arts Center, Hsinchu, Taiwan
1997
Beyond the Horizon; Beyond the Form, Eslite Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
1996
Lineplay, Taipei County Culture Center, Taipei, Taiwan
1995
C’est La Vie, Eslite Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
1993
Tsai Ken 1993, Eslite Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
1990
Double Solo Exhibitions, Eslite Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan

Purchase Info

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