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Tsong Pu(1947-)

莊普

Variety

2010

97x130cm

Acrylic on canvas

m Space
Tsong Pu|The World Comes From “Something”
No.
01
Publication
TSONG PU: Main Trend Gallery, 2020, p57
  • About Work
  • About Artist
  • Other Works

About Work

[Variety] is a piece of Tsong's Nature of Nature Series.

The Nature of Nature is an art series maintaining a unique atmosphere. It appears in tranquility if you look from a distance, yet you’ll find each check vibrating with dramatic tension when you take a close look. Drawing an allegorical reading from this series, a mountain seen is a mountain being for urban travelers, and only nature observers see the dynamic ecology unfolding before their eyes.

The title of this series contains two “natures.” The former refers to the way of our universe, while the latter the cosmos. This series galvanizes us into introspection, prompting us to give due attention to the extraordinary in our quotidian existence, and to the ceaseless flow in deep silence.

About Artist

Tsong Pu
Tsong Pu
莊普

Tsong Pu’s career as an artist has spanned nearly 40 years since he returned from Spain in 1981, bringing him an iconic status in the Taiwanese contemporary art scene. More specific, he is not only a minimalist artist in the spotlight, but also a bellwether for material and ideational innovation in the pluralistic genealogy of Taiwanese contemporary art. His achievements and reputation rest as much upon his long-term forward-looking horizons for creation, as upon his brilliant, sui generis philosophy of art evolved from his prolific career over the past four decades.

2019
Awarded the 21st NATIONAL AWARD FOR ARTS as a visual artist
1981
Returned and settled in Taiwan
1978
Graduated from Superior de Bellas Artes de San Fernando de Madrid, Spain
1947
Born in Shanghai, China, in 1947
MAIN TREND EXHIBITIONS
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019
Illusions of the Universe, ESLITE Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2017
Against the Quotidian Tug, ESLITE Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2016
Tsong Pu Large Scale Paintings 2008-2015, Main Trend Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2015
A White Stream of Consciousness, Moon Gallery, Taichung, Taiwan
Multicolored Bamboo: Tsong Pu's Twelve Monologue, Beijing Art Now Gallery, Beijing, China
2014
Beckoning to a Myth, Main Trend Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
Settlement of Time, Main Trend Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2013
The Broken Light – Reading Each Other, Moon Gallery, Taichung, Taiwan
The Tower of the Shining Stars, Apartment of Art, Munich, Germany
2012
Ma Yuan at a Corner, Main Trend Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
Drifting Towards An End, Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei, Taiwan
One of 7,034,071,329, Inart Space, Tainan, Taiwan
2011
Gleamingly Gleaming, Yeh Rong Jai Culture & Art Foundation, Hsinchu, Taiwan
2010
Art from the Underground, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
Estranged Rhythm, Main Trend Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
Coordinates of The Distance, National Chung Hsing University Arts Center, Taichung, Taiwan
2008
I Hate Takashi Murakami, IT Park, Taipei, Taiwan
A Flood of Tender Water I Take One Only, Main Trend Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2005
The Spectacular Snore, IT Park, Taipei, Taiwan
2004
I See I Seek, Warehouse 20, Taichung, Taiwan
2001
Spinning Round and Round, None Theme Park, Tainan, Taiwan
I am Sorry, IT Park, Taipei, Taiwan
1999
On Line, ESLITE Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
1998
Tsong Pu 1998, Yuan Ze University Arts Center, Taoyuan, Taiwan
1997
You are the Beautiful Flower, IT Park, Taipei, Taiwan
Tsong Pu 1997, Galerie Pierre, Taichung, Taiwan
1995
Name and Warehouse Nomad Museum, Bamboo Curtain Studio, Taipei, Taiwan
1993
Love Never Dies, IT Park, Taipei, Taiwan
1991
The Frontier, UP Art Gallery, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
1990
A Tree A Stone and A Piece of Cloud, Doors Art Space, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
The Space between Body and Soul, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
1989
A Tree A Stone and A Piece of Cloud, Sala Alta Gallery, Cuenca, Spain
1985
Temptation after Meeting by Chance, Spring Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
Temptation after Meeting by Chance, Ming-Men Gallery, Taichung, Taiwan
1983
A Meeting of Mind and Material, Spring Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
A Meeting of Mind and Material, San-Chai Gallery, Taichung, Taiwan

Other Works

02
Blog 2007|Tsong Pu
113x194cm
more
Blog 2007|Tsong Pu
03
Genghis Khan on the Prairie 2008|Tsong Pu
161x424cm (4pcs)
more
Genghis Khan on the Prairie 2008|Tsong Pu
04
The Distributed Information 2008|Tsong Pu
200x300cm
more
The Distributed Information 2008|Tsong Pu
05
The Last Line of Defence 2011|Tsong Pu
112x168cm
more
The Last Line of Defence 2011|Tsong Pu
06
Estranged Light 2010|Tsong Pu
112x112cm
more
Estranged Light 2010|Tsong Pu
07
Evanesence and Rebirth 2012|Tsong Pu
168x224cm (2pcs)
more
Evanesence and Rebirth 2012|Tsong Pu
08
Coordinates of the Distance 2011|Tsong Pu
112x112cm
more
Coordinates of the Distance 2011|Tsong Pu
09
The Broken Light 2012|Tsong Pu
130x130cm
more
The Broken Light 2012|Tsong Pu
10
Frost 2014|Tsong Pu
72.5x91cm
more
Frost 2014|Tsong Pu
11
Invisible Layers of Scenery 2014|Tsong Pu
200x400cm (2cps)
more
Invisible Layers of Scenery 2014|Tsong Pu
12
Decoration - Wood / Paper 1993|Tsong Pu
79x110cm
more
Decoration - Wood / Paper 1993|Tsong Pu