This publication is a survey of more than 30 years of paintings by Su Wong-shen. He observes Taiwanese society through the eyes of a detached spectator, frequently using cats and dogs as metaphors in his work.
"Tracing back to the beginning, Su continues to provide his animals with all sorts of stages on which to perform, from turf battles and vaudevillian political elections to his latest involving acrobatics and floating, it's all there; and virtually none are not in some way a microcosm of Taiwan's bizarre political and social phenomena over the past 20-odd years." - exerpt from essay by Jason Chiachi Wang
Biography and list of works (in chronological order) included.
"Tracing back to the beginning, Su continues to provide his animals with all sorts of stages on which to perform, from turf battles and vaudevillian political elections to his latest involving acrobatics and floating, it's all there; and virtually none are not in some way a microcosm of Taiwan's bizarre political and social phenomena over the past 20-odd years." - exerpt from essay by Jason Chiachi Wang
Biography and list of works (in chronological order) included.
Alternative title
Su wang shen yun yu yun zhi jian
Access level
Onsite
artist
editor
Location code
MON.SWS
Language
Chinese - Traditional,
English
Publication/Creation date
2008
No of pages
240
ISBN / ISSN
9789868457317
No of copies
1
Content type
artist monograph
Chapter headings
An Aloof and Melancholy Eye - The Art and Solicitudes of Su Wong-shen - WANG Chiachi Jason, 王嘉驥
Su Wong-shen: Between the Clouds, 蘇旺伸:雲與雲之間
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