She wears instant noodles as accessories and posts Internet photos on her body. She ties iPhone charger as shoelaces and sticks voice message on of her tongue: say hello to John Yuyi. Yuyi has the Mida’s touch for making magic out of the daily grind, with the Internet as her chocolate factory, she was nicknamed the Willy Wonka of the art world. After...
Recently, Taipei has been generous towards summer countdowns by withholding its typical pouring rain and offering buttery sunlit afternoons. I seized these precious golden hours and spent the last few days of vacation in this city’s meandering allies. As if to resonate with my peaceful amble, the streets unraveled two unexpected exhibitions that modestly portrayed Japanese Zen with delicate art and craftsmanship —...
A visit to the museums with family and friends often brings more than an artsy experience — it triggers inspiring conversations and deep emotional connections between us and our counterparts. Artist and inventor Dominic Wilcox expands this kind of experience from men to men's best friend -- dogs. He designed the Play More London exhibition solely for his unusual clients, including several interactive custom-made...
Read Original Chinese Version here Women have long been muses for artists. From The Birth of Venus, Mona Lisa to Girl with a Pearl Earring, women’s elegance and grandeur are praised from generation to generation. But what London photographer Maisie Cousins praises through her lens are grass-covered slimy bodies and make-up gleaming faces. Models lie naked between bright flowers. Slugs crawl slowly across...
Personal space, as French philosopher Bachelard described it in his book The Poetic of Space, isn’t only a geometric term of height, width and length, but also where we treasure our memories, intimacies and our souls. It is our first universe. But I-Ping Peng throws a question at us in her solo exhibition Women’s Rooms : “ Do you know less than 2%...
The sun never seems to set, the days never seem to end. Every ticking second is long enough for a thought to wander off and get lost. The hustle and bustle are turned down to a buzzing backdrop while the gurgling and humming of nature fill the air. Summer has slowed everything down, and I have taken more time to perceive and appreciate...
