Please join us for a gallery conversation with Ling-Wen Tsai/蔡姈妏. Tsai will discuss the work featured in her solo exhibition, Quiet Voids, and other relevant works.
Our gallery conversations are intended to be interactive and informal. Audience questions and comments are encouraged. Quiet Voids is on view through May 7th, 2022.
About Ling-Wen Tsai/蔡姈妏
Ling-Wen Tsai (蔡姈妏) was born in Taiwan and lived there for the first 25 years of her life. She currently lives and works in Portland, Maine, USA. The migratory and transient nature of her existence has influenced her way of living, thinking, and working. When an individual's linguistic and sociological environment is radically altered, a different set of values, expectations, and logic emerges. One's sense of the "norm" and the "absolute" are challenged. These experiences have liberated her from the expectation of Eastern Culture and the assumption of Western Culture.
Tsai's early work was driven by a desire to express the feelings of displacement that have followed her from Taiwan to the United States. This search for a sense of belonging became the driving force behind her creative process. In recent years, her work has evolved from a direct expressive language to a more subtle, abstract, and minimalistic approach. While still remaining true to who she is as an individual, Tsai has developed an artistic approach that draws the viewers into her world while still allowing space for their self-reflection.
Tsai's work has taken the form of painting, installation, performance art, photography, and video. While embracing these different mediums, she strives to free them from their preconceived definitions. She has begun to form new cohesive experiences that extend beyond conventional classification.
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