Charwei Tsai
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Spiral Incense Mantra
2014 Installation of ink on spiral incenses 150cm each The Heart Sutra is inscribed on spiral incenses, commonly seen in traditional Buddhist temples in Asia. The incenses for this installation are custom-made by a family-owned incense factory, currently run by the third generation in Tainan, one of the oldest regions in the south of Taiwan.…
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We Came Whirling from Nothingness
2014 Watercolor & ink on rice paper Dimensions vary for each drawing We Came Whirling from Nothingness is a series of drawings where various forms of spiral were created by watercolor on rice paper and inscribed with Heart Sutra. The texts gradually disperse in the outer sphere into the void in contemplation of the essence…
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We Came Whirling Out of Nothingness
TKG+, Taipei, Taiwan 13 September ~ 12 October 2014 Exhibited works: We Came Whirling Out of Nothingness, 2014, Drawing series Spiral Incense Mantra, 2014, Installation Incense Mantra, 2013, Video Lanyu: Three Stories, 2012, Video Installation Lanyu IV, VII, 2012, Photographs Circle II, 2011, Video Lovely Daze Complete Set, 2005-Present Press Release: We came whirling out…
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Heman Chong / Charwei Tsai
Singapore / Saigon 17 July 2014Published in We Came Whirling Out of Nothingness by TKG+, Taipei, Taiwan
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Formes Simples
Centre Pompidou – Metz, France Co-Produced by Fondation d’Enterprise Hermès 13 June 2014 ~ 5 January 2015 Curator: Jean de Loisy Associate Curators: Sandra Adam-Couralet and Mouna Mekouar Exhibited Work: Circle II, 2011, Video, Collection of Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan Press Release: The years between the 19th and 20th centuries saw the return of…
