Exhibitions ASIAN ART 29


SHIH CHIEH HUANG Reusable Universes


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THE TITLE OF Shih Chieh Huang’s exhibition at the Worcester Art Museum,Reusable Universes, provides an overall indication of the artist’s motto: to use ordinary things in order to create an enchanted environment. Relying on found or discarded material has become the hallmark of Taiwanese artist Shih Chieh Huang (b 1975), who has developed his concept to complete magical installations to be experienced by the viewer. Using basic items such as garbage bags, tupperwares, lights or electric fans, the artist has found a way to assemble these materials to build an animated world. Following a fellowship at the Smithsonian in 2007, Shih Chieh Huang has further investigated his interest in the sea world, subsequently often completing sea creatures that move through the use of electric fans. Defying any expectations as to creating any substantial art work with day-to-day elements, he manages to build a surprising universe through his longstanding fascination with technology. Besides earlier pieces, his exhibition at the Worcester Art Museum features his most ambitious project to date: a full immersive environment taking advantage of the gallery’s 18-foot ceilings and made of over 100 sculptural elements, a thoroughly unexpected environment for the viewer. OLIVIA SAND • From 24 June to 11 November at Worcester Art Museum, Massachusetts, www.worcesterart.org


Asian Art Sale 22 June 2017


Seated Buddha, Thailand, 18th


century, Rattanakosin, bronze with gold varnish


T-24-L, 2017 by Shih Chieh Huang , 8 x 13 x 9 feet, mixed media. Photo: Megan Paetzhold. Courtesy of the artist and Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, New York


SHIRIN NESHAT The Home Of My Eyes


Kanan, from Te Home of My Eyes series (2015) by Shirin Neshat, silver gelatin print and ink, 152,4 x 101,6 cm Courtesy Written Art Foundation, Frankfurt am Main, Germany


SHIRIN NESHAT (b 1957, Iran) needs no further introduction as one of the main photographers, video artists and filmmaker of the contemporary art world. Having previously investigated the notions of identity, belonging and culture mainly through her native Iran, she has shifted her focus to a different culture with the pieces on view at the Museo Correr. With Te Home of my Eyes, she is taking a closer look at the diverse people of Azerbaijan, presenting 55 photographs, portraits of people of different ethnicity. Te close-up pictures feature calligraphy verses from the poems of Nizami Ganjavi, a 12th-century poet from Iran, as a statement by the sitter when it comes to the notion of homeland. Besides the central piece Te Home of my Eyes, the exhibition is also highlighting Shirin Neshat’s new video Roja, dealing with the notion of displacement and living in a foreign country as the artist has experienced herself in the United States. Te artist is presently also pursuing her career as a filmmaker, completing her second feature length film, Looking for Oum Kulthum about the life of iconic Egyptian singer Oum Kulthum. OLIVIA SAND • Until 26 November, Museo Correr, Venice, www.correr.visitmuve.it


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