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About the event
At the end of 2024, RIVER ART GALLERY will present a comprehensive exhibition of Taiwanese artist Xun Wang’s creative journey, marking his first solo sculpture show in the gallery space. The show is curated around the themes of “A Director-like Sculptor” and “A Dynamic Moments Capturer,” focusing on how the artist, much like a film director, uses sculpture to capture fleeting moments of perception while responding to the rapid changes of contemporary life.
The show showcases a selection of representative series, including the “Space in Time Sculpture,” “Parallax Sculpture,” and “Life Series Sculpture,” demonstrating Wang’s innovative integration of traditional sculptural techniques with digital media. Through a dynamic dialogue between light, space, and works, the exhibition creates a cinematic, flowing atmosphere, guiding the viewers through layers of time and emotion, while intertwining the tension between space and the psyche to reveal profound meaning. Additionally, this show features a special “Interactive Archive,” which uncovers Wang’s creative trajectory and experiences prior to his return to Taiwan, linking these with the broader historical context, offering viewers a deeper understanding and inspiration.
We invite you to step into a new dimension of sculptural storytelling, becoming an essential witness to the legacy of this pioneering figure who bridges the traditional and digital eras.
About the organizer
RIVER ART GALLERY was founded in 1998 in Taichung, Taiwan. The gallery’s initial years were known for, the director, Ray Hung’s interest in sculptural art; and in the process, discovering renowned Taiwanese artists, such as Li Chen and Hung Yi. After over two decades of focusing on working with Taiwanese artists domestically, the gallery gradually opened up its program to an international roster in 2021, with the presence of the new director, Ella Hung, the youngest daughter of gallery founder, Ray Hung. Ella Hung’s present-day program resides in a brand new, four-level, 1600 sqft gallery space in the heart of Taichung City.
The gallery made its first steps to broadening its roster with the addition of artists who are somewhat close to home, such as Taiwanese-Canadian artist; Yi-Shuan Lee, and Taiwanese-American artist; Timothy Bair. The decision for working with these 90s born artists who have spent time living outside of their motherland, is a direct way for the gallery to reintroduce a much more expansive, and yet contemporary, idea of what Formosan culture stands for on an international stage.
Now, a few years into Ella Hung’s program at River Art Gallery, along with the much larger premises to accommodate the demands of the wide range of exhibition practices in its steadily growing roster of internationally recognized artists; River Art Gallery strives to take on an even greater presence on the global stage, with a commitment to invigorate academic as well as educational purposes. The gallery’s program is based on a determination to build and grow alongside the top innovative figures of today, in radically rethinking the exhibition as a form and taking it as a critical medium.