I had a wonderful busy weekend hanging out with artists, visiting galleries and studios, seeing art, and talking with artists over good food. It all started with a visit to the Museum of Anthropology to see (In)visible: The Spiritual World of Taiwan Through Contemporary Art.
As soon as we walked in my friends and I were all completely smitten with the Water Fairies Reproduction Project, which is the gorgeous installation pictured here created by Chiu Yu-Wen. It envelops the main hallway of the exhibition space beginning at the entrance of the show. It is made of a gauzy draped fabric and thousands of pieces of cut paper
We spent a long time looking at this piece from many angles, and enjoying the calm and peaceful atmosphere you experience while walking through it.
I am inspired by this piece because I aspire to make paper based installations on this scale. It also feels like a rare opportunity to come across work like this in Vancouver, because most exhibitions spaces don’t have the space or mandate to display installations on this scale or type.
(In)visible: The Spiritual World of Taiwan Through Contemporary Art continues at the Museum of Anthropology until April 3, 2016.
Wow! Thanks for the heads up about this marvellous show at the Museum of Anthropology: my husband and I will be in Vancouver in a few weeks (I’ve got a complex cloth workshop at Maiwa) and we’ll make the pilgrimage out to UBC to see this show. I think your paper-cutting style and skill would definitely lend themselves to an installation on this scale. Enjoyed your pics of Gathie Falk’s retrospective as well. I have a family connection to her: my uncle knows her well and worked on the cabbage installation at VAG decades ago. Fun to see her work again on your blog.
I think you’ll really love this show. I’d also recommend the latest show opening at Back Gallery Project this Friday, with paper cut illustrations. I’m very excited about that one.
Thanks for that further recommendation, Rachael. I had a quick look at the Back Gallery Project site and I agree with you: I think I’ll love it.