- Wu Meng-Chang｜Fragment
- 2024｜12.14 - 2025.01.18
- Opening 2024.12.14 4pm
- Lin & Lin Gallery
Lin & Lin Gallery is honored to present the solo exhibition “Fragment” by Wu Meng-Chang in December. The artist observes the diverse morphological characteristics of stone and explores and responds to the unique beauty through sculptural techniques such as "penetration”, “grinding”, “fracturing" and "combination." In each trace of splitting and grinding in the works reveal a fragment of the artist's dialogue under the intuitive perception of nature. In the fusion of the form space and the spiritual space, forming Wu Meng-Chang's outlook of life in his stone sculptures with a natural harmony and a profound sense of self-awareness.
“Each moment of inner essence is a manifestation and projection of multiple consciousnesses,
not merely a continuation in time, but also an exploration etched into the soul. In the boundless expanse of time and space,
each fragment pulls and merges with the others, gradually connecting to form a complete and profound existence.”
——Wu Meng-Chang
Stone sculpture is the artist's visualization of the observation and awareness of life's experiences. The work carries a deep dialogue of the artist’s perception of nature, embodying beauty and harmony even in imperfection and the coexistence of contrasts. For the artist, stone sculpture is a process of self-fulfillment, with reflections on the life issues projected into the work. The rough, fractured surfaces and the smooth, flowing contours exist in harmony, allowing the stone to exude a profound and tranquil aura. Every facet and trace reveals a delicate and sincere sculptural language. Much like a reflection on self-awareness, the work records the artist’s insights into life, not only as the creative trajectory forged through years of refinement, but also as fragments of conscious perception and layers of awareness—both the imprint of the past and the reflection of the present.
Wu Meng-Chang, born in Kaohsiung in 1971, currently lives and creates in Tainan. Graduated from Graduate Institute of Plastic Arts of Tainan National University of the Arts. His significant awards including the first Hsiao Chin Creation Award, 2018; Kaohsiung City 17th Art Exhibition, Kaohsiung Award, 2000; National Public Art for Shining Building Institution and Italy Pietrasanta Sculpture Competition, first award, 1997. Selected solo exhibitions include: Fragment, Lin & Lin Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan, 2024; Within Light and Shadow, Live Forever Foundation Lufu Zhishen Hall, Taichung, Taiwan, 2022; In Between, Hsiao Chin International Art Foundation, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 2019. Group exhibitions include: Profoundly Faceted: Debates on Contemporary Art in Tainan, Tainan Art Museum, Tainan, Taiwan, 2024; 2023 Hualien International Stone Sculpture Festival, Hualien County Stone Sculpture Museum, Hualien, Taiwan, 2023; Śūnyatā_Being at Liberty, Lin & Lin Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan, 2022; Super Spontaneous Chi: A Route 119 South Villagers’ Exhibition, Da Xin Art Museum, Tainan, Taiwan, 2020; Next Art Tainan, Soka Art, Tainan, Taiwan, 2020; Art is Here, Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 2019; The Story of Contemporary Art in Tainan, Absolute Space for the Arts, Tainan, Taiwan, 2017; Contemporary Taiwan: An Exhibition of Abstract Art Classics, Yun Feifan Art Museum, Tainan, Taiwan, 2016; New Aspects in Contemporary Stone Sculpture, National Taiwan Craft Research and Development Institute, Nantou, Taiwan, 2016.
