Kinetic artworks from Taiwan on exhibit at The Bronx Museum of the Arts
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Shyu Ruey-Shiann
The Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in New York is pleased to announce that the artworks of Taiwanese artists Shyu Ruey-Shiann and Shih Chieh Huang are currently featured in the exhibition “Useless: Machines for Dreaming, Thinking and Seeing" at The Bronx Museum of the Arts through September 1, 2019.
Shyu presents Dreambox (2012), a kinetic installation made up of Wolf 125 motorcycle parts - a popular model many young people longed to have and ride around Taiwan in the 1990s. Shyu created this piece as a tribute to those who dare to dream and venture into the unknown.
Huang, known for creating art from unlikely sources, such as garbage bags, computer cooling fans, and Christmas light faders, presents Blue Angel Eye (2017-18)—a motorized sculpture with delicate tentacles made out of plastic bags that light up as they inflate and deflate.
The show is curated by Havana-based curator Gerardo Mosquera. Other participating artists include Jairo Alfonso, Wim Delvoye, Juan Downey, Peter Fischli and David Weiss, Algis Griskevicius, José Iraola, William Kentridge, Chico MacMurtrie, Stefana McClure, Arnaldo Morales, Roxy Paine, Fernando Sánchez Castillo, Adriana Salazar, Johanna Unzueta, and Simón Vega.