Hsu Yung-Hsu: Fine art
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"Hsu compresses clay, stacking it repeatedly to build mass, managing to balance immense forms against a delicate lightness".
By any measure the ceramic sculptures created by Hsu Yung-Hsu are impressive. The works are very large in scale, hand built ceramic forms that are technically challenging to create.
Hsu Yung-Hsu 徐永旭 was born in 1955, in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
He is an artist dedicated to his craft, an artist who redefines the ceramic traditions of his nation. Hsu’s talent has not gone unnoticed in Singapore, the artist recently completing a major commission for a building façade in this city.
In 2007, Hsu obtained his MFA at the Graduate Institute of Applied Arts at the Tainan National University of the Arts. Hsu is, at time of writing, Professor of Art at the Institute of Art Studies at the National Cheng Kung University, also located in Tainan.
Double Square Gallery describes Hsu’s ceramic art:
“In his works, Hsu Yung-Hsu seeks to transcend the intrinsic limitations of clay, including weight, density, and size. Hsu compresses clay, stacking it repeatedly to build mass, managing to balance immense forms against a delicate lightness.
Unprecedented in the history of Taiwanese ceramic art in both concept and style, Hsu works with clay in a unique and alternative way. He utilizes clay in a manner contrary to its very own characteristics (which he terms as “anti-clay”) and further transforms his creations into art that merges form, action, and conceptualization”.
Hsu Yung-Hsu has held residencies in Taiwan, the USA, Japan, Korea, and Beijing. Notable group exhibitions include Seeing a large color (2011) at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chengdu, China; International Sculpture at Racconigi (2010) at the Royal Castle of Racconigi, Italy and at the International Contemporary Ceramic Exhibition (2007) at the National Visual Arts Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Solo exhibitions include Iteration – In between Hsu Yung-Hsu (2009) at Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei, Taiwan; Theatre of Clay (2008) at the Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Taiwan and Becoming - Refrain at the Tina Keng Gallery in Taipei, Taiwan (2012).
Hsu Yung-Hsu 徐永旭 was born in 1955, in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
He is an artist dedicated to his craft, an artist who redefines the ceramic traditions of his nation. Hsu’s talent has not gone unnoticed in Singapore, the artist recently completing a major commission for a building façade in this city.
In 2007, Hsu obtained his MFA at the Graduate Institute of Applied Arts at the Tainan National University of the Arts. Hsu is, at time of writing, Professor of Art at the Institute of Art Studies at the National Cheng Kung University, also located in Tainan.
Double Square Gallery describes Hsu’s ceramic art:
“In his works, Hsu Yung-Hsu seeks to transcend the intrinsic limitations of clay, including weight, density, and size. Hsu compresses clay, stacking it repeatedly to build mass, managing to balance immense forms against a delicate lightness.
Unprecedented in the history of Taiwanese ceramic art in both concept and style, Hsu works with clay in a unique and alternative way. He utilizes clay in a manner contrary to its very own characteristics (which he terms as “anti-clay”) and further transforms his creations into art that merges form, action, and conceptualization”.
Hsu Yung-Hsu has held residencies in Taiwan, the USA, Japan, Korea, and Beijing. Notable group exhibitions include Seeing a large color (2011) at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chengdu, China; International Sculpture at Racconigi (2010) at the Royal Castle of Racconigi, Italy and at the International Contemporary Ceramic Exhibition (2007) at the National Visual Arts Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Solo exhibitions include Iteration – In between Hsu Yung-Hsu (2009) at Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei, Taiwan; Theatre of Clay (2008) at the Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Taiwan and Becoming - Refrain at the Tina Keng Gallery in Taipei, Taiwan (2012).
Double Square Gallery
Double Square Gallery was established in Taipei in 2015. Double Square Gallery is an art space that emphasises the promotion of art, curatorial practice, publishing, research and art collection services as its core values.
The name Double Square (in Chinese Double Square also means double sides) refers to the two rectangular spaces that form the gallery space, at the same time the name expresses the physical space and the conceptual value of the gallery.
Images of works courtesy Double Square Gallery. Copyright Hsu Yung-Hsu
Double Square Gallery
Double Square Gallery was established in Taipei in 2015. Double Square Gallery is an art space that emphasises the promotion of art, curatorial practice, publishing, research and art collection services as its core values.
The name Double Square (in Chinese Double Square also means double sides) refers to the two rectangular spaces that form the gallery space, at the same time the name expresses the physical space and the conceptual value of the gallery.
Images of works courtesy Double Square Gallery. Copyright Hsu Yung-Hsu
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