| Chu Yun has remained in continual pursuit of obscuring pain and happiness and his work proves skeptical of dispositions that can be clearly defined by explicit suffering, joy, tragedy or anger. Chu Yun’s pursuit of the hidden derives from his recognition of the real. This has, in turn, made him more and more willing to abandon the use of strong visual images to attract the viewer and has left him instead to tackle the question of how an artist can become a medium for transcending the visible stuff of everyday life. |  |
Smile of Matter: Chu Yun at Vitamin Creative Space – Hu Fang, Curator
Chu Yun has remained in continual pursuit of obscuring pain and happiness and his work proves skeptical of dispositions that can be clearly defined by explicit suffering, joy, tragedy or anger. Chu Yun’s pursuit of the hidden derives from his recognition of the real. This has, in turn, made him more and more willing to abandon the use of strong visual images to attract the viewer and has left him instead to tackle the question of how an artist can become a medium for transcending the visible stuff of everyday life. This exhibition, “Smile of Matter,” is the first of Chu Yun’s solo exhibitions to invite people to experience the invisible power hidden behind the external appearance of his artworks. About this, the artist states: “In the end, you will realize the disappearance of your imaginary works, which, however, return to the works eventually.”
A monography of Chu Yun’s “Smile of Matter” will be published by Vitamin Creative Space and is to be released on the occasion of Chu Yun’s solo exhibition at Vitamin.
