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Eight Drunken Immortals
1997, 2012
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SHYU Ruey-Shiann
Eight Drunken Immortals
1997, 2012
metals , electric-motor , steel wire , wheels , transformer , automatic control device , sensors , ink
480x240x450 cm
Eight Drunken Immortals
1997, 2012
metals , electric-motor , steel wire , wheels , transformer , automatic control device , sensors , ink
480x240x450 cm
Eight Drunken Immortals
1997, 2012
metals , electric-motor , steel wire , wheels , transformer , automatic control device , sensors , ink
480x240x450 cm
Eight Drunken Immortals
1997, 2012
metals , electric-motor , steel wire , wheels , transformer , automatic control device , sensors , ink
480x240x450 cm
Eight Drunken Immortals
1997, 2012
metals , electric-motor , steel wire , wheels , transformer , automatic control device , sensors , ink
480x240x450 cm
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The erratic motions of furniture-roller sets in Eight Drunken Immortals (1997) echo the “drunken kung fu” moves of one of the artist’s brothers, a martial arts enthusiast. (The Eight Drunken Immortals of Chinese legend were high-level adepts of Taoist meditation, who traveled together and, overjoyed at having attained spiritual elevation, put on demonstrations of extraordinarily, seemingly carefree physical agility.)

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10 artworks / 63 exhibition
New Media Art
I launched the mechanical power series in 1997 and since then it has been the main venue for my artistic expression. I see it as a challenge to combine the usage of precision technology with plastic aesthetics. A work of art may be composed of a s ...
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SHYU Ruey-Shiann, 1999, New Media Art , Installation Art
SHYU Ruey-Shiann, 1997, New Media Art , Installation Art
SHYU Ruey-Shiann, 2011, Installation Art , New Media Art
SHYU Ruey-Shiann, 2000, New Media Art , Installation Art
SHYU Ruey-Shiann, 2009-2012, New Media Art , Installation Art
SHYU Ruey-Shiann, 2011, New Media Art , Installation Art
SHYU Ruey-Shiann, 2011, New Media Art , Installation Art
SHYU Ruey-Shiann, 1999, 2010, New Media Art , Installation Art
SHYU Ruey-Shiann, 1995, Installation Art , New Media Art