Ting Cheng created a series of images for this show around her undiluted love of all things to do with plants. She finds new ways of playfully demonstrating her affection through a series of sculptural pieces. “I wanted to interact with them and show them my love”, she explained. This love is at points brutal, funny, pathetic and sweet; re-inventing the world around her as somewhere surreal but also strangely honest.
Within Cheng’s work is a desire to create something otherworldly out of the mundane; transforming fabric, lights, foam and plants into vessels for the imagination.
“I want to give the spectator an opportunity to play with and interact with the plants... a kind of natures playground where plants are elevated, like a kind Deity... looked up to and respected.”
What’s Up Plant’ is Ting Cheng’s Solo exhibition at Stour Space in London in 2016. The exhibition is part of the Taiwan Culture Salon, supported by the Ministry of Culture.
