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Saint Something
2004
BY
Mark Wen-Hsiang CHEN
Madonna With Baby
2004
color ink-jet printing(IJP) on photographic paper
200x178cm
Guanyin odess
2004
color ink-jet printing(IJP) on photographic paper
200x178cm
Two Saints
2004
color ink-jet printing(IJP) on photographic paper
200x178cm
Saint Something
2004
color ink-jet printing(IJP) on photographic paper , Wooden board , carved frame , acrylic paint
17x7.6M
Saint Something
2004
color ink-jet printing(IJP) on photographic paper , Wooden board , carved frame , acrylic paint
17x7.6M
Saint Something
2004
color ink-jet printing(IJP) on photographic paper , Wooden board , carved frame , acrylic paint
17x7.6M
Saint Something
2004
color ink-jet printing(IJP) on photographic paper , Wooden board , carved frame , acrylic paint
17x7.6M
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It always exudes a sense of irreplaceable reality. Taiwan's unique red stripe plastic bags really fascinates me. Everyone lives depend on it. For me, it is a symbol of mediocre life. I always wish to create miracles in a dull, even cheap lifestyle. I believe that such a wish is not different to the yearning to win lottery or to witness an epiphany because in the commonplace life, a fantasy is the only thing supports us to hang on. Like exercising witchery, I enjoy transforming the cheap plastic bags into a sublime and surprising objects to fulfill my dream about miracles.

ARTISTS
9 artworks / 51 exhibition
Installation Art
Wen Hsiang Mark Chen was born in 1957, Taipei, and graduated from the fine arts department of Chinese Culture University in 1980, Taiwan. He obtained the MFA degree of CUNY in 1990, USA. After returning to Taiwan in 1992, he and couples of artists ...
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KEYWORDS
Mark Wen-Hsiang CHEN, 2008-2010, Installation Art , Photographic Art
Mark Wen-Hsiang CHEN, 2001, Installation Art
Mark Wen-Hsiang CHEN, , Photographic Art , Installation Art
Mark Wen-Hsiang CHEN, 1998, Installation Art , Photographic Art
Mark Wen-Hsiang CHEN, 1997, Installation Art
Mark Wen-Hsiang CHEN, 2007, Photographic Art
Mark Wen-Hsiang CHEN, 2008, Installation Art
Mark Wen-Hsiang CHEN, , Installation Art