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The Tina Keng Gallery is pleased to present Long, Long Live—Yao Jui-chung Solo Exhibition, on view from March 2 to 31, 2012 (opening reception: Saturday, March 2, 4:30-7 pm). Following the exhibition Long Live/Landscape at the gallery last March, Long, Long Live continues to illuminate Yao’s synthesis of his living experiences with rebellions against the tradition of Chinese ink painting. The exhibition will include a presentation of the complete painting Long Live Landscape, measuring 28 meters in length, along with the latest video and digital works from the artist. Yao intentionally ignores the rules and formats of traditional Chinese ink painting, using a needle-point pen instead of brush and ink, creating depth with layers of lines. In applying gold leaf in the voids of his compositions, Yao produces a simplicity and intimacy similar to the images found in household altars. In this vein, the artist also embeds friends and family in his works, creating works that defy the subject matter in traditional shan shui. Having lived through Taiwan’s turbulent political and social changes, Yao often explores issues of history and society, especially those surrounding the political status of Taiwan and an ambiguous collective consciousness. His latest video Long, Long Live, filmed at the Oasis Villa in Green Island, once a reform and re-education prison to house political prisoners during Taiwan’s martial law period, examines history through reviewing Taiwan’s historical identity and revealing political conspiracies.

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