RAIR | 2009-10

Pang-Chieh HsU

Pang-Chieh Hsu was born in 1972 in Taiwan. He started his art and academic training in high school where he learned many practical techniques. After high school, he went to New York City to see the latest development of contemporary arts. He attended the School of Visual Art and graduated in 2000. He went on to earn a graduate degree at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst in 2003. He continues to create and experiment with new styles and techniques and exhibits frequently.

Roswell Museum and Art Center

Rair exhibition •Pang-Chieh Hsu • June 26 - August 1, 2010

Paper Money is a series of large oil paintings that depict a type of yellow paper money burned in traditional Chinese culture as a ritual offering to heaven and a medium to communicate with gods or underworld spirits. Stacked in tall, almost unwieldy piles, the depicted money becomes a meditation on the nature of paper itself—its prevalence, its tactile qualities, and personal associations. Pang refers to this style of painting as Abstract Realism. His intention is an artistic exploration of the possibility of distilling abstract qualities from objects, thus allowing for a personalized approach in the construction of meaning.

Caroline Brooks, Assistant Director, Roswell Museum and Art Center