TOKYO BASEMENT BLUES

ESCAPE TO SOLASTALGIA

Dolphins in Venice, 2020-21
Pen, gouache, watercolour, pencil on paper
183 x 135 cm
​〈 海豚在威尼斯〉, 2020-21
原子筆、不透明水彩、透明水彩、鉛筆、紙
​183 x 135 cm
Out of the eater, something to eat; out of the strong, something sweet, 2020-21
Pen, gouache, watercolour, pencil on paper
80 x 183 cm
〈食物出自食者，甜物出自強者〉, 2020-21
原子筆、不透明水彩、透明水彩、鉛筆、紙
80 x 183 cm
K1 + U1  = K2 + U2, 2020-21
Pen, gouache, watercolour, ink, pencil, gold leaf on paper
183 x 113 cm 
​〈K1 + U1  = K2 + U2〉, 2020-21
原子筆、不透明水彩、透明水彩、水墨、鉛筆、金箔、紙
183 x 113 cm
Baobab core, 2020-21
Pen, gouache, watercolour, pencil, gold leaf on paper
​183 x 113 cm
​〈猴麵包樹中心〉, 2020-21
原子筆、不透明水彩、透明水彩、鉛筆、金箔、紙
183 x 113 cm
A.C.T. or Pig headed clear minded bulldog with boobs, 2021
 Gouache, watercolour, ink on paper
117 x 80 cm⁠
​〈A.C.T. 或者有胸部的鬥牛犬固執又神智清醒〉, 2021
不透明水彩、透明水彩、墨水、紙
117 x 80 cm⁠
Caterpillar soup habit, 2020
Gouache, watercolour, ink on paper
 29.5 x 42 cm⁠
​〈毛毛蟲湯的習慣〉, 2020
不透明水彩、透明水彩、水墨、紙
29.5 x 42 cm⁠
Competitive altruism, 2020
Gouache, watercolour, ink on paper
29.5 x 42 cm⁠
〈競爭的利他主義〉, 2020
不透明水彩、透明水彩、水墨、紙
29.5 x 42 cm⁠
The myth of self-interest, 2020
Gouache, watercolour, ink on paper
29.5 x 42 cm⁠
​〈利己的神話〉, 2020
不透明水彩、透明水彩、水墨、紙
29.5 x 42 cm⁠
Polite botany, 2020
Gouache, watercolour, ink on paper
54 x 39 cm⁠
〈有禮貌的植物學〉, 2020
不透明水彩、透明水彩、水墨、紙
54 x 39 cm⁠
Flight behaviour, 2020
Gouache, watercolour, pencil on paper
39 x 54 cm⁠
​〈飛行的行為〉, 2020
不透明水彩、透明水彩、鉛筆、紙
39 x 54 cm⁠
Lacuna, 2019⁣
Pen, gouache, watercolour, pencil on paper
​79 x 111 cm
​〈空隙〉, 2019
原子筆、不透明水彩、透明水彩、鉛筆、紙
79 x 111 cm
Broken chain, 2020
Pen, gouache, watercolour, acrylic, pencil on paper
80 x 184 cm
​〈斷掉的鎖鏈〉, 2020
原子筆、不透明水彩、透明水彩、壓克力、鉛筆、紙
80 x 183 cm
“The itch” or “Paranoia shielded her from the catastrophe of indifference”, 2019⁣
Pen, gouache, watercolour, pencil on paper
79 x 111 cm
​〈「癢」或「偏執讓她免於冷漠的浩劫」〉, 2019
原子筆、不透明水彩、透明水彩、鉛筆、紙
79 x 111 cm    
Picture
Taiwan Contemporary Culture Lab (C-LAB), Taipei, solo show "Extraordinary Machine"
The underbelly sifting muddy waters, 2019⁣
Pen, gouache, watercolour, pencil on paper
79 x 111 cm
​〈巧合的硬纖維瘤橘子〉, 2019
原子筆、不透明水彩、透明水彩、鉛筆、紙
79 x 111 cm    

MORPHIC REEF

Bigger on the inside, 2019
Gouache, watercolour, acrylic on paper
183 x 140 cm⠀⠀
​〈內心比較大〉, 2019
不透明水彩、透明水彩、壓克力、紙
183 x 140 cm⠀
Picture
Taiwan Contemporary Culture Lab (C-LAB), Taipei, solo show "Extraordinary Machine"
Core Muscle, 2019
​Gouache, watercolour, pen on paper,
121 x 183 cm
​〈核心肌肉〉, 2019
不透明水彩、透明水彩、原子筆、紙
121 x 183 cm
And how are you crazy, 2019
Gouache, watercolour, acrylic on paper
​109 x 75 cm
Morphic reef, 2019
​Gouache, watercolour, acrylic on paper,
109 x 75 cm
This woman's work, 2019
Gouache, watercolour, golden stickers, acrylic on paper
109 x 75 cm
Amygdala, 2019⁣
Pen, gouache, watercolour, on paper
80 x 110 cm
​〈杏仁核〉, 2019
原子筆、不透明水彩、透明水彩、紙
80 x 110 cm
Unusual Machinery, 2019
Gouache, watercolour, acrylic on paper
109 x 75 cm
​〈異常的機械〉, 2019
不透明水彩、透明水彩、壓克力、紙
109 x 75 cm
Patung Satria Gatotkaca and Harry Potter, 2018
Acrylic and ink on canvas
70 x 100 cm
​〈Patung Satria Gatotkaca和哈利波特 〉, 2018
壓克力、水墨、畫布
70 x 100 cm
What to cook for dinner and the end of the world, 2018
Acrylic and ink on canvas
50 x 40 cm
​〈晚餐要煮什麼及世界末日〉, 2018
壓克力、水墨、畫布
50 x 40 cm

EXTRAORDINARY MACHINE

Extraordinary machine, 2014 - 2015
Gouache, watercolour, pencil and ink on paper
180 x 400 cm
Picture
Taiwan Contemporary Culture Lab (C-LAB), Taipei, solo show "Extraordinary Machine"
Destruction of the father, 2018
Acrylic on canvas
140x 200 cm
Leviathan, 2015 – 2018
Acrylic on canvas
180 x 300 cm

​IINNOO Gallery Shanghai, 2018. Photography by Nicolas de Rouge​
Black Milk, 2016
Gouache, watercolour, pen, pencil, ink on paper
​64 x 109 cm
Taiwan Contemporary Culture Lab (C-LAB), Taipei, 2020
This woman’s work, 2019
Gouache, pencil, ink on paper
127 x 180 cm
“Dranka tempoe” or “Good luck with that”, 2019⁣
Pen, gouache, watercolour on paper
79 x 111 cm⁣
Picture
Taiwan Contemporary Culture Lab (C-LAB), Taipei, solo show "Extraordinary Machine"
The Normal One, 2019
Gouache, watercolour, ink on paper
81 x 117 cm
Picture
Taiwan Contemporary Culture Lab (C-LAB), Taipei, solo show "Extraordinary Machine"
My sofa, my Guernica, 2016
Acrylic on canvas
180 x 240 cm
Loulou gone, 2019
Gouache, watercolour, ink on paper
81 x 117 cm
Vultures and bad people, 2016
​Acrylic on canvas
70 x 100 cm
Portuguese woman of war, 2015
Gouache, acrylic, ink, pencil on canvas
​180 x 300 cm ​
Cherry, 2017
Acrylic on paper
50 x 40 cm
The droopy butterfly effect, 2015
Papercuts, gouache, pencil, ink on paper
29 x 39 cm
Crash of the extraordinary machine, 2015
Pencil on paper
30 x 42 cm
Portrait of a young lady, 2013
Ink, paint, colour pencil, on paper
27 x 35 cm
Torn, or if you really don’t know what to do, it probably doesn’t really matter, 2015
Gouache, pencil, ink on paper
30 x 42 cm
Madame Looi of Moreton Morrell, Queen of the Orchids, from Barnsley, 2016
Gouache on paper
30 x 42 cm
Worst case scenario syndrome, 2015
Gouache, pencil, ink on paper
​30 x 42 cm
God of small things, 2017
Acrylic on paper
70  x 100 cm
Return of the mothership, 2015
Pencil and gouache on paper
​30 x 42 cm
Dreaming of frogspawn and the meaning of life, 2015
Gouache, pencil, ink on paper
30 x 42 cm
Subconscious clot, 2015
Gouache, pencil, ink
30 x 42 cm
Harvest period
2018
Ink, pen, gouache, watercolour pencil on paper
​27 x 35 cm
Meanderings, 2015
Pen, gouache, watercolour, nail polish on paper
80 x 110 cm
Mermaid inverted, 2015
Gouache on paper
30 x 42 cm
Dairy queen, 2017
Acrylic on paper
40 x 50 cm
Maria, 2017
Acrylic on paper
50 x 60 cm
Care of the warm hearted bottle fly’s nerves, 2015
Gouache, pencil, ink on paper
30 x 42 cm
Unravel, 2015
Pencil and gouache on paper
30 x 42 cm
The woman who thought too much, 2016
Gouache on paper
30 x 42 cm
Super size me, 2015
Acrylic on canvas
80 x 100 cm
Nail polish heart, 2015
Pen, gouache, watercolour on paper
80 x 110 cm
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