“My pseudo-landscape paintings are a response to genuine spirituality set within an appreciation and respect of nature. This is a Taoist concept entrenched in Chinese culture: literati artists capture their adoration of nature in Shan Shui paintings.”
Yao Jui Chung (b. 1969) lives and works in Taipei, Taiwan. He is internationally recognised and has exhibited worldwide including at the Venice Biennale. In his natural sceneries, Yao Jui-Chung combines elements of traditional Chinese landscape paintings infused with a modern and vibrant energy, often inserting witty daily details or Westerns symbols. While generating a visual experience for the spectator that is aesthetically beautiful and intellectually stimulating, his work also addresses main social issues - it presents golden water, air and trees as a way to highlight the preciousness of nature in our contemporary society.
