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TKG+ presents "Three Places, for Marguerite Duras" in Taipei

TEXT：Sue Wang    DATE： 2015.12.24

Poster of Three Places

Three Places, for Marguerite Duras (2003 to 2006) is a series of Wei-li Yeh’s early work that demonstrates a full spectrum of his artistic practice and philosophy of image-making while paying homage to one of his favorite writers and referencing her short story, The Atlantic Man. It is not an exception that Yeh borrows literature references in his work. The literary quality has been imbued deeply in his aesthetic composition and narratives, and further illustrates a personal resonance for affection and psychology. But the inspiration of this particular story in Yeh’s oeuvre is particularly noteworthy. The Atlantic Man tells a story about how the protagonist limbos between living and dying after his lover’s unfathomable departure. Cleaning the entire house as if preparing his own funeral, the protagonist attempts to capture the lover’s gaze, as a camera might, but the lover was invisible and present on film at the same time, recounting all the unsettling memories. Relating himself to this story, Yeh finds a parallel strategy to work on places as well as the subject of memory.

About the exhibition

Date: Jan 2, 2016 - Feb 5, 2016

Opening: Jan 2, 2016, 16:30, Saturday

Venue: TKG+

Courtesy of the artist and TKG+, for further information please visit www.tinakenggallery.com.