The Last Man, the Vietnamese soldier, the Tourist, A-Yuan, the Hunter and the Flâneur
2023/07/15 - 2023/10/08
In The Last Person, the Vietnamese Soldier, the Tourist, A Yuan, the Hunter and the Flâneur: Yao-Yi Wang Solo Exhibition, artist Yao-Yi Wang constructs a sense of self-identity by experimenting as both artist and the subject, turning his own physical form into the connection between fictional and non-fictional narratives. When characters are presented on screen, the will of the artist is reborn behind the scenes. The project comprises 6 pieces/sets of artworks, namely Phú Quốc, Two Tigers, I Remember, I Remember, Red, White, Blue - I Ran Out of American Time, Hunting, and The Flâneur. The theme flows between his family history of separation during the Cold War and movement in globalization, so that memories of war, national symbols, the Taiwan New Wave Cinema, and other parts of our collective subconscious and his personal memories form the key to his self-identity and extend into a metaphor of a certain national identity.