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Psychic Theater: Hung-Chih Peng Solo Exhibition
2025/08/09 - 2025/11/16

Peng’s artistic practice explores the complex intersections of religion, culture, power, and identity.  Known for his use of humor and symbolism, he challenges established perceptions of social structures and belief systems. In his renowned Canine Monk series, he employs the image of a dog to transcribe religious scriptures, probing the boundaries and transformations between divinity and animality.  Blending Eastern and Western cultural elements, his multilayered use of media and symbols articulates a profound reflection on contemporary society and the human condition.

This solo exhibition focuses on his recent cross-disciplinary experiments: Taiwan’s theatre history is marked by the early loss of visionary artists such as Tien Chi-Yuan (1964–1996), Chen Ming-Tsai (1961–2003), and Chou Yi-Chang (1948–2016). Each left a profound legacy, yet their sudden departures left many dreams and works unfinished.  This project arises from a longing to ask: Do they have regrets?  Were there stories they still hoped to tell?  Through spiritual mediums and the traditional ritual of Guan Luo Yin, Peng seek to reconnect with these departed artists. The film begins as a black-and-white documentary, capturing his search for mediums and conversations with the spirits, asking what works remain incomplete and how they might continue. The second half transforms into color—a performance created in collaboration with the spirits themselves. Based on the messages received, Peng carry out their imagined intentions, crafting a new video piece that blurs the line between memory, imagination, and the afterlife. This is a dialogue across realms—a continuation of art beyond death.
 

Artist
Hung-Chih Peng

Hung-Chih Peng is an interdisciplinary artist active in both Taiwan and the international contemporary art scene. Born in Taipei in 1969, with family roots in Yangmei, Taoyuan, he graduated from the Department of Fine Arts at National Taiwan Normal University in 1992 and received his MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute in 1997. Since then, he has developed a prolific creative and exhibition career, working across diverse media including video, installation, sculpture, ink painting, oil painting, and 3D printing. Peng’s works have been featured in biennales in Istanbul, Gwangju, Fukuoka, and Taipei, and he has held solo and group exhibitions across Europe, the United States, and China. He received the First Prize in the Visual Arts category at the 5th Taishin Arts Award, and his works are collected by numerous art institutions both in Taiwan and abroad.