☞ 展期 Duration
2023 / 11 / 11 – 12 / 30

☞ 開幕 Opening
2023 / 11 / 11 (Sat) 3 PM

☞ 地點 Venue
大河美術 RIVER ART GALLERY

☞ 簡介 Introduction
加拿大籍印尼華裔藝術家 Tessar Lo 將於大河美術舉辦其於亞洲的第一檔個展《tangere》，引領觀者進入一個永恆且流動，朦朧而意境豐富的內在空間。觀者將來到專屬於自己與藝術家的私密意識場域，像不經意瞥見一介於房間和形而上之無界區域之間的潮間帶，在傍晚至深夜時分的循環中，悠遊擺盪。藝術家對存在與流動的本質進行探索，如同拉丁字根「tangere -」所富含的意義，是一場對感知之心進行反覆咀嚼的詩意之旅。

Tessar Lo 1984年出生於印尼雅加達，2007年取得謝爾丹學院應用藝術學位，現工作與生活於多倫多。作品多次於加拿大、巴黎、荷蘭、香港、東京和美國展出，也曾在洛杉磯日美國家博物館、多倫多加丁納博物館、安大略美術館等機構參展和活動藝術家在多元文化背景中成長，試圖連結自己與身處這些環境經歷的持續性對話。擅長各種媒材，將新舊流行文化符號拆解重組，作品多以顯眼的標記、顏色和紋理來呈現。元素多使用日常平凡物件來構築詼諧感性且神祕的畫面，著重探討其內在的解構，減少作品晦澀艱深之感，用純粹的媒材與主題來跟作品進行大量的對話。

本次個展中，透過作品和現場的裝置，彼此交互作用下，呈現出一圖像與形態交織而成的畫面，傳遞共感記憶，連結彼此的能量節點，著實有了多重曝光的既視感。《tangere》邀請觀者在靜謐的宇宙中，思考多變的本質，以及人們於變動中對真實的理解。

展覽將於 11/11 下午 3 點開展，期望觀者能完全地沈浸在展覽裡！

Tessar Lo, a Chinese-Indonesian Canadian artist, will host his first solo exhibition "tangere" in Asia, drawing viewers into a liminal, ethereal interiority in ongoing flux. Lo invites viewers to enter a private realm of consciousness, wandering and inadvertently catching glimpses of an intertidal zone that morphs from a room to an unbounded metaphysical space and back, all against the backdrop of a perpetual late evening cycle.“tangere” is an exploration of the fluid nature of existence, and true of its Latin meaning- meant for a poetic journey into the heart of perception.

Tessar Lo is a Chinese-Indonesian Canadian artist born in Jakarta, Indonesia in 1984. He received his BAA at Sheridan College in 2007 and currently resides in Toronto. His works have previously been shown in Canada, Paris, Amsterdam, Hong Kong, Tokyo and the United State. He has also participated in events hosted by institutions such as the Los Angeles Japanese American National Museum, Gardiner Museum, and Art Gallery of Ontario. Lo grew up immersed in various cultures. His practice is an ongoing dialogue seeking to bridge him and his experiences from these environments. He employs various materials and media, reassembling new and old iconography of popular culture, presenting his work with prominent marks, colors, and textures. Lo uses everyday mundane objects as elements in his works to create humorous and mysterious, focusing on exploring the internal deconstruction. Removing the abstruseness of art, he uses simple mediums and themes to initiate lengthy conversations with the works.

In this solo exhibition, through the interplay of drawing, painting, and a thoughtfully curated site-specific installation, Tessar Lo presents a rich tapestry of synthesized imagery akin to multiple exposure photographs. The forms that blur the boundaries between definition and abstraction propose a state like that of déjà vu.“tangere” invites contemplation of the mutable nature of reality and the intricate factors that shape our ever-shifting understanding of what we believe.

The exhibition will open at 3 PM on November 11. We hope that viewers can fully immerse themselves in the show!