[Frost] is a piece of Tsong's Repeated Suspicion Series.
The art series Repeated Suspicion follows a consistent technique that Tsong Pu employed in the 1990s, continuously exploring the possibilities for space in graphic works.
The artist cut the paper from multiple angles (e.g. 45, 90, and 0 degree). The folded corners are little less than reliefs that transmute the composition into three-dimensional, setting it in a dynamic state of ambiguity in terms of dimension, and enabling it to fill the interstices between sense and sensitivity with wandering poetic quality. This work presents a juxtaposition of materiality and abstract thinking in the world of painting.
Tsong Pu’s career as an artist has spanned nearly 40 years since he returned from Spain in 1981, bringing him an iconic status in the Taiwanese contemporary art scene. More specific, he is not only a minimalist artist in the spotlight, but also a bellwether for material and ideational innovation in the pluralistic genealogy of Taiwanese contemporary art. His achievements and reputation rest as much upon his long-term forward-looking horizons for creation, as upon his brilliant, sui generis philosophy of art evolved from his prolific career over the past four decades.