[Decoration - Wood / Paper] is a piece of Tsong's Early Works and Miscellanea Series.
If creation is a journey to be savored each step of the way, the route would be not so much perfectly straight as tortuous. It is such a path full of twists and turns that Tsong Pu takes, and he has created some refreshing works apart from his imprint-based masterpieces en route. Nonetheless, the former still include certain personal touches of the artist. For example, some of his installations have apparent simplicity, while their constitutive elements exude emotional warmth. The eclectic mix of simple shape and human warmth puts questions to human nature on behalf of the artist. Against this background, the series Early Works and Miscellanea includes Tsong Pu’s early graphic works, mixed-media works, and installations, expecting to bring an extra dimension to the artist’s life and career.
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.