Chih-Chien Wang

Red Man, 2004

Artist
Chih-Chien Wang
Title
Red Man
Dimensions and medium
Inkjet print face-mounted on plexiglass and mounted on composite aluminum panel, 1/7, 75.7 × 60.5 cm
Artwork description
Addressing the theme of the artist immigrant and evoking the cultural reference of the “Other,” Red Man depicts an unsettling image of Chih-Chien Wang against a white backdrop, his bare torso covered in red lacerations. Between an attempt to incarnate a local cultural referent (Indigenous people) and a link to Communist China and racist ideas, the work embodies the finesse of Wang’s aesthetic vocabulary, which focuses on manipulating and reworking the materiality of everyday life.

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