Guan-Hong LU
Taiwan
Guan Hong Lu
Education:
Master’s Degree in Fine Arts, National Taipei University of the Arts
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Important Exhibition History:
**[Solo Exhibitions]**
2019 "Lighting in the Blur", Welfare Association, Taipei, Taiwan
**[Group Exhibitions]**
2024 "In The Moment", Nunu Fine Art, New York, USA
2024 "Unrecorded", Keelung Museum of Art, Keelung, Taiwan
2023 "Night Walkers", 182 Space, Tainan, Taiwan
2022 "Taiwan Art Biennial: Ask the World, What is Love?", National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan
2021 "Ten Years of Painting I: Eye Technique, Handcraft, and the Universe of Touch", 99 Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan
2021 "Experimental Communication", Air Force Base Contemporary Culture Experiment Field, Taipei, Taiwan
2020 "I Thought I Was Letting Go, But Tears Kept Me Awake All Night", Mingguan Art Museum, Hsinchu, Taiwan
2019 "Overgrown" (Inter-school Exchange Exhibition), Xiangshan Commune, Hangzhou, China
2018 "Contributing to Society: Active Actions", Taiwan Contemporary Annual Exhibition, Taipei, Taiwan
2016 "Volcano Detonation Project", URS27M, Taipei, Taiwan
2016 "Art Class 2.0", Changhua County Art Museum, Changhua, Taiwan
2015 "Who Says You Can't Kill Without a Gun?", National Taipei University of the Arts, Taipei, Taiwan
Creative Philosophy:
My creations often involve combining different scenes and characters. The term "different" can sometimes be visual and intuitive, or it can refer to the displacement of cultural contexts. I use this approach to manipulate and construct a blurred narrative and meaning in my works. At the same time, I secretly inject my personal dark humor into the pieces.
This current work continues from my 2018 series depicting people in protective suits. Several years later, this series has evolved from simply presenting spectacle and solitude to reflecting my observation of the atmosphere of reality. Especially during the pandemic, it seemed that all truth came from images "outside the window". Now, as the entire world shares an experience akin to the aftermath of an apocalypse, this dissonant feeling—where life continues despite the uncertainty—feels even more vivid to me.
In my work, I appropriated and altered scenes from a famous children’s program, trying to convey the uneasy blend of reality and illusion. Through painting, I reassemble and reinterpret the world I see, responding to the atmosphere of the times and the daily experiences I perceive.