• Duration: 2013/01/05 Sat. – 02/28 Thu.
• Opening: 2013/01/05 Sat. 3:00pm
• Exhibited artists: Hsu Wei-Hui

“The Tender Counteroffensives”, a solo exhibition by Hsu Wei-Hui, will be hold at Liang Gallery from January 5th (Saturday) to February 28th (Thursday). Exhibition will be opened to public at 3pm on January 5th. Hsu’s solo exhibition displays the latest series of “Guerilla Girl”. Her works feature situational photography and space-installation, and present the examination and the exploration toward the self-consciousness.

In the latest Hsu’s Facial Mask Series the hidden face is not just a plane expression, it is more three-dimensional, more layered. In the work Smiling to Life, the front is the fresh, bright, and colorful facial masks which look like flowers, revealing the infinite energy of the materials created by Hsu Wei-Hui. The layers of soft mask material in You are My Tender Weapon No.2 constitute a work featuring a weapon, which is placed in a cosmetic case. Hsu’s installation Guerilla Girl – Girls War more than one thousand guerilla girls wear military uniforms on top in their right hands, suggesting the spirit of masculinity. These guerilla girls embrace the spirit of persistence and the appearance of gentleness, revealing the contradictory emotions inside their hearts.

Hsu Wei-Hui was born in 1979 in Chungli, Taiwan. She received her BEd degree with a major in Fine Arts from the National Hsinchu University of Education in Taiwan. She went to US in 2004 and received her MA degree in Painting from the Savannah College of Art and Design in Savannah, Georgia. Later on, she received her MFA degree from the Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Hsu Wei-Hui joined artist-in-residence programs in Seoul, Korea in 2007 and in Vermont, US in 2009. She received a Merit Award from Creative Quarterly Magazine, New York in 2008, and also received Lenore Segan Arts Awards from the Joyce Dutka Arts Foundation, New York. Her works have been exhibited at alternative spaces, galleries, and museums in Taiwan, China, Japan, Korea, United States, Canada and Italy.