UP Gallery, Hsinchu, Taiwan
Photo London 2024 - Discovery Section
Mia Liu Solo Exhibition
Somerset House, London
16 - 19 May 2024
Aura Specimen Box, 2022
57x 49 x 17 cm
Bergger silver photographic paper
on Aluminium Dibond, Japanese cypress box
Courtesy of the artist and UP Gallery
Aura Little silent fly, 2022
Bergger silver photographic paper
on Aluminium Dibond
Courtesy of the artist and UP Gallery
Blue and White Tarp, 2022
83 x 66 x 13 cm
ILFORD smooth gloss photographic paper
on Aluminium Dibond
Courtesy of the artist and UP Gallery
UP Gallery presents at Photo London 2024 a solo exhibition of artworks by Wen-Hsuan (Mia) Liu. Continuing her exploration of "scapes," the artist MIA LIU unveil new works at Photo London 2024. Drawing inspiration from literature, particularly The Tales of Two Cities and Zhuang Zhou’s Butterfly Dream, she will delve into these new themes in her upcoming creations.
In her project, Mia Liu endeavors to harness the interplay of light and time. Delving into the historical roots of photography, Mia Liu is inspired by the cyanotypes of Anna Atkins and the photograms of Man Ray. Immersive walks at where she resides, Mia Liu meticulously collects botanical elements, using these excursions to document not only the external world but also the nuances of her own consciousness—because, for her, time shapes consciousness. Contrary to an interest in photography's conventional role of a comprehensive depiction on a single plane or serving documentary purposes, Mia Liu focuses on the ontology of light and time within the medium. She dissects the elements she gathers during her explorations, employing the darkroom to develop photographs that are later sliced and reconstructed to craft a seemingly thickened landscape. Through a repetitive process, this method becomes a psychological interpretation of "Scapes," encapsulating a specific moment in time within her consciousness. Mia Liu's conceptual exploration of photography extends to both the analog and digital realms. The former involves tangible encounters with the world, akin to the movements "drawn" by a flashlight and the incorporation of physical found objects. The latter, driven more by archival and documentary impulses, draws inspiration from cellular structures, textures, and surfaces. Through the creation of these photosculptures, Mia Liu breathes new meaning into the understanding of the photographic medium.
Aura Light & Drawing
74 x 70 x 17 cm
Bergger silver photographic paper,
ILFORD smooth gloss photographic paper
on Aluminium Dibond
Courtesy of the artist and UP Gallery
Aura Drawing dialogue with Anna Atkins
121 x 90.5 x 13 cm
Bergger silver photographic paper,
Bergger high definition inkjet paper
on Aluminium Dibond
Courtesy of the artist and UP Gallery
MIA LIU is a visual artist who lives and creates in Taipei. She probes into art practices via an open, liberal status like drawing. Through the traverse and collision of various psychological and physical experiences in life with the things in contact in the moment, she catalyzes a series of creations in search for “dialogues,” producing poetic scenes where everything is connected. Hence, while it is as if she produces visual art in diverse forms, ranging from spatial installation to paper sculpture, drawing, photography, video installation, botanical sculpture, etc., Mia Liu roams in the midst of and connects them as one.
絕版影像館 UP GALLERY
No.47-1, Ln. 53, Dongnan St., East Dist., Hsinchu, Taïwan
PHOTO LONDON 2024