WU MEICHI

In her XXY - The Space of Thing series, scenes of light and reflection are used to produce images of distorted flowers, stones, and geometric shapes. With XYX - A Moveable Feast, plastic sheets, glassware, and fruits are distorted even more, stretched and duplicated in myriad ways across textured surfaces. Works from this series were exhibited in the group show Summer Showcase II, at aura gallery taipei in in 2017.

YXX – The Flares, represents the third iteration of her practice in working with color, light, practical manipulation, and curated objects, creating portals to unseen dimensions where the familiar pieces of everyday are pulled and cut apart. A progression can be seen with the titular “Y” of her three series. As it moves through the titles, the works seem to become subject to greater forces of volatility. Accelerating towards a final entropy. The glossy surfaced images act as frictionless planes where objects move with increasing speed through hyperbolic space and light.

Wu MeiChi’s selection of objects gestures towards another aspect of vivid imagery, that of consumer goods and consumption. In the disarray of her works we see items and materials that stem from a culture of disposability. Colored wig, clear containers, and plastic trinkets are bent, twisted, and refracted in the YXX – The Flares series. These kitsch materials reveal an innate beauty and charm within the growing disorder.

Through Wu MeiChi’s latest series, we can observe the artist’s singular ability to meaningfully consider the malleability of images through an analysis of artifice and illusion, as well as collection and display.