RAD ART FAIR 2026

The Postcard is a collection of 12 pencil drawings that evokes a profound critique of the book “The Diseases of China, including Formosa and Korea” by W. Hamilton Jefferys and James L. Maxwell, published in 1911. Drawing from the book’s disturbing portrayal, which links specific virus types to particular racial groups, the artist delves into the colonial perspective held by Europeans towards others. The illustrations in the book exclusively depict Asian individuals, reinforcing a troubling colonial view that exoticises and stigmatises certain populations. In response, the artist recreates these illustrations by abstracting the images into shadow-like representations. Employing an inkjet printing method, the artist meticulously constructs each line, methodically working from the top to the bottom of the image. Through this process of recreation, The Postcard challenges the dehumanising nature of the original illustrations and exposes the underlying biases embedded in colonial narratives.

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Musquiqui Chihying (b. 1985, Taipei) is a visual artist and a filmmaker who resides and works in Taipei and Berlin. His artistic endeavors explore the entanglements of post- and trans-modernity in the Global South, postcolonial identity, and the politics of technology. Working with moving images, sound, and music, he develops narrative vocabularies that unsettle dominant regimes of representation and propose alternative perspectives on the interconnectedness of human and ecological systems. His current research engages with Afro-Asian maritime histories, from the circuits of indentured labour in the Indian Ocean to contemporary infrastructural and smart-city projects led by Chinese technology corporations in Africa. Through these inquiries, Chihying situates aesthetic practice as a critical site for rethinking transoceanic exchange, colonial legacies, and planetary modernity. Musquiqui Chihying’s works have been exhibited in numerous international art institutions, including National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, MMK Museum Für Moderne Kunst, Fundació Joan Miró Museum, HKW Haus der Kulturen der Welt in Berlin, Migros Museum of Contemporary art in Switzerland, Art Sonje Center in Seoul, Centre Pompidou in Paris, Power Station of Art in Shanghai, UCCA Center for Contemporary Art in Beijing, MoCA Museum of Contemporary Art in Taipei, among others. His film works have been screened at various film festivals, including Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland, Berlin International Film Festival in Germany, Rotterdam Film Festival in the Netherlands, and the Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival. In 2023, he was awarded the Tung Chung Prize by The Hong Foundation in Taiwan. In 2019, he received the LOOP Video Art Award from the Han Nefkens Foundation and the Joan Miró Foundation in Spain. He is a member of the Taiwanese art group Fuxinghen Studio and leads the Research Lab of Image and Sound (RLIS), focusing on media technology and image politics research.