Queens Library's "Line" Exhibit Draws Viewers In

Queens Library's "Line" Exhibit Draws Viewers In

Black lights, typically the stuff of basement parties and music stores, have taken center stage — at a library, of all places.

The black light installation by artist Lishan Chang is part of an exhibit now on display at the Queens Library Gallery in Jamaica. The free show, which presents work from seven different artists, takes a new approach to line drawing.

“I was looking for work that spoke to the idea of drawing through the use of line, but wasn’t necessarily a drawing,” said Juliana Driever, the gallery’s curator. 

She found just that from artists including Jose Ruiz, whose “Blindfolded Essay” uses text to create the shape of a person wearing a dark mask. Up close, the words are legible, but step back a few feet and the human form takes shape, rendering the words indistinguishable.

There’s also Doreen McCarthy’s “Circulation,” a three-dimensional piece comprised of connected, white, inflatable circles. It’s as tall as a person and because it sits front and center in the gallery, is equally visible to someone perusing nearby library shelves or walking through the exhibit.

“The scale of the piece was really crucial,” said McCarthy, who has worked with inflatable materials for more than a decade. “I wanted it to be somewhat human, but also architectural. I wanted to invite people to interact with it, be engaged, have a physical experience with it.”

This notion of interacting with art is counterintuitive, but it makes the exhibit user-friendly and accessible, particularly important for a gallery in the middle of a public library. Driever, who has worked at the library’s gallery for almost two years, said her aim is for the shows to provide this type of access. 

“Everything we have here at the gallery is for our community,” she said. “My goal is to bring stellar exhibits of contemporary art to Queens and specifically, to Jamaica.”

The community seems to be responding positively. Isador Monsanto twice brought his son, Zachary, to the show, the second time at the request of the 8-year-old. The pair said they liked the sketches of the robot Domo, by Pia Lindman, and Chang’s black light installation, which is housed in a separate room at the back of the gallery.

“The first time I went in there, I thought, ‘How did they do that?’” Zachary said, referring to the way a black light makes white or light material glow. “I thought they just put a light in my shirt.”

Even artist Carol Warner, who has six pieces on display, said she enjoyed Chang’s black light room and the rest of the exhibit.

“It’s so much about line, but I probably wouldn’t have thought that without seeing the material in that context,” she said. 

Warner’s work is some of the most colorful in the room. She takes images from magazines, cuts them into strips of different widths, and weaves them together. Minus any contextual clues, the shapes within the art are somewhat hard to distinguish. But their vibrant colors draw viewers in.

“My work is about line (and) about paper — the paper as a line,” Warner said. “(Juliana) just found so many different variations on the idea of something simple. I was thrilled to be a part of it.”

Driever seems to have succeeded not only in engaging the Queens community, but the artists involved as well.

“It’s been great. The community always loves all the exhibitions we do,” Driever said. “All of the artists were really enthusiastic and very happy with the way (the exhibit) came together.”

“Line (Drawing)” is on display at the Queens Library Gallery until Jan. 13. Hours are 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, and noon to 5 p.m. on Sunday. Admission is free.

For more information, call (718) 990-8665 or visit http://www.queenslibrary.org/gallery.

Queens Library Gallery Current Event

Line(Drawing)--Queens Library Gallery

Lishan Chang, Frame to the Other End, 2005-2006. Mixed media installation. Installation view at Crystal Art Gallery, NY. Image courtesy the artist.

LISHAN CHANG
Multi-media artist Lishan Chang creates spaces in which viewers are invited to let their imaginations run rampant, eventually reaching a higher plane. Chang accomplishes this through multi-media installations that ask viewers to consider their relationships with themselves, others and their environment. Although Chang is interested in conveying artistic ideas beyond linguistic barriers, his work encourages dialogue among viewers, as well as between viewers and himself.

Lishan Chang studied at the Taipei National University of Arts, Taipei, Taiwan. He recently has been awarded residencies at the International Studio and Curatorial Program (2007/2008) and Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (2006/2007). Chang currently lives and works in New York City.

PARTICIPATING ARTISTS:

Lishan Chang | Charles Kelton | Jana Leo | Pia Lindman | Doreen McCarthy | José Ruiz | Carol Warner |

Lishan Chang's "Time" - Photos of Jamaica Flux

Artist Lishan Chang's Time in King Manor Park, Jamaica Avenue, between 150th and 153rd Streets, Jamaica, NY

Aesthetic takeover: Artists, community, combine for redux of JCAL's "Jamaica Flux"

Jamaica Flux 2007 - Review and Visitors Guide

From John Roleke

Jamaica Flux: Workspaces & Windows 2007: Jamaica Flux:

Workspaces & Windows 2007, a public art event along Jamaica Avenue and

nearby areas of downtown Jamaica.

• September 29 - November 17, 2007
• Many of the artist performances are only on weekends.
• Schedule -JCAL website
• See -Photos of Jamaica Flux

Organized by the non-profit Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning (JCAL), Jamaica Flux: Workspaces & Windows 2007 follows the first Jamaica Flux held in 2004. This year's involves 25 artists and artist collectives creating 25 site-specific art works along Jamaica Avenue and nearby streets, and plenty of interaction with the Jamaica, Queens, community.

Highlight - Counter Culture Cash, Real Public Art: The large group show is a bit uneven, and some of the pieces -- like bus stop and phone booth posters -- are expected, though interesting. But overall the show's quality is high, led by Counter Culture Cash an excellent conceptual and interactive project by artists Anna Stein and Athena Robles. How much more interactive and accessible can you get than money as art?

The artists give their "Jamaican Bucks" to people willing to sit for portraits at the 165th Street pedestrian mall. They even convinced a few local businesses to accept this seriously local currency. Seeing the Art - Start at King Manor Park : The show coalesces in downtown Jamaica's largest open space, King Manor Park, with the work of five artists.

• King Manor Park - Jamaica Ave, between 150th and 153rd Sts, Jamaica, NY 
• Getting There - E Subway to Jamaica Center - then walk one block to Jamaica Ave and turn left. Two blocks to King Manor 

Park King Manor Park is the home of the King Manor Museum, an historic home. It's also a busy, local park, just a few acres in size.

Lishan Chang's Time is the show's most visible artwork, huge sheaths of plastic stretched between tree trunks and limbs on the park's southwest. It's worth spending some time watching the sun dance on the plastic and the park-goers puzzle over its meaning.

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Trees and Transparency in Downtown Jamaica

Easily the most eye-catching and remarked-upon installation at Jamaica Flux is artist Lishan Chang's Time. Chang has wrapped plastic around and between trees at the King Manor Park, just off Jamaica Avenue in downtown Jamaica, Queens. The site-specific installation Time is part of Jamaica Flux: Workspaces & Windows 2007.

Jamaica Flux Brings New Meaning to Public Art

張力山版畫系列作品在威廉帕森大學展出

Public Program at Art in General

Wednesday, September 26, 2007 at 6:30 pm
Out of the Studio #6

A presentation and discussion regarding service-based art practices with ISCP artists in residence Lishan Chang (Tawain) and Ruben Ochoa (Los Angeles), Ana Prvacki (Singapore), participant in the group exhibition 25 Years Later: Welcome to Art in General currently on view at the UBS Art Gallery in New York, and with an introduction by Herb Tam (New York), associate curator, Exit Art. This program takes place at Art in General, and is free and open to the general public.

Out of the Studio is a series of public programs at Art in General presenting artists and curators in residence at the International Studio and Curatorial Program (ISCP) along with artists participating in Art in General's program. This is the sixth program in the series.

ART IN GENERAL 79 Walker Street | New York, NY 10013 | Tel 212-219-0473 |
www.artingeneral.org | info@artingeneral.org

'Float' Drifts Into Socrates Sculpture Park - -The New York Sun

Lishan Chang featured in NY Times

紐約蘇格拉底雕塑公園展出張力山裝置作品

紐約蘇格拉底雕塑公園展出張力山裝置作品

【大紀元8月20日報導】（中央社記者林琳紐約十九日專電）紐約東河岸「蘇格拉底雕塑公園」今夏的「飄浮」特展，邀請台灣旅美裝置藝術家張力山，展出他以膠膜環繞樹木形成的半透明迴廊裝置；觀展者游走其間，感受光影及景觀的變幻，別有一番趣味。

「飄浮」特展是策展人莎拉．萊思曼自二零零三年開始，為「蘇格拉底雕塑公園」在夏季設計的雙年展。今年展出的作品除了大型裝置，還有錄影，主題則圍繞在時空的轉換。

萊思曼表示，她很欣賞張力山作品呈現的意境，所以在二零零四年就邀請張力山把作品帶到雕塑公園。透過膠膜的半透明圍牆觀賞周邊的河岸、綠樹與草地，每個人在不同的時間、光線及角度下，看到的景觀都不一樣。

蘇格拉底公園是紐約藝術家和社區人士，將東河河濱的一片垃圾及填土形成的空地整理及植樹建立的社區公園。藝術家在這片可以遠眺曼哈坦的綠地上樹立了大型的金屬裝置、石雕及其他媒材的藝術作品，開放民眾遊園參觀。這個成立了二十一年的公園已成為美國著名的露天藝術展場。

除了園裡固定的裝置及雕塑作品，兩年舉行一次的「飄浮」特展也吸引許多民眾參觀。由八月十一日到二十六日的特展，在週末的下午還有音樂家演奏。

Float 2007 (Socrates Sculpture Park)

Socrates Sculpture Park is pleased to announce the 2007 edition of Float, a biennial series of time-based and ephemeral works installed and performed throughout the Park on Saturdays and Sundays in August. Launched in 2003, Float was first organized in response to Socrates Sculpture Park's location on the East River waterfront. In 2005, locational and relational aesthetics were emphasized, and now, in 2007, the series takes up the theme of nostalgia for a future past, and focuses on a wider range of media to include a concert series, a discursive newsprint publication and blog, several performative installations, and a video program.

CURATED BY SARA REISMAN
COORDINATED BY SHAUN LEONARDO

INSTALLATIONS: Lishan Chang, Lieven de Boeck, Sheila Ross Laura Ten Eyck with Fletch, Todd Knopke, Ted McGurn Derrick Wilson, Jan Rothuizen, Saya Woolfalk

VIDEOS: Robert Boyd, William Lamson, Shana Moulton, Ola Vasiljeva

PERFORMANCES: Kambui Olujimi, Shana Moulton, Saya Woolfalk

PRINT/WEB: When Art (Or In What Regard): A Collaborative Project Initiated by Jeanette Doyle with Soledad Arias, Nathalie Angles, Koan Jeff Baysa, Dave Beech, Dan Cameron, Jinkee Choi, Eva Diaz, Aniko Erdosi, Georgina Jackson, Paddy Johnson, Raimundas Malasauskas, Rebecca Gordon Nesbitt, Paul O'Neill, Sarah Pierce, Aisling Prior, Sebastian Romo, Mick Wilson, Raul Zamudio, and others.

CONCERTS: Organized by Tara Sansone

CHIN CHIN, EL MICHELS AFFAIR, THE BUDOS BAND
August 11 / 4PM

THE FIERY FURNACES
August 26 / 4PM

SIGN UP HERE FOR KAMBUI OLUJIMI'S
ROCK SKIPPING CONTEST August 12 / 1PM
This contest is for all ages- and you can even bring your own rocks!

Send an e-mail to kn@socratessculpturepark.org
(Titled "ROCK SKIPPING CONTEST", write your name and age in body of the e-mail)

SUMU Residency (Turku, Finland)

INSTALLAATIO KOKO MIES

Lishan Chang muutti New Yorkiin Taiwanista vuonna 1997 ja päätti ruveta taiteilijaksi. Eikä todellakaan helpoimman kautta.

- En koskaan mene sääntöjen mukaan, genren tai trendin. Aasialainen kulttuuri ja filosofia ovat muokanneet minusta sen, mitä nyt satun olemaan. Tietenkin se vaikuttaa siihen, kuinka taiteen näen ja koen. 

Chang päätyi New Yorkiin vuonna 1997 ja on siitä saakka työskennellyt intohimonsa parissa. Miehen puheessa taide on melkein mennä vaimonkin edelle. 

Changin päätyö alkoi muodostua vuosien saatossa. Myöhemmin hän nimesi sen Transitioniksi. Kuvissaan ja videoissaan hän käsittelee omalla tavallaan elämää, kulisseina logistisen alan ympyrät. Id - by Van valmistui 1999, Bridge - by Truck valmistui 2001, Stop Transition - in Warehouse vuonna 2005. 

Maan alta hän tuli töineen vasta vuoden 2003 korvilla, ja ensimmäinen merkkipaalu oli yhteisnäyttely Queens Museumissa.

- Se näyttely on minulle hyvin merkittävä. Siellä oli materiaalia Id - by Van -projektistani. Viimein sain kartutettua materiaalia sen verran, että pystyin pitämään näyttelyitä omin päin. 

Selittelyt jätetään muille

- Oikeastaan olen aika hiljainen ihminen. Jätän selittelyt muille ja keskityn itse asiaan, taiteen tekemiseen, mies sanoo. 

Chang on pelottavankin yksioikoinen, kun hän puhuu töistään. Taide ei ole vain taidetta, vaan se on missio läpi elämän.

- Näyttely minun osaltani valmistuu siinä vaiheessa, kun näen Titanikin tilan. 

Kyse on installaatiosta. Chang filosofoi, että osa sitä voi olla turkulainen aurinko tai jokin satunnainen jokirannan asia. Changin työt ovat installaatioita, valokuvia ja videoita. Hän ottaa kantaa ja katselee asioita hieman omalta kannaltaan, hieman sivusta. Changin kuvat ja taide ovat enemmänkin huomioita häntä ympäröivästä maailmasta kuin alleviivaavan kantaa ottavia töitä. 

Suomen visiitiltään hän odottaa rauhaa ja rakkautta.

- Pääasia, että olemme elossa ja saamme tehdä taidetta.

ANTTI ARVAJA

Sumu/Residenssiperiodi, Lishan Chang (USA), to 28.6. asti, Titanik, ti-pe 12-18, la-su 12-16, Itäinen Rantakatu 8. www.changlishan.com

芬蘭駐村藝術家專訪

Taiwan: From Within The Mist

Exhibition Title: Taiwan: From Within The Mist 

An unforgettable exhibition at Sioux Falls..... Mayor of the city of Sioux Falls proclaim May 18th, 2007 as TAIWAN DAY.

Exhibition locations and time frames are as follows: 

Washington Pavilion of Arts and Science in Sioux Falls, South Dakota: 05/18/07 – 08/19/07

Centre A - Vancouver International Centre for Contemporary Asian Art: 09/14/07-10/19/07

University of Indianapolis- Christel Dehaan Fine Arts Center and Ransbury Gallery in the State of Indiana: 11/12/07-12/07/07

The Illges Gallery, Columbus State University in the State of Georgia: 01/17/08 – 02/24/08

National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts in Taiwan: 05/31/08 – 08/03/08

The twenty one participating artists are: Chang, Lishan、Chang, Shin Yu、 Chen, Agi、Chen, Ching Yao、Chen, Yung Hsien、G-8 Art Public Relations Consulting Company、Ho, MengChuan、Hsu, Tang-Wei、Kuo, Hui Chan、Daniel Lee、 Li, Sih-Huei、Lin, Hsin Yueh、Lu, Hao-Yuan、Peng, Hung Chih、Shi, Jin Hua、 Shy Gong、Tu, Wei Cheng、Wang, Ming-Ren、Wang, Wu、Yao, Jui Chung、Yuan, Goang Ming.

LMCC Open Studio

LMCC's WORKSPACE OPEN STUDIO WEEKEND

30 artists. 2 spaces. 1 weekend.

April 27-29, 2007

120 Broadway, 8th Fl + 200 Hudson St, 4th Fl

Events

All events are free and open to the public. RSVP is required.

www.lmcc.net/openstudios

Friday, April 27

6-10PM Opening parties at both spaces.

Saturday, April 28

1-6PM Both spaces open to the public.

3-4PM An Offbeat Walking Tour with Robert Jay Kaufman

5-6PM Moving Pictures: Screening @ 120 Broadway, 8th Fl

Sunday, April 29

1-6PM Both spaces open to the public.

4-5:30PM Open Texts: Poetry, Fiction and Performance from writers-in-residence Jill Magi (with Jonny Farrow, musician/sound artist) and Ranbir Sidhu @ 200 Hudson St, 4th Fl

The Folding Library

張力山版畫系列作品在威廉帕特森大學展出

台灣旅美藝術家張力山應邀在新澤西州州立威廉帕特森大學版畫系，展出一系列版畫概念延伸平面作品。//中央社

【大紀元4月13日報導】（中央社記者林琳紐約十二日專電）台灣旅美藝術家張力山應新澤西州州立威廉帕特森大學版畫系之邀，在校內畫廊展出一系列由版畫概念延伸出的平面作品。

張力山在紐約的裝置作品展曾獲好評。不論在媒材及作品的意境上總有新意的張力山，這次展出的十九幅作品以「從一到無限」為主題，每一件作品都是以他過去的平面作品為基本素材。

他將反映生活經驗的素描及攝影作品以拼貼版的手法構圖，再透過電腦科技多重製版，創作出一系列充滿立體感的作品。

張力山表示，這項展覽是由版畫家廖修平與威廉帕特森大學版畫系系主任叢志遠教授共同促成。近年來他在紐約的創作及展覽以裝置及攝影作品為主，這次展出的版畫系列是新的嘗試。熟悉張力山作品的觀展者可以感受到這些作品所呈現出的創作者豐富的視覺經驗。

在紐約摸索創作多年的張力山，創作的執著及創意愈來愈受肯定。每年都有上千名全球藝術工作者積極爭取的紐約「曼哈頓下城文化委員會」提供的三十個駐村藝術家名額，張力山今年成為第一位非美國本土華人藝術家駐村。

2007年文建會駐村藝術人選出爐

文建會於昨(15)日公告「第8屆視覺與表演藝術人才出國駐村名單」，駐村地點包括美國、法國與捷克等6個國際藝術村。「視覺與表演藝術人才出國駐村及交流計劃」，將藝術家送至海外各個重要藝術機構進行交流與在地創作的計畫，此項政策看似低調，卻是台灣「文化全球化」與「另類外交」的重大實踐。

在經過公開徵選暨嚴謹的初、複審程序後，「第8屆視覺與表演藝術人才出國駐村及交流計劃」，獲選名單如下:
視覺藝術類--黃蘭雅、張力山獲選紐約「ISCP國際藝術工作室」駐村；林仁信、張瑛玲獲選美國「安德森牧場藝術中心」駐村；王綺穗獲選捷克契斯基克倫洛夫市席勒美術中心「Egon Schiele Art Centrum」駐村；陳松志、吳東龍、葉怡利獲選法國巴黎「Cite Internationale des Arts」駐村；另推薦王俊棋、郭嘉羚、林筱芳與徐鳴將由洛杉磯「第十八街藝術特區」甄選2名駐村；推薦王俊棋、陳姝里與華建強共3位，由法國巴黎「CAMAC」甄選1名駐村；。
表演藝術類--蘇文棋、李子聲與孫梲泰3位獲選法國巴黎「Cite Internationale des Arts」駐村。

該計畫於96年初共計有34位報名，再由文建會邀請會外表演與視覺藝術類評審於同年1月26日初選後選出21位入選者，再經2月2日複審，共選出14名藝術家分別赴3個國家6個藝術村參與駐村甄選計畫。

文建會表示，該計畫肇始於民國89年，每年甄選國內視覺藝術家，94年並增加表演藝術家分別前往美國、法國與捷克等6個國際藝術村，進行駐村創作交流計畫，目前辦理已滿7屆，共辦理選送51位藝術家駐村交流返國，獲得極大迴響。這些藝術家歸國後有些持續在國內進行創作發展，有些則因駐村之機緣在海外獲得市場機會。「駐村計畫」不僅使得文建會的文化交流更加具彈性與實質成效，對個別藝術家更帶來創作歷程的巨大刺激，可謂是藝文圈最具共識的政策之一。

資料來源: 行政院文化建設委員會
新聞聯絡人：周彥璋(02)2343-4127

張力山獲韓文化中心邀展裝置作品「新之境

【大紀元2月2日報導】（中央社記者林琳紐約一日專電）「紐約曼哈頓下城文化委員會」駐村藝術家張力山獲紐約韓國文化中心之邀，在文化中心藝廊展出螢光棉線及溫暖的橘色色調營造的「新之境」。
張力山在週三晚間的開幕式中表示，「新之境」的環境營造意在突破人們對於上天下地的認知。走進藝術家營造的環境，確有點天地渾然一片的感覺。仰望絲絲垂落的螢光棉線像綿密的稻田，而黑燈管投射在地板上的流蘇卻讓人有流動的印象。

觀展者其實也是張力山裝置藝術的一部分。游走在溫暖的橘色環境裡人影和布幔光束上投射出忽隱忽現的五線譜，讓人有似真似幻的感覺。張力山表示，「新之境」是交融著過去與未來、真實與夢境的時光隧道。投射在布幔上的「影像視覺譜」是作曲家賴嘉玲即興音樂作品，使用影像作為樂譜的紀錄，希望能啟發觀展者內心深處的個人樂章。

張力山的裝置作品善用媒材表達理念。他藉著創作探討生命的過程及時空的無限，頗能喚起共鳴。這項個展展期至三月二日。四月六日至二十日，張力山的裝置作品「從一到無限」將在新澤西州 William PatersonUniversity 的藝廊展出，七月份他受邀參加 JamaicaCenter for Arts and Learning的聯展。

張力山作品在韓國文化中心展出

裝置藝術「新之境」亦幻亦真

【文：謝朝宗/圖：葉誌華】

正在曼哈頓下城文化委員會(Lower Manhattan Cultural Council）駐村藝術家張力山，於1月31日起，受邀在韓國文化中心個展發表裝置作品"新之境"，由台灣文建會贊助展出。

張力山運用螢光棉線，結合觀念性音樂的影像，裝置整個展覽空間。透過黑燈管的投射，製造出一道道的光束從天而降。整個展場使用螢光橘紅為主要色調，製造出一個被溫暖色彩環繞的空間。

新之境，很重要的一部份，是將參與者自身的經驗與感受，考慮其中。就好像是走進了時光隧道，交融著過去與未來；真實與夢境的情景，在參與者的腦海裡，產生私密的對話。

當觀眾進入了新之境，其身上所有對螢光燈反應之衣物，立即成為展覽其中的一個物件。自由穿梭遊走，如同一個個漂浮體在宇宙中漫步。昏暗中，螢光線、流動的影像、以及進出的漂浮體(觀眾)，交互著模糊關係。因為黑暗與螢光，所產生的視覺差，提供給觀眾一種身處異地的視覺經驗。觀眾眼裡所看見的，交織投射在五片布幕的影像，好似看一部電影，一幕幕的情節，才映入眼簾，卻又消失得無影無蹤。

螢光棉線到了螢幕前，從光束化身為五線譜的角色。影像內容，是與作曲家賴嘉玲合作的【影像視覺譜】，是一首寫給任何編制的即興音樂作品。使用影像作為樂譜的紀錄，不再僅限記於五線譜上的音符。用一種我們從未思考，或不熟悉的方式，提供音樂記錄另一種可能性。在這展覽中，並沒有安排即興樂團的演出。然而，透過影像視覺譜，以及當下的體驗，觀眾一樣能在其內心聽到屬於個人的樂章。

新之境，展期自1月31日起至3月2日，韓國畫廊（Gallery Korea)地址；460 Park Ave.(@57th St.), 6th Fl. New York, NY 10022，洽詢電話；1-212-759-9550或上網查詢http://www.koreanculture.org/。畫廊開放時間為星期一到星期五，早上10時至下午5時。

來源：世界日報

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