Galaxy-dynamic sketch 5
Hsu Tang-Wei
許唐瑋
Production date
2014
Object Detail
Media
300 lbs watercolour paper, acrylic
Measurements
83 x 138 cm
Notes
Tang’s imagined world is populated with his imaginary new ‘ecotypes’ – fantastical biological phenomena that might be monstrously enlarged microbes, or they might be miniature 3D models of beings of who knows what size from the farthest reaches of the universe. Each one appears almost familiar and recognisable – but then we see it is unlike anything that exists in our world. The effect is disquieting. Arrayed in rows across a white canvas like scientific insect specimens, Tang’s invented creatures invite us to reconsider what is real.
Accession number
2016.254