Sherry Wang 汪思廷
I'm immersed in the plant and soil vitality, both as materials in dyes and pigments and their social-cultural significance, My practice emphasizes deep bodily engagement. This includes walking, searching, touching, gathering, as well as grinding, boiling, and filtering, all in interaction with the environment and materials.
Xenogeneic Species Across Time and Space: Kandelia
Oil paints (Kandelia, Triadica sebifera, sweet potato leaves); Canvas, mirror, watercolor paper, cotton thread
In an online communication with Mr. Jiang He, who has been concerned about natural ecology for a long time, we discussed in- depth the Kandelia and wetland ecology. This led me to explore a British botanic collector Richard Oldham who came to Taiwan in 1864 to collect the "Taiwan Native Kandelia Specimen"; the distinction of Taiwanese Kandelia; and the reintroduction of the reintroduction another species of Kandelia in 1976. I was very interested in such evolution of the existing foreign species of Kandelia in Taiwan, so I developed the work 01. "Xenogeneic Species Across Time and Space: Water Pen".
This work is inspired by the "plant hunting" trend in the Victorian era. More than two hundred years after the introduction of exotic/foreign plants (non-native plants), they still significantly impact Scotland's ecological environment. What else can we do besides identifying and removing (even if challenging to eradicate)?
Pink Storms
soil 2024
tempera
Brown is soil ; blue is made from the indigo plant.
Synthetically produced paints are used for the plant body (a representation of the plants' original bright pink appearance).
Weaving
Natural Colour
Cotton, Yarn, Raffia, Tree Branches 2019
Taiwanese Rush Weaving
Triangle Rush 2021
Paper mulberry tree 2021
Traditional Tree Bark Cloth
Tayouan, Taiwan
2019-2020
local soil plates
2013
