Previous Next “Bagasse Missile“, “Lat Pulldown Machine“ and “Ethanol Distillery“ are a part of “The Limit is the Turbulent Skies” at MoNTUE Museum LO Yi-Chu n’s installation trilogy traces the evolving roles of sugarcane as it moves through diverse historical and political contexts, including agriculture, colonial expansion, military industry, mass production, and contemporary body politics. …
“Colonel Reading Letters” is presented at “Frieze Seoul 2025” by Mind Set Art Center. “Colonel Reading Letters” is a piece of artwork composed of air-dried banana peels. This work reimagines Gabriel García Márquez’s novel No One Writes to the Colonel. In the story, the colonel dresses in his best attire every Friday, waiting for a letter …
Previous Next “Big Vases and the Exotic Landscapes” is represented in “SUNDAY: Contemporary Art on Migrant Workers in Taiwan” at Tainan Art Museum It is interesting to note that since ancient times, vases have carried images of exotic landscapes. However, for migrants who work and live away from home, landscapes are not only regional customs …
“Banana Taiwan Japan Philippines” a part of “South Plus: Constructing Historical Pluralism Ⅲ ─ Ocean in Us: Southern Visions of Women Artists” at Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts “Banana Taiwan Japan Philippines” is an installation composed of air-dried banana peels that resembles the glorious banana market in Taiwanese during 1950~1970. It is the first banana …
“Deer Rug” a part of “VOC, Sea Monsters, Artillery Fire, and Them: 400 Years of Fort Zeelandia” at Tainan Art Museum “Deer Rug” is an animal hide composed of air-dried banana peels that resembles the Taiwanese Sika deer. I created it at the same time as my “Tropical Collection” (2016) during my residency at the …
A new work inspired by the recent research trip to the Caribbean “The Great Dark Fleet” is an artwork created using dried banana peels that symbolize capitalism, particularly the business practices of the American multinational fruit companies of the 20th century that operated between Central America, the Caribbean, and the United States. The title of …
“Carbohydrate Fueling Cycle” at the Hakka Cultural Centre “Carbohydrate Fueling Cycle I, II, III” is a continuation of the “Molasses, Ethanol, Fitness Workshops, Just What Is It That Makes Today’s Life So Different, So Appealing?
Lo Yi-Chun’s work Taste of Ocean, 2018, which used sun-dried banana peels to create lines resembling ink drawings related to the lives of migrant workers in Taiwan, is included in the group show Living the Days at Yu-Hsiu Museum. Living the DaysDate | 2023.9.16 – 2024.2.18Venue | Yu-Hsiu Museum Collaborators | Mind Set Art Center, galerie nichido …
Here Is Where We Are, Chiayi Art Museum Yi-Chun LO participates in the exhibition “Here Is Where We Meet” which is in collaboration with the Tianmei Art Foundation and Chiayi Art Museum. This exhibition references Here Is Where We Meet by English art critic and novelist, John Berger, and alludes to the metaphorical encounters throughout different stages …
From Banana Plantation to The Sugarcane Coast: An Artist’s journey in Central and South America Lo Yi-Chun completed a five-month research trip to South and Central America to better understand the history and development of cash crops in the region. She began in Brazil, the largest sugar producer in the world and visited sites of …
