JACKY TSAI

Jacky Tsai | Reincarnation
by Unit London, 2019

Last November, we presented ‘Reincarnation’, a solo exhibition of new works by eminent Chinese contemporary artist, Jacky Tsai. Tsai works across a range of mediums including installation, sculpture and fashion. The artist’s largest UK show to date includes over twenty works and a monumental floral leather ‘Skullpture’, hanging in the centre of the gallery. The iconic skull design, originally created by Tsai for Alexander McQueen, has been adapted by the artist into a sculptural form. Timed for the opening of Asian Art in London (1 - 10 November 2018), Tsai’s practice unites cultural influences from the East and West, fusing a range of motifs on large-scale vibrant canvases. By innovatively blending Chinese craft tradition – lacquer carving, painted porcelain, silk embroidery, and guohua painting – with western pop iconography, the works stimulate new ideas relating to beauty, mortality and identity. Tsai’s imaginative use of perspective and layering create culturally harmonious and aesthetically rich narratives.

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