Ching-Yuan CHANG

Born in 1960, Pingtung, Chang Ching-Yuan is a respected ceramic artist,professor and curator. Chang’s work is deeply rooted in his reflection on Taiwan’s identity. Sincethe 2000s, Chang created a series of works under this theme, often taking iconographies fromChinese traditional culture as metaphors of the relationship between parent culture andsubculture. Included in these series is Rock with No Name, where he made ‘scholar rocks’ withstoneware glazed in vibrant colours and position them inside containers or on stands ofinappropriate size/ material, creating an awkward juxtaposition. The scholar’s rock has alwaysfascinated Chang as a material projection of utopia among Chinese literati culture.