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CHENG Po-Tsung
Born in 1982, CHENG Po-Tsung graduated from the Department of Fine Arts at National Taipei University of the Arts in 2007. This exhibition brings together his works from 2013 to 2022. He uses ordinary stationery for his paintings, from ballpoint pens, Water brush, markers, to whiteout (tape) that are easily obtained, and draws on 10cm by 10 cm post-its. Not a fan of planned creation or using “standard” painting materials, CHENG takes whatever stationery he has at hand to put down his thoughts at the moment. Among the many works named Untitled, some are semi-figurative, and some are smeared and unintelligible objects. “Watch and draw. That’s what I do. I don’t have any specific goals. Sometimes it ends up different from what I was drawing at the beginning; sometimes I am merely coloring.” The seemingly spontaneous doodling, however, poses a challenge to CHENG’s skills, since mixing colors with the ballpoint or marker pens he uses is quite difficult.
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鄭帛囪 CHENG Po-Tsung無題 Untitled, 2013-2022水彩、原子筆、油漆筆、立可白（帶）／便條紙 Watercolor, ball pen, marker, white-out on note paper3 x 4 in
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鄭帛囪 CHENG Po-Tsung無題 Untitled, 2013-2022水彩、原子筆、油漆筆、立可白（帶）／便條紙 Watercolor, ball pen, marker, white-out on note paper3 x 4 in
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鄭帛囪 CHENG Po-Tsung無題 Untitled, 2013-2022水彩、原子筆、油漆筆、立可白（帶）／便條紙 Watercolor, ball pen, marker, white-out on note paper3 x 4 in
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鄭帛囪 CHENG Po-Tsung無題 Untitled, 2013-2022水彩、原子筆、油漆筆、立可白（帶）／便條紙 Watercolor, ball pen, marker, white-out on note paper3 x 4 in
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鄭帛囪 CHENG Po-Tsung無題 Untitled, 2013-2022水彩、原子筆、油漆筆、立可白（帶）／便條紙 Watercolor, ball pen, marker, white-out on note paper3 x 4 in
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鄭帛囪 CHENG Po-Tsung無題 Untitled, 2013-2022水彩、原子筆、油漆筆、立可白（帶）／便條紙 Watercolor, ball pen, marker, white-out on note paper3 x 4 in
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鄭帛囪 CHENG Po-Tsung無題 Untitled, 2013-2022水彩、原子筆、油漆筆、立可白（帶）／便條紙 Watercolor, ball pen, marker, white-out on note paper3 x 4 in
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鄭帛囪 CHENG Po-Tsung無題 Untitled, 2013-2022水彩、原子筆、油漆筆、立可白（帶）／便條紙 Watercolor, ball pen, marker, white-out on note paper3 x 4 in
7.6 x 10 cmSold
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The use of stationery pens for painting comes from his habit of drawing in textbooks or test papers back when he was in middle and high school. As opposed to “formal painting” in art classrooms while studying fine arts at National Taipei University of the Arts, he preferred the freedom of creation in his own little corner of a café, where he can articulate his thoughts and feelings on post-its without any constraints. These 10-by-10cm squares are reminders of staying true to his original aspiration for painting since the very beginning.
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CHENG's notebooks ( Photo by CHENG Po-Tsung )
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鄭帛囪 CHENG Po-Tsung無題 Untitled, 2013-2022水彩、原子筆、油漆筆、立可白（帶）／便條紙 Watercolor, ball pen, marker, white-out on note paper3 x 4 in
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鄭帛囪 CHENG Po-Tsung無題 Untitled, 2013-2022水彩、原子筆、油漆筆、立可白（帶）／便條紙 Watercolor, ball pen, marker, white-out on note paper3 x 4 in
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鄭帛囪 CHENG Po-Tsung無題 Untitled, 2013-2022水彩、原子筆、油漆筆、立可白（帶）／便條紙 Watercolor, ball pen, marker, white-out on note paper3 x 4 in
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鄭帛囪 CHENG Po-Tsung無題 Untitled, 2013-2022水彩、原子筆、油漆筆、立可白（帶）／便條紙 Watercolor, ball pen, marker, white-out on note paper3 x 4 in
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鄭帛囪 CHENG Po-Tsung無題 Untitled, 2013-2022水彩、原子筆、油漆筆、立可白（帶）／便條紙 Watercolor, ball pen, marker, white-out on note paper3 x 4 in
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鄭帛囪 CHENG Po-Tsung無題 Untitled, 2013-2022水彩、原子筆、油漆筆、立可白（帶）／便條紙 Watercolor, ball pen, marker, white-out on note paper3 x 4 in
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For CHENG Po-Tsung, the numerous small paintings of the same size, all named Untitled, are like his personal visual diaries. His painting style is characterized by abstract expressionism deriving from the vivid expressiveness of the shapes and writing-esque brushwork and lines. In the flowing blocks of color and brush strokes, he narrates what’s running through his mind that belongs solely to him and documents the inner landscape of his life experiences.
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鄭帛囪 CHENG Po-Tsung無題 Untitled, 2013-2022水彩、原子筆、油漆筆、立可白（帶）／便條紙 Watercolor, ball pen, marker, white-out on note paper3 x 4 in
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鄭帛囪 CHENG Po-Tsung無題 Untitled, 2013-2022水彩、原子筆、油漆筆、立可白（帶）／便條紙 Watercolor, ball pen, marker, white-out on note paper3 x 4 in
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鄭帛囪 CHENG Po-Tsung無題 Untitled, 2013-2022水彩、原子筆、油漆筆、立可白（帶）／便條紙 Watercolor, ball pen, marker, white-out on note paper3 x 4 in
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鄭帛囪 CHENG Po-Tsung無題 Untitled, 2013-2022水彩、原子筆、油漆筆、立可白（帶）／便條紙 Watercolor, ball pen, marker, white-out on note paper3 x 4 in
7.6 x 10 cmSold
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LIU Wen Hao
LIU Wen Hao, born in 1995, is currently pursuing his master’s degree in fine arts at the National Taipei University of the Arts. This exhibition showcases three set pieces in his Penjing series created in 2022, including Evergreen and Troubleshoot. Chinese penjing is designed and constructed renditions of “natural landscapes” in miniature. To make the plants appear in perfect arrangement, external forces such as wires and tapes are used to restrict their natural growth, thus changing their forms. LIU believes penjing resembles people—the external forces are like social frameworks that impose norms and constraints on people, so he began using penjing to develop his graphic narratives. For instance, the three paintings in Troubleshoot depict how the plant grows into different shapes after removing one by one the “x’s” at its bottom.
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A joint exhibition of CHENG Po-Tsung and LIU Wen Hao at ESLITE GALLERY will be on view starting July 2, 2022. Respectively born in the 80s and 90s, CHENG and LIU both graduated with a degree in fine arts. Their paintings either present the images flowing in their heads in everyday life or are creative approaches that explore and echo their life experiences. Despite differences in their expression, they both convey some sort of resistance to the “framework” imposed by art and society. Whether it’s CHENG Po-Tsung’s use of unconventional materials, or LIU Wen Hao’s fierce-looking plants, they are all intended to break the fetters of conformity through the process of painting and find the free nature of creation and life.
CHENG Po-Tsung, LIU Wen Hao
Opening : 02 July (Sat.)丨3 - 5pm
Date : 02 July – 30 July, 2022
Address : ESLITE GALLERY∣B1, No. 88, Yanchang Rd., Xinyi Dist., Taipei City 110055, Taiwan ( eslite spectrum Songyan Store )
Opening Hours : 11am - 7pm, Tuesday – Saturday ( closed on Sunday and Monday )
