This exhibition takes us on a journey through more than two decades of Cyrus Tang’s multidisciplinary experiments in preserving the residue and remnants of the past. The artist examines sentiments of nostalgia within memory and fantasy, fascinated by the paradox of reconstructing ephemeral mental images and sensations in permanent materials: clay, water, books, pianos, ash, and human hair.
Working across sculpture, photography, video, and installation, the artist has a distinctive style that embraces the materiality of her media, resulting in haunting and touching works that memorialise collective experiences.
Cyrus Tang, Encyclopaedia, 2016, paper ashes and porcelain, 12 × 15cm each page. Courtesy the artist, ARC ONE Gallery, Melbourne and Town Hall Gallery, Melbourne
Town Hall Gallery
26 July to 21 October 2023
Melbourne
