OUT OF THE BLUE
116 x 81 cm, acrylic on canvas, 2017
From the paternal architectural plans of the 1980s, especially those of the building where my family home is located in Taipei, I went back to my childhood memories. At home where each on his own, in a gesture of silent sharing, I used the back to elaborate my drawings while my father had used the front. The idea came to me to recreate this emotional process through time and space.
116 x 81 cm, acrylic on canvas, 2017
From the paternal architectural plans of the 1980s, especially those of the building where my family home is located in Taipei, I went back to my childhood memories. At home where each on his own, in a gesture of silent sharing, I used the back to elaborate my drawings while my father had used the front. The idea came to me to recreate this emotional process through time and space.
Group exhibition “The Interval Between” at Galerie Pierre, Taichung, Taiwan, 2025-2026
"Chen Mei-Tsen’s “Out of the Blue” series is based on architectural blueprints left by the artist’s father. Through a collaborative, four-handed approach, the artist creates works on these blueprints, opening up new possibilities. For her, painting is a way to continue the dialogue and communicate with her father, memories, and architecture. In her paintings, the “field” is no longer a measurable space but a spiritual dimension. The distance between blue and white becomes a gap in time and memory. The “Utopia” series builds on this exploration by shifting the focus from personal memory to geographical and cultural migrations. She observes the world from a wandering perspective, transforming the experience of movement into nourishment—a pursuit of identity and a coordinate of existence." by Jenny Lee