Tang Maohong: Exclave Con - Rehearsal Instrument

The concept of "exclave" comes from human geography and is used to convey the artist's visual experience, his knowledge structure and the experience of one's existence. It is both an illusion and an entity. Exclave Con can be seen as the creation of obstinate enclaves, that every individual is not only existing, but likewise living as an exclave without a home country. The artist created a string of logos designed for the "exclave" on a large scale. These logos refer ambiguously to some group or emotion, and dispensable self-systems, maintaining a paradoxical attitude that he always adopts towards the image.

In Tang Maohong’s work, he simultaneously references and undermines art history and popular culture. He has integrated a variety of visual elements and subject matters, producing works that inhabit the ever-blurred border between high art and popular illustration. His work is absurd, magical, humorous and confrontational, hinting that the juxtapositions of figurative objects might be more than just illusions.

Installation view