{"id":398,"date":"2021-08-30T10:25:45","date_gmt":"2021-08-30T14:25:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/?p=398"},"modified":"2021-08-30T10:25:45","modified_gmt":"2021-08-30T14:25:45","slug":"shih-chieh-huang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/krrodriguez\/shih-chieh-huang\/","title":{"rendered":"Shih Chieh Huang"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">An Artist for the Future<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color is-style-wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p>Shih Chieh was born in Taiwan. He grew up exploring the bustling life of the street markets around his family home. The lights, life, people, and objects of these street markets eventually became a jumping off point for his art. One of his first sculptures included pumping highlighter ink mixed with water through plastic tubing to make a sort of glowing pseudo circulatory system.\u00a0\u00a0 His art only kept evolving from there. His pieces always focused on making art out of everyday objects. He even did an exhibit at the Worcester Art Museum entitled Reusable Universes. This art exhibit was much like many of his others it included kinetic sculptures and the creation of a sort-of alien life.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/08\/Reusable-Universes.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"393\" height=\"517\" src=\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/08\/Reusable-Universes.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"403\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/08\/Reusable-Universes.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/?attachment_id=403\" class=\"wp-image-403\" 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src=\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/08\/Organic-Concept-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"401\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/08\/Organic-Concept-2.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/?attachment_id=401\" class=\"wp-image-401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/08\/Organic-Concept-2.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/08\/Organic-Concept-2-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/08\/Organic-Concept-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/08\/Organic-Concept-2-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/08\/reuse-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/08\/reuse-1-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"404\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/08\/reuse-1.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/?attachment_id=404\" class=\"wp-image-404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/08\/reuse-1-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/08\/reuse-1-533x800.jpg 533w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/08\/reuse-1-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/08\/reuse-1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/08\/reuse-1.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Shih Chieh Huang\rVT-36, 2017\r10 x 10 x 12 feet\rmixed media\rphoto: Megan Paetzhold\rCourtesy of the artist and Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, New York<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/08\/reuse-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/08\/reuse-2-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"405\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/08\/reuse-2.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/?attachment_id=405\" class=\"wp-image-405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/08\/reuse-2-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/08\/reuse-2-533x800.jpg 533w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/08\/reuse-2-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/08\/reuse-2-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/08\/reuse-2.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Shih Chieh Huang\rVT-36, 2017\rdetail\rmixed media\r10 x 10 x 12 feet\rphoto: Megan Paetzhold\rCourtesy of the artist and Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, New York<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div style=\"height:60px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Other galleries he put together quite similarly were the Ronald Feldman Gallery and an exhibit entitled the Bright Beneath for the Smithsonian following an artist fellowship studying bioluminescence.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/08\/The-Bright-Beneath-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"402\" height=\"251\" src=\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/08\/The-Bright-Beneath-1-edited.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-409\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p>A piece that stands out in my mind is Gastress, a monumental undertaking in which Shih Cheih transformed a Victorian chandelier into a living creature. While I could spend a very long time talking about this piece, I think it is better spoken for in seeing it yourself.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Seductive Evolution of Animated Illumination 2013 : SHIH CHIEH HUANG\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9HgAHQhKIOQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>https:\/\/www.worcesterart.org\/exhibitions\/reusable-universes-shih-chieh-huang\/<br>https:\/\/www.ted.com\/speakers\/shih_chieh_huang<br>http:\/\/www.messymix.com\/<br>https:\/\/feldmangallery.com\/artist-home\/shih-chieh-huang<br>https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/art\/shih-chieh-huang-incubate-exhibition-feldman-gallery-03-25-2019\/<br>https:\/\/www.smithsonianmag.com\/smithsonian-institution\/shih-chieh-huangs-the-bright-beneath-at-the-natural-history-museum-77252159\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Artist for the Future Shih Chieh was born in Taiwan. He grew up exploring the bustling life of the street markets around his family home. The lights, life, people, and objects of these street markets eventually became a jumping off point for his art. One of his first sculptures included pumping highlighter ink mixed&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/krrodriguez\/shih-chieh-huang\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":229,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/229"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=398"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":411,"href":"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398\/revisions\/411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}