Huang Zan-Lun, Model-Goldfish 05, 2023
Oil and coloured pencils on canvas
61 x 88 x 5 cm
Condition: Very good
Artwork located in Taichung, Taiwan.
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Huang Zan-Lun was born in 1979 in Yilan, Taiwan. He holds a Master's degree in Fine Arts from Taipei National University of the Arts and currently lives and works in Yilan and Taipei.
In recent years, his solo exhibitions have been featured at the Taitung Art Museum, Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei(MoCA Taipei), Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts(KdMoFA), and Taipei Artist Village. He has also been invited to participate in international exhibitions such as the five-year international touring exhibition at the Vitra Design Museum in Germany and the Asolo Art Film Festival in Italy. His works have been exhibited at prestigious venues, including the V&A Dundee Museum, the St. Petersburg Museum, Museum Of Contemporary Art of Yinchuan, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, and the Pier-2 Art Center. In addition, he participated in the Taipower Kaohsiung Public Art Festival 2022 “Electri City II”
Huang's art focuses on creating new hybrid life forms that coexist between biology and machinery, exploring themes of symbiosis and cross-species interaction. His works critically examine how humanity negotiates its desires and values within the constraints of technological systems and regulations, questioning how humans can maintain agency and existential meaning in such contexts.
Goldfish represent a perfect example of bioengineering. Humans can selectively breed goldfish to achieve desired colours or even alter the appearance of their scales by removing them. Much like a model kit, humans often exercise their unique power and capabilities to reshape living organisms. Through his oil paintings, Huang merges the elements of goldfish and model kits, reflecting on humanity's tendency to alter ecosystems and species for their purposes.
(Photographed in May 2025)