展期:11月7日到29日, 2009

開幕式: 11月7日, 晚上7~10點; 9點 滑稽歌舞團表演。
展覽地點: Young Blood Gallery (636 N. Highland Ave. Atlanta, GA | 30306)

T. 678. 793. 5738

九月份雜誌封面--新娘, 黑色原子筆、現成新娘雜誌,, 8 X 10 inches

美麗總是承諾，但從未給予       –By Simon Weil

”複製流行”是一項歷時一年的複製流行雜誌計畫。在此計畫中，藝術家從日常生活中蒐集大量流行雜誌與圖片；精挑細選，進行諷刺性塗鴉改造後，重新輸出印製成一本全新雜誌。藝術家亦複製雜誌發行模式，每二個月定期發行，讀者甚至可於線上直接預覽訂購。(http://www.blurb.com/user/yihsintzeng).

杖缢囆g家所言: “她們是真實的，卻又不是真的真實雜誌。這些流行圖片太過美麗，美麗到令人無法置信；這些搔首弄姿的模特兒們太過完美，完美到令人無法接近。無論多少的奢華裝飾品穿戴其上，她們仍然無法隱藏其真實臉面。或許，在完全挖掘出她們潛藏皮肉下的真實面貌之後，我們能創造並擁抱另一個美好卻隱晦的美麗新世界。

此一對現成物的挪用與改造的行為，不只建立藝術家獨特的負面美學，更表明了一種對影像重新控制的聲明。在展覽中，觀眾能同時欣賞創作過程(原始頁面的塗鴉)與創作產品(數位輸出雜誌)的並陳。展場的另一邊，藝術家展出另一系列具爭議性的近作—我的行事曆。藝術家將其私人塗鴉行事曆圖片放大輸出至巨型海報尺寸，再次彩繪其上。爭議處在於此行事曆由某國際知名書商編輯，集結各式裸體女性圖片，發行全世界。藝術家明顯玩弄著公私領域、物化女性與智慧財產權等敏感議題。此展覽為藝術家的碩士畢業創作展，歡迎讀者前往參觀。欲知更多相關資料，請洽網站: www.yihsintzeng.com。

關於藝術家

曾怡馨出生於台北，台灣。2001年畢業於國立台灣師範大學美術系西畫組。2007
年，沙瓦納藝術學院繪畫系授與全額獎學金，於該校研讀碩士學位迄今。曾怡馨
擁有多次國內外個展與聯展紀錄，包含台灣、美國、哥倫比亞、澳洲與法國。在
美期間，獲選多處藝術家駐村計畫與獎助，包含紐約伊莉莎白基金會、芝加哥
Ox-Bow夏季藝術村、蒙馬特工作室。並於紐約Pierogi畫廊與亞特蘭大SALTWORKS畫廊取得實習助理機會。近期，她的作品更被選入新美國繪畫雜誌，展覽於華盛頓 (Irvine Contemporary Gallery)與紐約 (SOHO 20 gallery)當代畫廊。

關於熱血藝廊 (Young Blood Gallery)
榮獲Creative Loafing報紙評選為”亞特蘭大最好之一，Young Blood Gallery 是一個在亞特蘭大尋找熱情的地方。創立於1997年，當創始人Maggie White與Kelly Teasley觀察到一道大斷層介於才華洋溢的當地藝術家與傳統有限藝術資源之間，進而嘗試創立此一獨立實驗性藝廊，以介紹新鮮熱情、獨一無二、但負擔得起的藝術品為其主要創立精神。

 
For immediate release
YI-HSIN TZENG
My Magazine Project

November 7 - 29, 2009
Opening Reception Nov 7, 7~10 pm; Burlesque show at 9 pm

The cover for September Issue—Brides
Pen on pictures, digital printout
8 X 10 inches

Young Blood Gallery proudly presents SCAD's graduate studio competition winner, Yi-Hsin Tzeng and her “My Magazines Project,” The exhibition includes magazines, works on paper, and paintings from an ongoing project which began in March 2009 and continues until March 2010. The viewer will have the unique opportunity to see a “project in progress.”

 Beauty always promises, but never gives.        –By Simon Weil

For “My Magazines Project,” the artist collects large amounts of international commercial images from her daily visual environment. Tzeng defaces selected images with playful mark-making, and then republish the magazines again every two months (http://www.blurb.com/user/yihsintzeng).

They are "real," but not really "real" magazines. They are too beautiful to be believed: they are too perfect to be trusted. Even as the artist makes fun of the hyper-affected glamorous images, they are repeated and mass-produced. Of these images, the artist remarks, “No matter how much luxurious clothing we put on, we still cannot hide their true faces. After excavating their true parts beneath the flesh, we will reconstruct another pretty and messy paradise.” The action of altering and appropriating not only establishes her regurgitated aesthetics but also proclaims a regained control of the image. In this show, viewers can appreciate the original pages and final transformed product at the same time.

Also on view, will be large-scale paintings based on Tzeng’s most recent transformed image series titled The Big Breast Calendar. The images contain nude females showing their giant breasts with affected gestures covered in part by painting patterns and strokes. Popular iconography, defaced and altered, brings questions of sexuality and the grotesque into sharp focus.

About Yi-Hsin Tzeng
Born and raised in Taipei, Taiwan, Yi-Hsin Tzeng received her BFA from National Taiwan Normal University. In 2007, Tzeng moved to the United States to attend the Savannah College of Art and Design where she was awarded an Artistic Honors Full Tuition Fellowship in the MFA painting program. Her work has been exhibited in Taiwan, USA, Colombia, Australia and France and she was the recipient of several artist residencies, including Vermont Studio Center, the Elizabeth Foundation workspace in NYC and Ox-Bow. In 2008, Yi-Hsin assisted directors at both the Pierogi Gallery in Brooklyn and Saltworks in Atlanta. MS Tzeng continues to investigate the shape and the color of human desire using various mediums, including painting, video, installation and sculpture. Recently, her works were featured in the latest New American Paintings magazine, MOCA-GA (Atlanta), Irvine Contemporary Gallery (Washington DC), and SOHO 20 gallery (NYC).

About Young Blood Gallery
Voted “Best of Atlanta” by Creative Loafing and Atlanta Magazine, Young Blood Gallery & Boutique is a place to find your passion. Young Blood gallery was founded in 1997 when owners Maggie White and Kelly Teasley saw a gap between the incredible talent of local, unknown artists and the opportunities they were being given within the traditional art establishment. Since then, Young Blood has led an explosion in independent galleries, while remaining at the forefront of cutting-edge art. Uniqueness, affordability and community remain the watch words of Young Blood.