'The Remains II'

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This work takes a Dutch still-life painting as its starting point. The flowers, objects and elaborate frame represent wealth, beauty and status. I use fire to break down the image, turning something made to be admired and preserved into something fragile and uncertain. What remains becomes a reflection on value, power and what we choose to preserve.

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Wei kuo studied MA Painting at the Royal College of Art, London (1999-2001). Group exhibition: Art futures, Bloomberg, London (2008); Decoding Highlights, VTO Gallery, London (2006); When Forms Become Attitude, AR Contemporary, Milan (2008); Land Escape, VTO Gallery, London (2004); Prospect Drawing Award, Ensor Gallery, London (2004); Jerwood Drawing Prize (2001). Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2024. Solo exhibition: Yi-Shan, Museum of Fine Art Taipei (2013). He lives and works in London.