TAIPEI — If you’ve ever walked into an art gallery, it was probably a “white cube gallery” where its unadorned white walls and lighting from above that set the backdrop for the works of art on display. The obsession with this aesthetic approach — introduced in the early 20th century in response to the increasing abstraction of modern art — does help to minimise distraction when reading the art.
As someone who’s accustomed to seeing art in a white cube, I was completely overwhelmed when I first stepped into Luminaries: Annie Hsiao-Wen Wang’s Solo Exhibition at the Yesart Gallery in Taipei city.