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Please join Chenhung Chen and Javier Proenza as they discuss her oeuvre, inspiration, and her latest exhibition at DON’T LOOK Projects.
Chen's practice is deeply rooted in process and transformation. Drawing upon traditions of crochet and weaving, she employs techniques passed down through generations, reimagining them in the context of industrial refuse and urban infrastructure. By binding and interlacing these discarded materials, her works evoke the Taoist concept of Chi—the vital force that flows through all living beings—rendered in a vocabulary of tangled wire, structures, and (dis)connections. In these sculptures, the gestural and the architectural coalesce, suggesting not only the tensions between technological advancement and human experience but also the ways in which energy and life persist through cycles of use, decay, and renewal.
Javier Proenza, the son of UN diplomats, was influenced by diverse cultures while growing up in Washington, D.C., Costa Rica, and Rome, where a deep appreciation for art and history developed. His time in Miami shaped his 'Florida Man' persona. Proenza's artwork—encompassing painting, sculpture, video, and installation—explores the absurdities of contemporary life. In 2018, he devised a scheme to have artists teach him for free, disguising it as a podcast called
What's My Thesis? This podcast continues to thrive today and is far from fraudulent.
Chenhung Chen's solo exhibition By the Company They Keep is on view at DON’T LOOK Projects through Saturday, May 3.
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