Past Residents
Past Resident2014: Anonymous
Gianfranco Foschino
Operating between photography, documentary film and video art, Gianfranco Foschino’s work is currently focused on video installations, which evoke “tableaux vivants”, emulating a sort of live photograph. Shooting long sequences from fixed viewpoints he produces scenes with minimal movements, presented on flat screens, and framed as light boxes. Distanced from urban life, he portrays bucolic scenes that seem to occur in parallel time dimensions. The political value of Foschino’s work lies in exploring the singular anachronism of these spaces, and trying to recognize anonymous stories and lost lifestyles.
Gianfranco Foschino was born in 1983 in Santiago de Chile. He graduated in Cinema Studies from UNIACC University (Santiago). In 2010, he had his first exhibition Almost Romantic curated by Christopher Eamon at I-20 Gallery, New York. In 2011, his work was featured at the Latin American pavilion of 54th La Biennale di Venezia. In 2014, he participated as guest artist of the Chilean pavilion MONOLITH CONTROVERSIES at the 14th International Architecture Exhibition, awarded with the Silver Lion prize. He currently lives and works in Santiago de Chile.
Gianfranco Foschino, Almost Romantic, 2010, Video Installation. Courtesy of the artist and I-20 Gallery, New York.
Gianfranco Foschino, HOME, 2011, Video installation. Courtesy of the artist and Latin American Pavilion, 54th La Biennale di Venezia.
Gianfranco Foschino, FLUXUS, 2011, Video sculpture. Courtesy of the artist and National Museum of Fine Arts, Santiago.
Gianfranco Foschino, Im Oberlchtraum, 2012, Video installation. Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Michael Sturm, Stuttgart.
Gianfranco Foschino, A New Landscape, 2013, Video installation. Courtesy of the artist and Galería Leyendecker, Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
Past Resident2014: UP ART Gallery of Contemporary Art
Andrea Esswein
“Copygraphs” is the name Andrea Esswein calls the works of art she has been producing with the help of photocopiers since 1998. With the photocopier serving to capture the images she first copies each item with her subjects ranging from objects to animals. Esswein then creates a new work by making a large collage out of the separately photocopied pieces along a rectangular line. The interfaces and overlaps between the individual pieces remain visible after the ensuing process. Esswien is interested in the construction of a new reality far from people’s usual viewing habits. The stark contrasts produced by the copying process and the following manufacturing techniques cause Esswein’s objects to emerge from beneath a layer of gloss paint and synthetic resin. They appear three-dimensional darkness and hold a kind of sanctity.
Andrea Esswein (born 1969 in southern Germany) graduated from the Institute of Arts and Science of Art, University Landau, Germany and studied at the University of Applied Arts Vienna, Austria. Shows include Reflexion – Ästhetische Referenzen, Darmstädter Tage der Fotografie, Germany; Nassauischer Kunstverein, Wiesbaden; Museum Pfalzgalerie Kaiserslautern; Wilhelm Hack Museum, Ludwigshafen; Angehaltene Zeit. Bilder vom Tanz, touring exhibition of Goethe-Institut; C/O Galerie Berlin; Deutsches Tanzmuseum Cologne; Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Chile. Her work is represented in numerous public collections including Staatsgalerie Stuttgart and SK Stiftung Cologne. In 2006 she was artist in residence at Performing Arts Forum (PAF), France.
Andrea Esswein, Bale of Straw (Strohballen), 2001-2002, Copygraphy, 71 x 71 in. Courtesy of the artist.
Andrea Esswein, Love-in-a-mist (Jungfer im Grün), 2011, Copygraphy, 43 x 24 in. Courtesy of the artist.
Andrea Esswein, Wedding Dress (Brautkleid4), 2008, Copygraphy, 69 x 34 in. Courtesy of the artist.
Andrea Esswein, Ribera_Tytos, 2001-2010, Copygraphy, 71 x 106 in. Courtesy of the artist.
Andrea Esswein, Bridal Veil (Brautschleier), 2007, Copygraphy, 22 x 59 in. Courtesy of the artist.
Residents from Germany
Past Resident2014: Ministry of Culture, Taiwan
Yinling Hsu
Yinling Hsu’s work centers on the behaviors and ethos demonstrated in human society. She creates characters and imagines their points of view on the subject. These images, whether about out-of-the-ordinary individuals or implausible space, convey the message that humans need to impersonate that which is outside themselves, in order to face the world.
Yinling Hsu (born 1987 in Pingtung, Taiwan) lives and works in Taipei. In 2013 she received an MFA in painting from the Taipei National University of the Arts. Recent solo exhibitions include Dr. Sleep and Gourmet Drama, Project Fulfill Art Space, Taipei; Ten Feet Above Stage Visual, Eslite Gallery; and National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts. Group exhibitions include Lights of Women, at Gwangju Museum of Art.
Yinling Hsu, Dust plaza, 2012, Oil and acrylic on canvas, 35 7/8 x 45 7/8 in. Courtesy of the artist.
Yinling Hsu, Two monsters, 2010, Acrylic on canvas, 35 7/8 x 45 7/8 in. Courtesy of the artist.
Yinling Hsu, Everyone and everywhere, 2012, Oil on canvas, 51 1/4 x 76 1/2 in. Courtesy of the artist.
Yinling Hsu, The time owner, 2014, Oil on canvas, 51 1/4 x 63 3/4 in. Courtesy of the artist.
Yinling Hsu, The most precious cheese of the world, 2012, Oil on canvas, Diptych 45 3/4 x 35 3/4 x in. Courtesy of the artist.
