WEN—HSUAN KUO 郭汶瑄中

SELECTED WORK

Self-Portrait 1

2022

Black foil, paper, ink, wood, porcelain clay, hanging-scroll mounting structure

Wen-Hsuan Kuo, Self-Portrait 1, full work view, 2022
Wen-Hsuan Kuo, Self-Portrait 1, full work view, 2022
Wen-Hsuan Kuo, Self-Portrait 1, detail of the inlaid image field and black-foil surface, 2022
Wen-Hsuan Kuo, Self-Portrait 1, detail of the inlaid image field and black-foil surface, 2022
Wen-Hsuan Kuo, Self-Portrait 1, scroll knob and roller detail, 2022
Wen-Hsuan Kuo, Self-Portrait 1, scroll knob and roller detail, 2022
Wen-Hsuan Kuo, Self-Portrait 1, rolled and boxed state, 2022
Wen-Hsuan Kuo, Self-Portrait 1, rolled and boxed state, 2022

WORK DESCRIPTION

Based on a traditional hanging-scroll structure, the work is covered with black foil. The central image field is cut out and filled with the same material. The portrait is formed not through likeness, but through mounting structure, inlay, seams, and material traces.

The work retains the hanging scroll's capacity to be displayed, rolled, stored, and moved; these modes of handling form part of the work itself.