Evelyn Taocheng Wang 王伊芙苓韜程

Working in drawing, installation, performance, video and photography, Evelyn Taocheng Wang creates works that explore notions of immigration, belonging, gender and class politics. She approaches such topics with a sense of lighthearted humour and poetry, deeply contextualised by the references from centuries of art history and literature. Her works present a case of traditional Chinese calligraphy and paintings meeting art-historical “Dutchness” and “Germanness”, a combination that follows the artist’s personal migration history and identity. Wang’s practice traces a continuous questioning of the notion of authenticity: she puts “fake” Chinese authenticity stamps on her rice drawings; and she does not conceal linguistic mistakes and corrections. The seemingly established structures become penetrated by the constellation of perspectives coming from “being in the middle” of East and West. ...

Founded in 2011, Carlos/Ishikawa’s program is dedicated to considered and ambitious exhibitions that offer diverse artists’ perspectives on structural, socio-cultural, and political questions. The program focuses on international artists with often wide-ranging, multi-disciplinary and experimental practices. There is an interest within the program of challenging the aesthetic conventions of conceptual art, and a focus on art that is able to operate on an affective, emotional level as well as a rigorous intellectual one. The gallery has offered many artists their first solo show, many of whom have gone on to receive recognition internationally. ...