Terence Koh: Adansonias
Post Paris I’m wishing I was back there already to witness some of the new exhibition/installation/experimental opera by artist Terence Koh, who often works under the alias, ‘asianpunkboy’ and whose work embraces new gothic art, as well as the bizarre, one lucky collector once paid $500,000.00 for a gold plated feces of the artist.
The Chinese/Canadian artist usually lives in New York, but have jumped ship to Paris to immerse himself in the city’s architecture, atmosphere and sensuality and to prepare for his latest exhibition Adansonias at the Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, which takes place as an imaginary opera in eight acts to be unveiled over the course of the show. Koh’s work often has sexual undertones, and mixes elements of subculture with art history and mythology.
This experimental and tragic opera will comprise of drawings, collages and photographs around the yet unperformed scenes of this unorthodox performance. Koh, who often works in monochrome has transformed the ground floor of the gallery into an all-white set; the stage for the opera, where he will take role as the main character, flanked by eight entirely white-clad performers. The story, that is loosely based on the tale of The Little Prince reference Samuel Beckett’s Waiting For Godot and the French New Wave, punctuated by experimental live music and singing, including a piece of music played by Koh, using only the white keys of the piano, in a reference to Anton Reicha, who used such methods of composition.
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Here are some pictures from the opening night:
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