Keng Chieh-Sheng Taiwanese, b. 1989

Hel10² , the inaugural exhibition of YIRI ARTS JAKARTA, marks the gallery's first official presence in Jakarta, Indonesia. We begin with a universally understood greeting - 'Hello' - a simple yet powerful word that signifies both welcome and declaration: we are here. The '10²' in the title refers to the...

What distinguishes a wooden plank from a living plant? In this solo exhibition, Keng Chieh-Sheng reexamines this question by placing both on a timeline, viewing them as different states of the same material—one inert and the other alive. Can this linear understanding of time be disrupted, allowing materials to return...