Shyu Ruey-Shiann “One Kind of Behavior”
The Bronx Museum of the Arts
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Shyu Ruey-Shiann works with different materials and media to explore themes related to our environment. The installation One Kind of Behavior is inspired by the quasi-mechanical movements of creatures such as the hermit crabs. The artist sees in the random opening and closing of their shells on the beach, a stark contrast with contemporary society where things move at high speed. Additionally, the fact that hermit crabs occupy shells discarded by other species becomes another source of interest to the artist, who sees in this special relationship a metaphor for our human condition. Contrasting man and animal behavior, One Kind of Behavior asks us to consider the environmental consequences of our mechanical impulses on nature.
Shyu Ruey-Shiann was born in Taipei, Taiwan and currently lives and works in New York and Taipei. Shyu Ruey-Shiann is known for using mechanical form as an abstract art language to express his various ideas and feelings towards life, memory, and issues concerning environment, society, and politics.
[Image: Shyu Ruey-Shiann, One Kind of Behavior, 2000, Buckets, Motors, Metal Construction, Sensor, and Wood Floor]
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from May 01, 2014 to August 17, 2014