展出 Exhibition (2009.3.25 - 2009.4.18)

Miki Hsu Leavey’s work is about the nature of our conversations. The paintings of “Speaking & Listening” are results of dialogues between the artist and the brush
strokes. They also extend such dialogues to the interaction and engagement that we are sometime indifferent to. The layering of abstract strokes and shapes on the canvas reveals rather than conceals. They reflect on how we give out and how we receive messages, both visual and verbal. In her work, she asks the question: what part does language, personal experience, values and culture play?

The impetus for “Speaking & Listening” started in 2003
when the country that she lives in went to war, when the accuracy of information and the rationale for this action came into question and when real harm and real consequences came to many on multiple levels. She examined those decisions and consequences on the canvas. These paintings are her personal statement that challenges our ignorant being of not speaking or listening clearly, on micro and macro levels.