Unsettled Landscapes - Klaus Hu

About

The multimedia presentations feature large-scale works on canvas, using different techniques to recount the artist's ambivalent perception of this uniquely grand and yet contested landscape; shaped over 1000s of years by geological forces and abruptly being altered by a strained relationship with its current human inhabitants.

May 14th at 8pm:

Artist Talk and Film Presentation - Unsettled Landscapes

Join us for an in-depth look at the research journey that led to Klaus Hu's current work. Klaus’ keynote presentation in video format traces the narrative arc of research-based art practice such as his, through the Land Art movement of the 1970s and 1980s into contemporary land use debates in the American Southwest and the many artists that have attempted to expose such unfair policies through their art. Additionally, Klaus Hu will present selected video works that explore these themes and expand upon them, connecting with our extraterrestrial exploration and potential colonization of other worlds such as Mars. The artist will be present.

Duration: 7-22.5.2015 
Opening: 7.5.2015, 7pm 
Artist Talk and Film Presentation: 14.5.2015, 8pm

www.somos-arts.org/unsettled-landscapes/

About Klaus Hu:

Klaus Hu works across different media with research based topics and mapping strategies. His work is informed by archival research as well as traditional studio-based techniques; juxtaposing historical material with contemporary and critical investigations upon global / local issues of identity and transformation while implementing narrative and abstract notions. By mapping narrative and structural / reflective territories, his paintings depict landscapes and abstracted story lines in mostly large scale formats.