Summoned by the artist, the standing streetlight weeps as a witness to history.
Isaac Chong Wai
Metal and cable chains
ca. 310 x 330 x 330cm
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The exhibition examines the politics of mourning and the performativity of sorrow with a specific focus on historical state funerals in China and North Korea.
Isaac Chong Wai
Zilberman Selected, Istanbul
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Falling Reversely video unites against racism, reclaiming autonomy with reversed falling movements.
Isaac Chong Wai
Video, Performance and Photos
commissioned by the Federal Foreign Office
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The sculpture duplicates the artist's body, rendering falling impossible.
Isaac Chong Wai
Silicon, polylactide, wood, resin,fabric, shoes, human hair
ca. 70 x 100 x 100cm
Courtesy of Asia Society, Blindspot Gallery and Zilberman
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The artwork explores the manipulation of a lamp's function, using decoration to create layered meanings, social classes, and notions of power.
Isaac Chong Wai
Installation, mirror-laminated steel, chains
60 × 50 × 50 cm
Commissioned by Fondazione Elpis
In collaboration with Galleria Continua
Supported by Zilberman
Photo by Luca Guarnieri
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The artist employs breath marks to portray the image of Pieta.
Isaac Chong Wai
Photograph
Commissioned by ifa-Galerie Berlin
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Summoned by the artist, the standing streetlight weeps as a witness to history.
Isaac Chong Wai
Metal and cable chains
ca. 310 x 200 x 200cm
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The artist employs breath marks to portray the image of Pieta.
Breath Marks: Mother with Her Dead Son, 2022. Isaac Chong Wai. On view together with Pietà (1937-1939) by Käthe Kollwitz at ifa-Galerie Berlin. Photo by Victoria Tomaschko.
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The artist casts bullet holes and transforms them into glass sculptures.
Isaac Chong Wai
Glass casted from bullet holes in Berlin, GPS Glass etching, Mirror
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The work conjures trainings of police through artistic means.
Isaac Chong Wai
Performance and video commissioned by M+ Museum
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By painting and recomposing a prison fence on canvas, the artist delves into the creation and tangible nature of borders, exploring their formation and materiality.
Isaac Chong Wai
Silver leaf and acrylic on canvas
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A colossal Mikado game crafted from lava stone referencing the Cyclops myths at Mount Etna.
Isaac Chong Wai
Lava stone
Installation size: 240 x 300cm
Each piece: 120 x 5cm
Photo by Luca Guarnieri
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Isaac Chong Wai
2 photo prints
70 x 39.38cm and 70 x 10.7cm
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Isaac Chong Wai
Acrylic on canvas
160 s 120cm each
Courtesy of Art Collection of the German Bundestag and Zilberman
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"Leaderless" is an artistic political party attempting to decentralize power through editing the representations of political campaign.
Isaac Chong Wai
Performance/ Video
Commissioned by Kulturakademie Tarabya in collaboration with Zilberman Istanbul
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What is the future in the past? And what is the past in the future?
ISAAC CHONG WAI
6 Sept - 9 Nov, 2019
Zilberman Gallery Berlin
Goethestraße 82, 10623 Berlin
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“Is the World Your Friend?”
Isaac Chong Wai Solo Exhibition at Blindspot Gallery
29 Jan - 9 Mar 2019
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Installation view at National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMCA) in Seoul in the exhibition “Looking For Another Family” curated by Joowon Park in 2020
Photo by MMCA
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Following a racist attack by a stranger, the artist captured a photograph of himself, revealing an intriguing wound that oddly resembles a smiley face.
Isaac Chong Wai
Archival inkjet print
48 x 32 cm
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The work is made of actual prison fences cut from a former juvenile detention center in Weimar mounted on a boat-shaped metal structure.
Isaac Chong Wai
Wire fence, metal
300cm x 100cm x 250cm
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Approximately a hundred of people gathered as living monuments simultaneously speaking about their futures.
Isaac Chong Wai
Performance in Gwangju, Wuhan and Hong Kong
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