“Every time Tee (a transgender woman won a transgender beauty competition) came to visit at our house, my heart would beat hard. I remember wishing to be beautiful like her.…
“I think my work is about identity, more so about the lapse between the vessel and the interior, and the mistranslation or the kind of crossing between them.”— Jes Fan…
Patrick Sun on Spreading LGBTQ+ Art in Asia by LUX
http://sunpride.hk/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/REN-Hang-Untitled-man-on-green-grass-2011-67-x-100-cm-C-print-m.jpg 1280 857 SUNPRIDE FOUNDATION | 驕陽基金會 SUNPRIDE FOUNDATION | 驕陽基金會 http://sunpride.hk/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/REN-Hang-Untitled-man-on-green-grass-2011-67-x-100-cm-C-print-m.jpg“Patrick Sun is pushing forward a movement very close to his heart, through his foundation, Sunpride. Sunpride seeks to give equal opportunities to LGBTQ+ in the art world. Here, Sun,…
“First, I would tell (younger self) that little kid to speak, to any trusted person who might have stopped the sexual violence. Looking back, though, I realize there was no…
MOCA Taipei Symposium: Gender Equality in Museum Exhibitions
http://sunpride.hk/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/IMG_0511-s.jpg 900 600 SUNPRIDE FOUNDATION | 驕陽基金會 SUNPRIDE FOUNDATION | 驕陽基金會 http://sunpride.hk/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/IMG_0511-s.jpgHe is now known among the art community for his large-scale exhibitions promoting LGBTQ+ art in Asia, but real estate developer Patrick Sun began his path collecting art with an…
“Clay, symbolically and materially, has a semblance to flesh — that’s what drew me to the material. Ceramics is very technical, but it can be very democratic. If you make…
“His spirit has transcended and moved so many artists, friends, strangers and the art loving public over time and space, inspired by his genius as an artist, poet, activist, wit,…
“I see myself as someone who’s just painting in a room with my dog.” – Maria Taniguchi Maria Taniguchi, “Untitled”, 2017 | Image courtesy of the artist and Taka Ishii Gallery…
“A pioneer in championing queer art in the East, Patrick Sun has done what once seemed impossible. His backing was instrumental to staging “Spectrosynthesis,” the first exhibition at a major…
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