- October, 2025
At the end of his statement for Family Handcraft, Shih Yung-Chun left a prophetic line that now foreshadows what we see in Forbidden Love: “Family Handcraft will continue until all objects have been given new identities.” Over the past decade, through giving his collection of vintage Western dolls new identities and stories, Shih has also been rediscovering his own sense...
- Chen Hsi
- March, 2023
It is not the first time that toys have appeared in the works of Shih Yung-Chun, but it is in his new project “Toy Packaging” that they are seriously confused with works of art. Actually, questions like this are often raised. For example, when Picasso's son was asked whether the ‘toys’ his father made were works of art, he said, "Of course they started out as toys...
- Chen Kuang Yi
- June, 2019
Time, as it goes by, has still failed to bring Shih Yung Chun any closer to the present or future that is growing more and more alienated and out of control. His desire for control has always been focused on the past times and the topics obsolete in current society. For artists, perhaps, it takes both time and distance to create and respond to the things that really attract...
- Yang Jian
- May, 2019
A cofounder of the Marxism magazine, French philosopher Henri Lefebvre (1901-1991) believed that the sustainability of capitalist society lies not in human activities of production but in their everyday life immersed in capitalism. In 1947, Lefebvre had The Critique of Everyday Life (French: Critique de la vie quotidienne) published, his signature masterwork in...
- Chang Sheng Kun
- February, 2015
I first met Shih when we curated a group exhibition for Hong Kong and Taiwan artists at our gallery, he was one of the participated artists. I barely knew this guy before, his work gives me a rather unusual feelings and I decided to invite him for a trip to Hong Kong before the open-ing, wanted to get to know him a bit more. Finally I met Shih in person when I picked him...
- Jacky Yeung
- January, 2015
The day was just like today's weather, a bit gloomy. Mr Shih and Mr Ilun, Miss Yin-yin, Mr Ye and Miss Yang-yang gathered before midnight, rolling tobaccos so professionally piled up as a perfect pyramid, and finished smoking all in the blink of an eye. The amount of alcohol in their blood would be record breaking if they had to take a breath testing. It was about three...
- Wu Szu Wei
- December, 2014
Dou-Dou is a three-year-old French bulldog. If reckoning her age in human years, she’s still a youngster. At this point, she is younger than her master, Shih Yung Chun, by more than ten years. Two years later, they’ll reach the same age, and after two more years, Dou-dou will be aging four times as fast than humans. It is very likely that she shall become older than Shih Yung...
- Chang Guo Chuan
- July, 2014
Graduated from Taiwan University of Arts with a major in fine arts, Shih Yung Chun had gone into his career in art since 2002. His grounding in painting was far more solid and substantial than his peers. Most young artists were craving for Installation Art rather than settling down their focus on painting. Among this generation, Shih Yung Chun was an exceptional artist, and his...
- Victoria Lu Rong Zhi