Mind being pulled apart by ceramic hands in form of wall hanging plot

Johnson Tsang

Open the Right Mind

€700

Edition of 10043.0 (H) × 15.6 (W) × 13.0 (D) cm

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Johnson Tsang invites us to open our minds with a surreal wall-hanging.

Two porcelain hands pull a head wide apart, creating a space for collectors' imaginations to fill. Tsang modelled the original sculpture before a major life change. This experience, he reflects, offered the opportunity to learn and grow – opening his mind to understand that life endures both miracles and obstacles.

"Fortunately, I have an open mind and accept what life has to offer me, so I don’t miss out on any experiences. Fortunately, I have chosen the right attitude that allows me to understand that everything happens for my own good. Fortunately, I finished this piece just before I suffered the stroke, so that it can be displayed before you. Fortunately, I opened the right mind and became aware of being truly alive like never before."

Behind the scenes

Johnson Tsang looking towards the camera with several of his sculpted heads behind him

Johnson Tsang12 collaborationsJohnson Tsang’s surreal porcelain sculptures balance illusionary compositions with hyperreal aesthetics. Despite their delicate craftsmanship, they depict grotesque scenarios: a human face twisted like a wet towel; a fed-up newborn trapped inside a birdcage; or stacks of human heads squashed inside glass cabinets. Half cherub, half Buddha, the artist’s bulbous figures have an amusing fleshiness. While Tsang’s work recalls aesthetics from across art history, such as Chinese ceramics and Neo-classical sculpture, the self-taught artist predominantly draws from personal experience and his intense, bizarre dreams. In his waking life these are given in physical existence via his art.

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