Book Release Party Info.

Copro Gallery

Bergamot Station Arts Complex

2525 Michigan Ave. T5

Santa Monica, Ca 90404

www.CoproGallery.com

launch party; July 17, 2010, 8:00 - 11:30 PM

A sneak preview of my Rubber Duck Book!

Here it is! A sneak preview of my Karen Hsiao : Rubber Duck book!! Bob my publisher of Baby Tattoo books, was kind enough to let me borrow the only advance copy he had for me to photograph. Sadly I must return it to him tomorrow evening. Nevertheless, I got to see it first hand and shoot a couple of quick shots for my blog. The white cover on the left is the limited edition copy, only 250 will ever be made and the black cover on the right is the open edition. The books will be sold through my website www.karenhsiao.com and www.babytatoo.com, my online store will (I hope) be up and running beginning of July next month. There will be tons of prints, books, limited editions items and more. There will also be a book release party July 17, 2010 at the Copro Gallery in the Bergamot Station, in Santa Monica. I will post more details soon.

Varnishing pieces

14 pieces for the show, 11 done and 3 more to finish. I've signed and varnished most of my pieces while still waiting for others to dry. I must say, I honestly dislike varnishing my work. There is a wax-like, flat quality that I like once the oil dries and looses once it's been treated. I wish I had more time to experiment with more ways of treating my pieces, but unfortunately I have to ship everything out by the end of this week. I've also been sitting in my studio too long and sniffing too much toxic flumes... better step away for a bit, before diving back in.

Tokyo SHOW!!

PLATES “Origin of Flesh” New works by Karen Hsiao
two person exhibition with Louis Fleischauer / July 8 - 16. 2010

Vanilla Gallery
2nd Kamata Bld. 4F
6-10-10 Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0061 Japan
Phone 03-5568-1233
Weekdays 12:00-19:00
Saturday/Holiday 12:00-17:00 closed Sundays
www.vanilla-gallery.com

Press Release for PLATES

PLATES “Origin of Flesh” is Karen Hsiao’s newest body of work. These PLATES are morphological studies of the architecture in organisms and the human body. Her subjects undergo the influence of physical and moral modifications both in respect of its euphoric and aesthetic qualities. The subject conforms and shapes their body to a secondary layer of skin, infusing living tissue into inanimate intercellular substances adapting themselves into rare and valuable specimens.

Plate IVa

First of many finished pieces for my two person show with Louis Fleischauer in Japan this coming July 8-16 2010. It's crazy how in Japan most galleries only show their artist for two weeks on their off seasons (winter and fall), but in the summer, they only show them for one week. I have a good amount done for the show, but I'm working on doing more.

"Plate IVa" mix medium, mostly wax and oil paint on photographic image.

model: Katya
MUA: LB Benson
wardrobe: Louis Fleischauer

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