By William Jaeger. Read Times Union full article and images of the exhibition “Visual Poetry” at the Art Center of the Capital Region aims to create a focus on “work that is to be seen as well as read,” according to the show statement. Much of the best work here can quite literally be read, … Read More
Birds Migrate over Sea, front painting by Yeachin Tsai Review of “Visual Poetry”by RS BenedictIndependent Review Crew Visual Poetry: New VistasArts Center of the Capital Region265 River StTroy, N.Y.Through Dec. 20, 2023 Yeachin Tsai’s thick brush strokes start with the gestures of Chinese calligraphy but loosen into poetic abstraction. Her vivid piece “Birds Migrate over Sea” … Read More
“These paints are about gentle connections,” she wrote in her artist statement. “Community is based on sensitivity and the willingness to feel for each other.” The concept Tsai wrote in her artist statement is the goal of Article 13 installation. For detail, please read the full report: Times Union – 4/19/2018
Tsai’s lines—whether circular or straight—move. While literally static on the paper, they contain within them the energy of the artist’s gesture as they endlessly redraw themselves before the viewer. The two major traditions which inform Tsai’s work—traditional Chinese calligraphy and painting and modern abstraction—share an important kinesthetic ground. Critic Harold Rosenberg’s description of Abstract Expressionism … Read More
YEACHIN TSAI AND HER ART, By Sylvie G. Covey INTRODUCTION I met Yeachin Tsai in 2001 when she enrolled in the printmaking class I teach every week at the Art Students League of New York. After one week she announced that she felt the energy was right, comfortable and inspiring, and that she would stay. … Read More