Detail of SU-MEI TSE‘s Ear (nested), 2024, antique brass and mirror table, bird’s nest, printed paper, 50 × 43.5 × 35 cm. Photo by Wong Pak Hang. Courtesy Kiang Malingue, Hong Kong.
How to be quiet, when the world is so loud? Where do small objects find their place in a large empty room? How can an object or material be itself, and also remind you of something else? These are the kinds of meditative questions that the artworks of Su-Mei Tse inspire.
