{"product_id":"angela-su-melencolia-9781884919381","title":"Angela Su: Melencolia","description":"\u003ci\u003eAngela Su: Melencolia\u003c\/i\u003e is published in conjunction with the artist's eponymously titled first solo exhibition in the Western Hemisphere. The richly illustrated book provides an overview of the artist's work since 2013 which includes installations, speculative docufiction videos, and drawings and hair embroideries of composite cyborgian bodies. The title is a tribute to Albrecht D?rer's engraving \"Melencolia I\" (1514). In medieval philosophy, melancholy is associated with insanity, and late in the Renaissance it was also linked to creative genius. This print is a divining rod for understanding Su's varied practice. Weaving a spiritual dimension in works that veer into strange and uncomfortable spheres, she reenvisions interlocking symbolisms and expands into the mediums and realms drawn from the modern and contemporary archive.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAngela Su holds degrees in biochemistry from the University of Toronto and visual arts from the Ontario College of Art and Design. She presented \u003ci\u003eArise, Hong Kong in Venice\u003c\/i\u003e in the Hong Kong pavilion at the 2022 Venice Biennale and \u003ci\u003eLauren O--The Greatest Levitator in the Polyhedric Cosmos of Time\u003c\/i\u003e at M+ in 2023. Su's commissioned work, \u003ci\u003eContagious Cities: Far Away, Too Close, \u003c\/i\u003e, was exhibited at Tai Kwun, Hong Kong (2019). Group exhibitions include Levyhalli (Suomenlinna, Helsinki, 2021); Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo (Mexico City, 2020); The Drawing Center (New York City, 2020); Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (Beijing, 2020); Frieze London (London, 2019); Whitechapel Gallery (London, 2019); Academy of Fine Arts Vienna (Vienna, 2017); The 2nd CAFAM Biennale (Beijing, 2014); and the 17th Biennale of Sydney (Sydney, 2010). She published an artist novel Bert (2013), and science fiction anthology, Dark Fluid (2017)\u003ci\u003e, where she uses science fiction as a tool for social justice.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Wallach Art Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50523086651666,"sku":"9781884919381","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_634bf9ff-9b31-435e-b8f5-05ace0eaec4d.jpg?v=1731134910","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/angela-su-melencolia-9781884919381","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}