Samson Young
Closer Reading
Formal construction and imperfect forms, time and consciousness are just a few territories that Samson Young (b. 1979, lives and works in Hong Kong) explores in his first solo exhibition in Italy. Renowned for a practice that weaves multicultural paradigms and cross-media experiences, the artist takes a group of works that he created during a residency at the Ryosoku-In at the Kennin-ji temple1—the oldest zen temple in Kyoto—as a point of departure for Closer Reading. During those weeks, Young carried on his ongoing research on what form and its rethinking are.
Sonata for Smoke, 2020 (revised 2021), detail, Ordet, Milan, 2021
Closer Reading, exhibition view, Ordet, Milan, 2021
Landschaft (16 Jan 2020_1551 All Things Know), 2020
Landschaft (17 Jan 2020_1450), 2020.
Sonata for Smoke, 2020 (revised 2021), detail, Ordet, Milan, 2021
Closer Reading, exhibition view, Ordet, Milan, 2021
Closer Reading, exhibition view, Ordet, Milan, 2021.
Tonight, 2020, Ordet, Milan, 2021
Closer Reading, exhibition view, Ordet, Milan, 2021.
Song Without Words (Computational Mantra), 2021, Ordet, Milan, 2021
Sonata for Smoke, 2020 (revised 2021), detail, Ordet, Milan, 2021
Sonata for Smoke, 2020 (revised 2021), detail, Ordet, Milan, 2021
Formal construction and imperfect forms, time and consciousness are just a few territories that Samson Young (b. 1979, lives and works in Hong Kong) explores in his first solo exhibition in Italy. Renowned for a practice that weaves multicultural paradigms and cross-media experiences, the artist takes a group of works that he created during a residency at the Ryosoku-In at the Kennin-ji temple1—the oldest zen temple in Kyoto—as a point of departure for Closer Reading. During those weeks, Young carried on his ongoing research on what form and its rethinking are.
Sonata for Smoke, 2020 (revised 2021), detail, Ordet, Milan, 2021
Closer Reading, exhibition view, Ordet, Milan, 2021
Landschaft (16 Jan 2020_1551 All Things Know), 2020
Landschaft (17 Jan 2020_1450), 2020.
Sonata for Smoke, 2020 (revised 2021), detail, Ordet, Milan, 2021
Closer Reading, exhibition view, Ordet, Milan, 2021
Closer Reading, exhibition view, Ordet, Milan, 2021.
Tonight, 2020, Ordet, Milan, 2021
Closer Reading, exhibition view, Ordet, Milan, 2021.
Song Without Words (Computational Mantra), 2021, Ordet, Milan, 2021
Sonata for Smoke, 2020 (revised 2021), detail, Ordet, Milan, 2021
Sonata for Smoke, 2020 (revised 2021), detail, Ordet, Milan, 2021