In the solo exhibition The Endless Ties of Love, Chien-Hsing Wu (1987-) takes a momentous event of his own life – his marriage – as a starting point to construe the possibilities of “exhibiting” marital relations and nuptial rituals, and to explore mutually dependent relationships between two individuals. He not only inlays marriage photos, red carpets, wedding banquets and wedding ceremonies onto the exhibition; he even asks visitors to enter the exhibition side by side as couples –wrapping bracelets around two people’s wrists before they enter the exhibition space. Such a method of expression is not what we are accustomed to in Wu’s previous works. Chien-Hsing Wu has always been adept at using everyday objects, and at exploring the possibilities of interchanging the outer forms of objects with their inner energies, and thus perpetuating them. For example, in Iron Sky (2012), the front of a car is transformed into a sofa. In Family Series (2013), motor oil serves as a pigment in a painting. In Concentric Circles Series (2013-15), cooking knives are turned into a set of toys. Be this as it may, the themes investigated in The Endless Ties of Love inherit the core concepts of Wu’s earlier works – that is, a rumination on the interpersonal networks and value systems formed by families. In particular, the static space of the old work Family Memories (2012) has been converted into two new works for this exhibition: Guests at a Banquet and Family Event. The thought-provoking, restlessly shifting mutual resonance of emotions in these two works make apparent Chien-Hsing Wu’s attempt to clarify the threads in his own creations. Through artistic means, Chien-Hsing Wu has adopted an important issue in his own life as the theme of his exhibition. Taking up residence in the spaces of an art museum, he has attempted to broaden the meaning of the exhibition and enrich its dimensions. For an art museum – an institution facilitating exhibitions – it holds particularly novel significance. The Endless Ties of Love not only bears witness to a key moment in Chien-Hsing Wu’s personal life, but also demonstrates the deepening and expansion of his artistic development. We may anticipate that this solo exhibition will prove a milestone in his artistic career.