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Chen Kuang-Yi PhD in Contemporary Art from Paris Nanterre University Professor and Dean of the Graduate School of Fine Arts at National Taiwan University of Art    “Truth strikes us from behind and in the dark, as well as from before and in broad daylight.” -Henry David Thoreau   Lo Chan Peng made his debut in 2007 with the Strawberry Generation series which depict people around...

Since ancient times, humanity has harbored countless imaginations about “fairylands,” projecting deep emotions onto depictions and writings of these mystical realms. The pursuit of such lands may have been a lifelong endeavor for people of various social ranks, including emperors and scholars. Compared to people today, the ancients lived in closer harmony with nature. They imbued the mountains and rivers...

Participating Artists: Kum Chi Keung, Hsu Hui-chih, Lo Chan Peng, Liou Shiuan Shi, Season Lao, Yen Chun, Liang Yu-Hsuan  23-26 October 2020 Daguan Gallery presents the works by seven artists who work with different media. Hsu Hui-Chih transforms his contemplation on human emotions and sorrows into poetry and calligraphy; through the rearrangement of antique parts, Liou Shiuan Shi’s mechanical sculptures bring back...

Curator TSENG Yu-Chuan Organizer: Taipei Art Industry Association Dates: October 2 (Fri.) to November 1 (Sun.), 2020 Time: Tuesdays to Sundays, 11:00 – 18:00 Venues: Liang Gallery, Fish Art Center, DaGuan Gallery Humans worship light, which is the source of life and soul in this world as well as the sustaining force in nature. When there is light, there is no fear of darkness. For...

“Seeing you amidst the dreams where flowers flourish, yet please don’t mourn the withered flowers when you wake.”   As one of the most distinguished poets in Taiwanese literature, Hsu Hui-chih’s devotion to ink art since 2017 has attracted attention from different fields. Apart from the invitation from Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Hsu’s works have also been shown in various art fairs...

Existentialist philosopher Martin Heidegger proposed the term being-in-the-world to indicate the closely-knit and harmonious relationship between men and nature. The unoccupied lands in the wild are still reflected and influenced by the world of men, for the consciousness cannot be avoided and continue to reflect on art works created by men.   We have carefully selected works by artists from China, Hong...

The title “The Transposition of Light and Shadow” borrows the keyword “transpose” from photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson’s remarks on his preferred black and white photography. The world full of colours is dissected, adjusted and being made abstract when transformed into black and white photographs. Under such circumstances, the painted space is transposed into a different stretch where colours are abstracted to...

Artist Yen Chun continues to explore the possibilities of everyday plants with the application of strong light and shade in his brand-new collection of works included his solo exhibition “A Thousandth Landscape”.     Yen’s familiarity with the colour green enables him to transfer the passionate scorching sun to a gentle tranquility. Artist/scholar Lin Chin-Hsien has described the greenery as the “Yen Green”,...

“The beauty of fragrant grass” has long been a highly praised tradition in Chinese culture. The admirations from the poets and literati scholars gradually turned into symbolic phrases. Through the development of history of art, flower and bird, figures and landscapes have established themselves as the most important categories in Chinese painting.   Daguan Gallery is pleased to have invited artist He...