Chen Kuang-Yi / Professor at the Department of Fine Art, National Taiwan University Dean of Fine Art College, National Taiwan University of Art Wu Jhycheng has had to face the complex issue of cultural identity due to his multi-cultural experiences: born in Nantou as a member of the Taiwanese Plains Indigenous Peoples, he started training in the studio of Lee Shih-Chiao aged 16...
Cheuk Ka-wai, Cherie – the fairy that converses with the past Lin Su-Hsing / Associate Professor, Department of Art History, Tainan National University of the Arts Born in Hong Kong, the young artist Cheuk Ka-wai, Cherie graduated with first class honours in Fine Arts from The Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2012, and in 2017 she obtained a Master’s degree in...
Ever since her first solo exhibition “Lady Painting” in 2017, meticulous figure painter Wang Yi-Ping has captured the attention of scholars and contemporary ink art collectors, for her detail oriented techniques can be traced back to the traditional methods used by renowned artists from China and Taiwan. As Professor Chou Fan-Mei from the Institute of Art Studies, National Central University...
The Xinhai Revolution of 1911 not only shook the Chinese politics but also stirred the artistic world. The rise of the Lingnan School in the south can be traced to the brothers Ju Chao and Ju Lian, who were the leading figures of the artistic movement. The best known “Two Gaos and One Chen” refer to the most significant artists...
Plant‧Planting: the perception of genealogy “To be is to be perceived” --- George Berkeley The term “subject” has become the key word for cross-field studies in modern societies. Particularly with the development of civilisation of men, the “subject” has been the theme of various studies and discussions. The natural disasters and distinctions of many species have been the concerns of academic scholars...
Should we Play？ Writen by/ Curator: Yu-Chuan Tseng “Play” is to take part in a game or to activate. “Should we Play？” That is the question. During a typhoon, adults are worried about the possible damage caused by the storm but kids always find their way to play with shadows by the candlelight in the darkness, creating their own stories and fantasies of monsters. ...
“Distance” is frequently considered as the key element when it comes to modern aesthetics. Professor Edward Bullough of the University of Cambridge suggested that distance “appears to lie between our own self and its affections”, the theory was then disseminated by Zhu Guangqiang and widely applied by later generations. Before Edward Bullough, when distance was brought up in a discussion regarding...
Spiritual time-travel drama by female neo-ink painters from Hong Kong by Li Su-Chen, Associate Professor in Tunghai University, Department of Fine Arts Mastering traditional elements Ink painting is one of the media that is unique to traditional Chinese art. The various visual representations and wide range of subjects that cover fingers, flower and bird, animals and spectacular landscapes in ink painting have become...
Renowned Photographer/ Tseng Miin-Shyon Thanks to the advancement of technology and various representations of visual images, we are able to observe views around the globe with Google street view on our computer screens. Whilst doing that with a serious attitude or simple interests, we believe in the existence of such a view, but why do we believe it without doubts? It is...
Department of Fine Arts, National Taiwan Normal University Professor Pai Shih-Ming What is the question to one’s life? There must be different versions depending on the individual. However, there seem to be an un explainable and undeniable knowledge in the encounters of love and men, or the beginning and the end of life. Why are men born? What do men live for...