Exhibitions

Lin Chin-Chung   Once being the Head of Department of the Department of Painting and Calligraphy Arts in the National Taiwan University of Arts, Professor Lin Chin-Tao obtained his PhD from Daito Bunka University in Japan. As an artist and scholar with a perfect balance between artistic creativity and academic studies, Lin’s paintings and writings are highly regarded. Lin is an avid...

“Moment in Beijing and Tianjin” – Exhibition Overview The exhibition Moment in Beijing and Tianjin presents works by artists active primarily in the cities of Beiping (modern-day Beijing) and Tianjin during the 1920s and 1930s. These artists were central figures in early Republican-era Chinese painting. Representative members include Jin Cheng (1878–1926), Lin Shu (1852–1924), Chen Shizeng (Chen Hengke, 1876–1923), Qi Baishi...

The formation of art gallery industry in Taiwan: From being present as an art gallery to developing an art gallery industry. Generally speaking, the art galleries in Taiwan saw their gradual development from the 1970s to the 1980s. As a result, a delicate professional system was established from within. Subsequently, under the premise of thriving mass media and promising circulation of...

The Spiritual Kingdom, Revealed in Reality — A Critique of Lo Chan-Pang's “Misty” SeriesBy Woan-Jen Hsu After several years of anticipation, Lo Chan-Pang unveiled his new series Misty Ink (Molan) in June 2017. As the name suggests, ink is the central medium of this body of work. Yet, looking back at Lo’s artistic beginnings, his early creations were in oil paint,...

Professor, National Taiwan Normal University Department of Fine Arts The nature of space may have diametrically opposed meanings for different people based on differences in their environment, ideas, beliefs, or even race, class and gender. It can be, at one and the same time, both 'material' or 'psychological'; 'social' or 'personal'; 'open' or 'hidden'; 'cultural' or 'primitive', and so on. This...

Graceful Ladies, Gentle Spirits — On the Art of Yi-Ping Wang   Yi-Ping Wang, a native of Tainan, holds a master’s degree from the Graduate Institute of Fine Arts at Chang Jung Christian University. She specializes in meticulous gongbi figure painting, with additional expertise in bird-and-flower subjects. Figure painting is one of the earliest developed genres in Chinese art history. Compared to...

A World of Beauty, a Fragrant Wind Among Neighbors — On the Works of Emerging Artist Ren-Chian Chen   Ren-Chian Chen, a native of Kaohsiung, holds a master’s degree from the Graduate Institute of Fine Arts at Chang Jung Christian University. Specializing in meticulous gongbi bird-and-flower painting, she draws inspiration from nature, transferring the vitality of the natural world onto paper—beginning with...

The inaugural exhibition of Daguan Gallery, titled Literati Gathering, will be held from October 16 (Sunday) to November 13 (Sunday) at its newly opened space in Dazhi. Renowned art historian Professor Kuiyi Shen, Director of the Chinese Studies Program at the University of California, San Diego, has been specially invited to curate this exhibition. He traces the historical development of Chinese...