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...
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 period from the end of the Qing Dynasty to the beginning of the Republic of China was a key transitional point for Chinese paintings. Talented artists marked their names in the Chinese history of art with works that combine traditional and modern elements during this turbulent era. The Four Ren masters – Ren Xiong, Ren Xun, Ren Yi and...
“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...
Curator-Eric Leung “transINK” indicates the fluidity of ink as a medium. Ink art constantly changes through time. The introduction of western techniques and approaches during the New Ink Art Movement in the sixties and seventies had even revolutionized the use of traditional ink and brush. The contemporary elements take inspirations from various kinds of technology and everyday objects, extending the possibilities of...
Zhang’s trademark “Lego landscapes” transform traditional visual art into a new from, with the distinguishable “Houses as Boxes” style. Her paintings take inspirations from conventional landscapes as well as the ancient legend of “the world within a gourd”. The artist has also transferred her life experiences onto the images, taking the spacial composition from Surrealist master René Magritte, and continues...
Curator/ Yu-Chuan Tseng Living in the digital age, we are immersed in a theater of interwoven virtuality and reality, in which the relationship among main characters, supporting characters, sceneries and props is always fluid and uncertain, defined by an extendibility stemming from their mutual interpretation. These elements co-construct an indescribable performance of the post-internet era without a clear distinction between the...
