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01 May

Curator / Professor Pai Shih-Ming Department of Fine Arts, National Taiwan Normal University Chairman of the Taiwan Art History Association   The definition of “island” generally means a piece of land surrounded by the ocean; however, different names are given to lands that fall into this definition for its variation in measurements, volume and terms commonly applied, hence we have geological words such as...

09:16 / Exhibitions / News
19 Mar

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...

10:20 / Exhibitions / News
23 Jan

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...

02:12 / Exhibitions / News
03 Jan

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...

08:00 / Exhibitions / News
29 Nov

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...

08:33 / Exhibitions / News
28 Nov

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...

09:26 / Art Fair / Exhibitions / News
28 Nov

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. ...

08:42 / Exhibitions / News
26 Aug

    “A Vista in Blue” records the journey artist Li Tingting went through from painting objects to landscapes, and the paintings articulate her mastery techniques in the handling of ink and colours. The blueness in the paintings is of the colour of the sky, the air that one breaths, and the shade of eternal youth which one losses oneself in. Having graduated...

12:24 / News
25 Aug

“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...

05:01 / Exhibitions / News