| February-29-2008 |
| Exhibition:Phantom of History |
The artist is dressed as Chiang Kai-shek, marching in the Chiang Kai-shek mausoleum at Cihu, which again is full of Chiang Kai-shek statues; there is no one else but the still scenery to accompany. Two of the other works on the show is “March-Past”, in which the artist pretends to be a giant, marching in front of a miniature model of the presidential palace, and keeps saluting the toy tanks stationed in front of the palace. And “Afloat on Mount Jade” is a filed shooting on Mount Jade, where the artist pretends to be the leader of China that floats on top of the mountain peak, waving the national flag and saluting.
2007 was a year of turmoil and conflict in Taiwanese politics. Yao Jui-Chung kept his sarcastic yet humorous imitation style and alternative criticisms against ideologies. The artist wrote down lines over lines of humorous personal comments, these words seemingly contain strong political opinions about the subjectivity of Taiwan, but by no means should they be interpreted as attempt to explain the history nor to challenge ideologies, or to express any political motivation or preference. Through the use of ponderous history and eccentric behavior, the artist tries to use his own absurd behavior to highlight another greater absurdity, which is situation that is hidden and outside of human control. Facing with all kinds of collective destiny, the air above Taiwan is filled with dictators, tricksters, cynics and hypocrites, but the true vice doesn’t come from external source, but internal, that is the historical ghost that we all have to face and fight against.
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| February-28-2008 |
| Exhibition: Boundless Visions: New Permanent |
Boundless Visions: New Permanent 2008
Exhibition Date ：2008.03.12~.2008.04.27
Exhibition Place ：Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Gallery F
The borders of the white room slowly move and change. The sunlight follows the changes of the space, and shadows project different expressions on the front object. It indicates a strange experience for the body.
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| February-27-2008 |
| Exhibition: BlueDot Asia |
Aki Gallery, Galerie Grand Siecle and Taiwan Contemporary Art Link are happy to announce artists Chen Wan Jen (Aki Gallery) and Kuo I Chen (Galerie Grand Siecle) will be showing in “BlueDot Asia”, from 5 to 10 March, in Seoul Arts Center. They have also been invited to show their last works in the special exhibition - ILLUSION THEATER.
What is BlueDot-Asia? Literally symbolizing a reservation mark on the gallery wall, BlueDot-Asia is an international exhibition for prominent, emerging young artists. Over 40 Asian artists from different cities are gathered to launch BlueDot-Asia in March 2008. Converging under three themes - “Mad Figuration,” “FantASIA,” and “Color of Asia,” the exhibition will be an ideal chance for contemporary art enthusiasts interested in new and upcoming artists. The special exhibition “Illusion Theater” by 8 Taipei artists adds critical hues to the show. “O2 Zone” is specially designed for young artists. The year of 2008 hosts hot asian artists from Beijing, London, New York, Seoul, Taipei, and Tokyo. Collectors, galleries, and curators are welcome to this festive young event and check out who will be the next star artists. BlueDot is a debut stage for young curators and artists. Starting from BlueDot-Asia, BlueDot-World is due in 2009. Meet new artists through BlueDot-Asia & World. BlueDot-Asia 2008 Curatorial Team Jun Haeyun (Beijing), Katsuhiro Saiki (New York), Wu Darkeun (Taipei), Lee Daehyung (Seoul), Yumie Wada (Tokyo)
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| February-25-2008 |
| Chen Chien Jung received the Li Chun Shen Foundation of Contemporary Painting’s Visual Arts Award |
Dynasty Art Gallery and Taiwan Contemporary Art Link are delighted to announce our artist Chen Chien Jung, who received the Li Chun Shen Foundation of Contemporary Painting’s Visual Arts Award. Chen Chien Jung will be showing 10 acrylic works and many other composite media planar works from 23 February to 20 March, at the Establishment of Art Center at National Cheng Kung University.
Chen Chien Jung tries to illustrate his own ideal architectural space through the works, limited not by the current rules in design, but only his own imagination. What is reflected in his works are mostly structural spaces that has strong sketch like qualities, this can be seen as a process of construction and dismantlement, of drawing and erasure, and of all that accompany the process.
The works embody continuous repetitions very similar to a process of construction, detachment and restoration, constructing possible spatial bodies in the visual frames. These spatial bodies are often uncertain, or flat, or open, or hollow, or solid, the only commonality is that all of these may not have an applicable functionality. The presentation of these works seem to have offered a certain visual field, let viewers to enter, exit, or have a moment of pause, all in a state of sluggishness.
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| February-23-2008 |
| Exhibition - the silence attacks |
Aki Gallery and Taiwan Contemporary Art Link are pleased to present “Silence Attacks”, a solo exhibition by LIN Guan Ming, from 23 February to 13 April, at the Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei.
Lin Guan – Ming’s video work exposes high poetic senses through low technologies. By eliminating social image that carries clear messages, he uses most minimal ways to record the image’s facts and challenge of personal experience. He tries to present those instants in time which can not be expressed in words, to contradict those who over consumes images.
Lin Guan – Ming’s works don’t contain a clear style or a strong sense of social character, they escape beyond the expressiveness of words; but as a gentle breeze, the works brush something deep inside their viewers. By inserting human action into a natural setting, His works expose a fissure between the reality and the imaginary, for an instant the spectators disconnect from their rational experiences and pause in disorientation.
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| February-23-2008 |
| Chen Yung Hsien hosting an exhibition “Animotion Tropes” |
Galerie Grand Siecle and Taiwan Contemporary Art Link are pleased to announce that our artist Chen Yung Hsien will be hosting an exhibition “Animotion Tropes” at Art Center, National Yang Ming University, from 20 Febreaury untill 15 April 2008. Our artists Wang Ya Hui (Galerie Grand Siecle), Chen Wan Jen (Aki Gallery) and Huang Hsin Chien (Galerie Grand Siecle) have also been invited to show their video works in the exhibition.
Animotion Tropes trys to talk about the process of animation creation under the influence of digital media. It sets to explore how these creators construct their interpretation of happiness and sadness under a system of fast consumerism and commercialized media; and how they reconsider the sense of “pleasure” brought to us by the new media images to today.
Our sense of “pleasure” originates from physiological impulses. However, for modern human, it goes beyond of simply being a bodily reaction, the sense of pleasure also extends itself to practices in cultural activities. A set of mechanisms about the pleasures of reading is derived from Roland Barthes’ discourse “From work to text”, that the work is linked to a pleasure of consumption, yet the text is associated with “jouissance” indulging oneself in a form of “pleasure without separation from the production” of these works; hence this pleasure extends further into a pleasure of consumption and a pleasure of production. This exhibition quotes the latter in its interpretation of “pleasure”, where video imaginary is no longer a relationship of self-existence, but instead it is a social value of which the stationary order is being manipulated and suppressed; how to entrust a further layer of meaning to the interpretation of animation culture and pop consciousness? And between the author and the viewer, how do they communicate the sense of “pleasure” in fast linguistic structures through the use of media such as video imaginary.
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| February-20-2008 |
| AWARD! 2008 Kaohsiung Fine Arts Award |
In this year, Kaohsiung Fine Arts Award invited several overseas artistic commentaries and academic to participates the evaluation from 1803 works. Reexamines committee member and the observers not only look each be selected original work, is aims at the work vision constitution, the creation thought in the evaluation process and so on many angles cuts into, unceasing carries on the intense rigorous dialectical discussion, finally only then can select five Kaohsiung Fine Arts Award new owner.
Chang Tang Yuan, represented by Dynasty Art Gallery, an emerging artist has been actively showing in alternative spaces in Taiwan, utilizes the vivid color and transformed cartoon characters to represnt the culture complex of Taiwan young people.
Lo Chan Peng, represented by Aki Gallery, is introduced as a new talent in Contemporary Dialogue. His accomplished skills of realism paintings are transformed into conceptual representation of iconology which we are infiltrated by digital technology.
Furthermore, our young artists like Wang Chia Chi (Dynasty Art Gallery) received award for excellence，Chen Hsin Yuan (Dynasty Art Gallery) and Wang Liang Yin(Aki Gallery)’s work all obtains being selected. ......《more》 |
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| February-10-2008 |
| In Our Website: New Works of Wang Chia Chi |
A tasty strawberry cake, its vividness conveys the sweetness visually without even savoring it, the gustatory sense is turned into a visual one. The bright red strawberry, possesses a sense of joyfullness visually, is more directly transformed into a body sensation.
Roland Barthes called "Punctum" to those things which pierces the viewer when they stand in front of the artwork. These are not just any ordinary, insignificant things, nor do they inflict just any kind of warm feelings, instead they are something that topples the viewer,letting out a sense of unexpected emotions. ......《more》 |
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| February-03-2008 |
| Art Fair: Wang Ya-Hui in International Film Festival Rotterdam |
Galerie Grand Siecle and Taiwan Contemporary Art Link are pleased to announce our artist Wang Ya Hui is showing her work “Visit” in 37th International Film Festival Rotterdam, from 23 January to 3 February 2008.
About Visit:
CGI, computer generated images, are apparently not limited to major Hollywood films. A small film can also generate a small UFO. A cloud as visitor.
The young maker went back to her first dwelling. The house is in an old street, close to a river. The house is full of memories and the smells of life. A small cloud appears like a dreamy alien being. A woolly UFO in broad daylight. A film with a dreamy smile.
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| February-01-2008 |
| Exhibition: Hua Chien Chiang in Asia Art Biennia |
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Aki Gallery and Taiwan Contemporary Art Link are pleased to announce the artist HUA Chien Chiang is showing in the Have You Eaten Yet? ─ 2007 Asian Art Biennia, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts , till 24 Feb. 2008.
Have You Eaten Yet? ─ 2007 Asian Art Biennial
Exhibition Date ：2007.10.13~.2008.02.24
Exhibition Place ：National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Gallery A1、B1、C1～C4、E, Digiark
The question “Have you eaten yet?” is a common salutation among various Asian populations as well as a greeting when initiating conversation, communication, and interaction. In an age of material scarcity, asking someone if they’d eaten was a projection of one’s own state of being and thus conveyed caring and good will, as if saying, “I hope you are not enduring hunger and have had a meal.” ......《more》 |
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