Exhibition
Not a Thing: 2007 Chang Nai-wen Solo Exhibition (不是東西:張乃文個展). Roaming between minimalist abstractionism to more concrete styles, sculptor Chang finds inspiration from Chinese Buddhist classics to develop a modern sculpture vocabulary that is both diverse and subtle. In the exhibition, Chang creates a series of sculptures that assimilate images of both Buddha and demon, eliminating the boundary between human beings and monsters, good and evil, normal and abnormal and narrating a kind of ambiguous heterodoxy to subvert the traditional duality between Yin and Yang in Chinese philosophy.
- Taipei Fine Arts Museum (台北市立美術館), 181 Zhongshan N Rd Sec 3, Taipei (台北市中山北路三段181號). Open Tuesday to Sunday from 9:30am to 5:30pm. Call (02)2595-7656
- Until Sept 16
Sui Jianguo's Video Exhibition (隋建國錄像展). From sculpture, installation to video art, artist Sui is noted for his exploration of new artistic vocabularies. He is a leading figure among China's contemporary artists known for their daring studies of spiritual life in the fast-changing society.
- Chi-Wne Gallery, 3F, 19, Ln 252, Dunhua S Rd Sec 1, Taipei (台北市敦化南路一段252巷19號3樓). Open Tuesday to Saturday from 11am to 7pm. Call (02) 8771-3372
- Until Sept. 15
Fragments of a Midsummer's Afternoon – a Solo Exhibition by Wu Tung-lung (夏日午後的片段 – 吳東龍個展). Clean, bright and brisk like a breezy summer afternoon on the beach, Wu's series of geometrical abstract paintings is a lyrical reflection of the world outside the canvas, dwelling upon the realm between the concrete and the poetic.
- IT Park Gallery (伊通公園), 2-3F, 41, Yitong St, Taipei (台北市伊通街41號2/3樓). Open Tuesday to Saturday from 1pm to 10pm. Call (02) 2507-7243
- Until Aug. 18
Assimilation and Alienation – Wang Da-jen Solo Exhibition (關於異化與同化的臆想 – 王達人2007個展). Drawing inspiration from Karl Marx's theory of alienation, Wang's installation series of clothing made from petrochemical materials points to the estranged relation between human beings and nature through the effects of consumerism.
- Shin Leh Yuan Art Space (新樂園藝術空間), 15-2, Ln 11, Zhongshan N Rd Sec 2, Taipei (中山北路二段11巷15-2號). Open Wednesday to Sunday from 1pm to 8pm. Call (02) 2561-1548
- Until Aug. 12
Discovering the Other – International Film Installations at the National Palace Museum (發現彼此 – 國際電影裝置展). With film installation work exhibited at Exhibition Hall II and film programs shown at the Auditorium, the event invites artists and filmmakers such as Edgar Honetschlager and Ella Raidel from Austria, Merilyn Fairskye of Australia and Taiwan's Tsai Ming-liang (蔡明亮) to share their process of discovering other worlds and cultures on the globe where any place can be a nowhere and anywhere and the self can be very much the other.
- National Palace Museum (國立故宮博物院), 221 Zhishan Rd Sec 2, Taipei (台北市至善路二段221號). Open Monday to Sunday from 9am to 3pm. Call (02) 2881-2021
- Until Aug. 19
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