Taiwanese fashion designer Johan Ku
(古又文) has received considerable press coverage over the past few months since taking top honors in the avant-garde category at last year’s Gen Art’s Styles International Design Competition for his knitwear series Emotional Sculpture. Breakthrough: Johan Ku Wearable Sculpture Exhibition (破界•Breakthrough：古又文服裝雕塑展) features six works from that series plus four pieces from his Re-Sculpture line.
■ Taipei Fine Arts Museum, 181, Zhongshan N Rd Sec 3, Taipei City (台北市中山北路三段181號). Open Tuesdays to Sundays from 9:30am to 5:30pm. Closes at 8:30pm on Saturdays. Tel: (02) 2595-7656. General admission is NT$30
■ Until April 14
Contemporary Taiwanese sculptors Chu Fang-yi (朱芳毅), Yang Ming-tieh (楊明迭) and Liu Po-chun (劉柏村) come together in Three Elements (三元素), an exhibit of thought-provoking and innovative work that comments on the experiences of the artists while drawing attention to the textures of the materials that they use.
■ A Gallery (一畫廊), 22, Alley 36, Ln 147, Xinyi Rd Sec 3, Taipei City (台北市信義路三段147巷36弄22號). Open Mondays to Saturdays from 1pm to 9pm. Tel (02) 2702-3327
■ Until April 25
Da Vinci — The Genius brings to life the consummate Renaissance man as inventor, artist, scientist, anatomist, engineer and architect. It displays interactive and life-size machines based on Da Vinci’s designs, which were crafted by Italian artisans from his codices. The show also exhibits studies of his most famous art and anatomical sketches as well as 3D animations of The Last Supper and Vitruvian Man. The traveling exhibition claims to be the most comprehensive ever assembled about the Italian polymath, who lived 500 years ago.
■ Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall (國立中正紀念堂), 21-1 Zhongshan S Rd, Taipei City (台北市中山南路21-1號). Open daily from 9am to 6pm. Tel (02) 8692-5707. General admission is NT$200
■ Until May 3
Four artists from Japan and Taiwan working in wood, thread, paper and acrylic come together in Contemporary Airy Crafts From Japan to Taiwan, the second part of an exhibit that celebrates the mono-ha (literally “school of things”) approach to art. Mono-ha artists juxtapose natural materials such as earth, stone, and wood with human-made material like glass and paper to show the interdependent relationships between disparate objects. The four artists are Izumi Keiji, Iwasaki Takahiro, Liu Wen-hsuan (劉文瑄) and Llunc Lin (林昆穎).
■ Project Fulfill Art Space (就在藝術中心), 2, Alley 45, Ln 147, Xinyi Rd Sec 3, Taipei City (台北市信義路三段147巷45弄2號). Open Tuesdays to Sundays from 1pm to 6pm
■ Until April 25
Contemporary Taiwanese sculptor Chen Sung (陳松志) continues her “obsession” with age in My Dear Wrinkle (親愛的瑞音蔻). The ideas for Chen’s sculptures begin with a fold, ridge or crease and are gradually formed into abstract shapes that, according to the artist’s statement, “present an aesthetic perception regarding the marginalization of [our] changing society.” To the less informed viewer, however, they look like stalagmites that suggest different stages of development.
■ Ever Harvest Art Gallery, 2F, 107, Renai Rd Sec 4, Taipei City (台北市仁愛路四段107號2樓). Open Tuesdays to Sundays from 11am to 6:30pm. Tel: (02) 2752-2353
■ Until March 28
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