For those who missed the outstanding New Generation Photographers of Taiwan (台灣新世代攝影) at The Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei that ended last month, you still have a chance to view some of the great work by Taiwan’s upcoming photographers at TIVAC. The exhibit, which bears the same title and contains many of the same artists, also features lectures about photography on April 16 and April 23. Lectures begin at 3:30pm.
■ Taiwan International Visual Arts Center (TIVAC — 台灣國際視覺藝術中心), 29, Ln 45, Liaoning St, Taipei City (台北市遼寧街45巷29號). Open Tuesdays to Sundays from 11:30am to 7pm. Tel: (02) 2773-3347
■ Opening reception on Friday at 6pm. Until May 1
Photo Courtesy of TIVAC
Lin & Lin Gallery (大未來林舍畫廊) will hold a retrospective exhibit of China-born, Taiwan-raised and Italy-based artist Hsiao Chin (蕭勤). Hsiao, the winner of the 2002 National Fine Art Prize (國家文藝獎), studied abstract painting and was a prominent advocate of the avant-garde wave of Taiwanese modern art during the 1950s. His art combines the distinctive style of modern art and philosophical influences from the East.
■ Lin & Lin Gallery (大未來林舍畫廊), 16 Dongfeng St, Taipei City, (台北市東豐街16號). Open Tuesdays to Fridays from 10am to 7pm and Saturdays and Sundays from 11am to 7pm. Tel: (02) 2721-8488.
■ Opening reception on Saturday at 3:30pm. Until May 1
Photo Courtesy of Lin & Lin Gallery
Pink Coordinates (粉紅座標) is as much a forum for discussion about the state of Taiwan’s contemporary art scene as it is the presentation of figurative paintings by Ho Chu-chun (何竹君), Chang Yi-hsuan (張逸萱) and Huang Pei-han (黃沛涵). Curators Lai Chun-chieh (賴駿杰) and Lin Li-yin (林俐吟) will employ social media to get the public involved in a discussion about the nature of contemporary painting and the transforming aesthetic principles that underlie it.
■ Aki Gallery (也趣藝廊), 141 Minzu W Rd, Taipei City (台北市民族西路141號). Open Tuesdays to Sundays from noon to 6:30pm. Tel: (02) 2599-1171
■ Opening reception on Saturday at 3pm. Until May 1
Fading In/Fading Out (思索著 ... 遺忘 ... ) brings together 78 works of photography and film by Tseng Yu-chin (曾御欽). Tseng’s work has always tiptoed along a thin line between the taboo and the acceptable. His bizarre and haunting imagery features children in obscure, ambiguous, and alienated situations, offering a slightly frightening look at childhood.
■ Nou Gallery (新畫廊), 232, Renai Rd Sec 4, Taipei City (台北市仁愛路四段232號). Open Tuesdays to Sundays from 11am to 7pm. Tel: (02) 2700-0239
■ Opening reception on Saturday at 3:30pm. Until May 7
See a Cosmos in a Vignette (小品大境界) is a new series of ink paintings by renowned artist Lo Ching (羅青).
■ 99 Degrees Art Center (99度藝術中心), 5F, 259, Dunhua S Rd Sec 1, Taipei City (台北市敦化南路一段259號5樓). Open Tuesdays to Sundays from 11am to 6:30pm. Tel: (02) 2700-3099
■ Until April 17
Lin Pey-chwen (林珮淳) “virtualizes” a human and beast figure named “Eve Clone” in Eve Clone Series (夏娃克隆系列). Lin’s work contemplates the Biblical story of Revelation, particularly the section discussing the number 666, which all her digital and interactive 3D hologram sculptures are marked with. These figures serve as a metaphor for disasters caused by the progress of science and technology, and the artist hopes to reveal that “behind every temporary fantasy, there lies a hidden crisis.”
■ Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei (MOCA, Taipei), 39 Changan W Rd, Taipei City (台北市長安西路39號). Open Tuesdays to Sundays from 10am to 6pm. Tel: (02) 2552-3720
■ Until May 1
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