Beyond Superflat (超扁平之外) features the colorful, cartoon-inspired work of Anirban Mitra from India, Hsu Yin-ling (許尹齡) from Taiwan, and Yuree Kensaku from Thailand.
■ Sakshi Gallery (夏可喜當代藝術), 33 Yitong St, Taipei City (台北市伊通街33號). Open Tuesdays to Saturdays from 1:30pm to 9:30pm, Sundays from 1:30pm to 7:30pm. Tel: (02) 2516-5386
■ Opening reception on Saturday at 7pm. Until Aug. 21
Photo Courtesy of Sakshi Gallery
Oriental Aesthetics — The Lyricism of Chinese Characters (寫意東方) is a group exhibition featuring the paintings of George Chann (陳蔭羆) and Cheung Yee (張義), sculptures by Ju Jun (朱雋), mixed media art by Xue Song (薛松) and new media work by Yao Chung-han (姚仲涵).
■ Kalos Gallery (真善美畫廊), 269, Dunhua S Rd Sec 1, Taipei City (台北市敦化南路一段269號). Open daily from 10am to 6:30pm, closed Sundays. Tel: (02) 2836-3452
■ Opening reception on Friday at 3pm. Until Aug. 14
Photo Courtesy of MOCA
For Trash as Treasure (中山印象:招材晉寶展期), artists made inquiries at local businesses for leftover or discarded materials and processed the materials with contemporary art concepts. The items were then transformed and bestowed with a new sense of value. The group exhibition includes work by Lin Ming-hsiu (林明修), Onion Hsu (徐揚聰), and Lin Ren-hsin (林仁信).
■ MOCA Studio — Underground (台北當代藝術館地下實驗‧創意秀場), Zhongshan MRT Station (中山捷運站)
■ Until Aug. 14
The Struggle between Space and Sentiment: Read Lee (空間與情意的纏鬥:李德) is the first comprehensive show in Taiwan of Lee’s career and his progression from superficial realism to “the truth of essence.” Showcasing some 200 drawings, oil paintings and watercolors, it will also include the screening of a documentary on Lee’s life and art education. The exhibition promises to “give viewers a deep understanding of the subtle and poetic expression of Read Lee’s works and his artistic passion and original ideas.”
■ Taipei Fine Arts Museum (台北市立美術館), 181, Zhongshan N Rd Sec 3, Taipei City (台北市中山北路三段181號). Open daily from 9:30am to 5:30pm, closes at 9:30pm on Saturdays. Tel: (02) 2595-7656
■ Until Nov. 25
In late October of 1873 the government of Japan decided against sending a military expedition to Korea to force that nation to open trade relations. Across the government supporters of the expedition resigned immediately. The spectacle of revolt by disaffected samurai began to loom over Japanese politics. In January of 1874 disaffected samurai attacked a senior minister in Tokyo. A month later, a group of pro-Korea expedition and anti-foreign elements from Saga prefecture in Kyushu revolted, driven in part by high food prices stemming from poor harvests. Their leader, according to Edward Drea’s classic Japan’s Imperial Army, was a samurai
Located down a sideroad in old Wanhua District (萬華區), Waley Art (水谷藝術) has an established reputation for curating some of the more provocative indie art exhibitions in Taipei. And this month is no exception. Beyond the innocuous facade of a shophouse, the full three stories of the gallery space (including the basement) have been taken over by photographs, installation videos and abstract images courtesy of two creatives who hail from the opposite ends of the earth, Taiwan’s Hsu Yi-ting (許懿婷) and Germany’s Benjamin Janzen. “In 2019, I had an art residency in Europe,” Hsu says. “I met Benjamin in the lobby
April 22 to April 28 The true identity of the mastermind behind the Demon Gang (魔鬼黨) was undoubtedly on the minds of countless schoolchildren in late 1958. In the days leading up to the big reveal, more than 10,000 guesses were sent to Ta Hwa Publishing Co (大華文化社) for a chance to win prizes. The smash success of the comic series Great Battle Against the Demon Gang (大戰魔鬼黨) came as a surprise to author Yeh Hung-chia (葉宏甲), who had long given up on his dream after being jailed for 10 months in 1947 over political cartoons. Protagonist
A fossil jawbone found by a British girl and her father on a beach in Somerset, England belongs to a gigantic marine reptile dating to 202 million years ago that appears to have been among the largest animals ever on Earth. Researchers said on Wednesday the bone, called a surangular, was from a type of ocean-going reptile called an ichthyosaur. Based on its dimensions compared to the same bone in closely related ichthyosaurs, the researchers estimated that the Triassic Period creature, which they named Ichthyotitan severnensis, was between 22-26 meters long. That would make it perhaps the largest-known marine reptile and would