Artists from the US, UK, Cuba and India come together in Untitled, a group exhibit of painting, photography and sculpture. Though there isn’t a discernible theme, the prominence and styles of the artists — the haunting images of Gregory Crewdson (though far from his best work) and the sculpture by pop artist Julian Opie — should appeal to anyone interested in contemporary art.
■ Sakshi Gallery (夏可喜當代藝術), 33 Yitong St, Taipei City (台北市伊通街33號), tel: (02) 2516-5386. Open Tuesdays to Saturdays from 1:30pm to 9:30pm, Sundays from 1:30pm to 7:30pm
■ Begins on Saturday. Until Dec. 11
Photo Courtesy of Sakshi Gallery
That’s Cause That Guy Isn’t Human but Some Kind of Godish Japanese Hottie from Another World is a series of photographs by emerging Japanese artist Ayano Sudo, who is inspired by manga imagery from the early 1970s and the poses that youngsters make today when being photographed. Think bunny ears, vacant eyes and teens pouting their lips. The artist will give a talk at the gallery on Saturday at 3pm.
■ 1839 Little Gallery (1839小藝廊), B1, 120 Yanji St, Taipei City (台北市延吉街120號B1), tel: (02) 2778-8458. Open Tuesdays to Sundays from 11am to 8pm
■ Opening reception and artist’s talk begins at 3pm on Saturday. Until Dec. 4
Photo Courtesy of 99 Degrees Art Center
Vacuum (空) seeks to “lead people into a world of virtual reality” through interactive installations and video created over the past year by the Taiwan-based digital art collective Creative Club Lab (創意整合實驗室). As is often the case with digital art, much of the work looks like innovation awaiting commercial application. An exception to this is Are You Really Clear? (你真的清楚嗎?), an interactive installation that examines the truth-value of artificial surfaces whether real or imagined.
■ Digital Arts Center (台北數位藝術中心), 180 Fuhua Rd, Taipei City (台北市福華路180號), tel: (02) 7736-0708. Open Tuesdays to Sundays from 10am to 6pm
■ Until Nov. 7
99 Degree Art Center is holding a large-scale exhibition of Chinese painting and calligraphy by artists dating back to the 17th century. The show includes work by the famous Qing Dynasty master Jiang Tingxi (蔣廷錫), Pu Hsin-yu (溥心畬), a cousin of China’s last emperor, and Chang Dai-chien (張大千), who seamlessly merged principles of calligraphy and “mountain water” (山水) painting into a highly original style reminiscent of abstract expressionism. Sculpture from Ju Ming’s (朱銘) Taichi (太極) series is also on display.
■ 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), tel: (02) 2700-3099. Open Tuesdays to Sundays from 11am to 6:30pm
■ Until Nov. 9
Interplay (形和他的遊戲) is a solo exhibit of metal sculpture by Kuo Szu-min (郭思敏). Kuo’s work, which the gallery calls an “aesthetics of structuralism” in its introductory essay, is informed by the visual language of cubism and abstraction as a means of revealing the underlying geometric structures that pervade contemporary urban environments.
■ Gallery 100 (百藝畫廊), 6, Ln 30, Changan E Rd Sec 1, Taipei City (台北市長安東路一段30巷6號), tel: (02) 2536-2120. Open Tuesdays to Sundays from 11am to 7pm
■ Until Nov. 20
Japanese ceramist Munemi Yorigami presents a series of abstract works in Re-Creation. As the exhibit’s title suggests, Yorigami’s work is composed of “re-creations,” or objects that are destroyed and then glued back together.
■ Yingge Ceramics Museum (鶯歌陶瓷博物館), 200 Wenhua Rd, Yingge Dist, New Taipei City (新北市鶯歌區文化路200號), tel: (02) 8677-2727. Open daily from 9:30am to 5pm, closes at 6pm on Saturdays and Sundays
■ Until Nov. 20
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