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ABIT encourages businesses to finance the artists not only to increase interaction between local and foreign artists but also to enhance a company's public image, the Culture Affairs Bureau official said.
The project, entitled The Series of French Artists of Rive Gauche, focuses on promoting the coffee produced by the company and was allocated to the artists compound, an independent artistic organization sponsored jointly by the Quanta Group (
Two well-known French artists, Jacques Bosser and Philippe Hurteau, who will stay in Taipei for one month, are the masterminds of the project.
Uni-President Enterprises Corp said that they hope French culture can add some variety to Taipei's life and offer Taipei's citizens a taste of something new.
"Jacques Bosser is a painter and a photographer whose works feature the integration and combination of paintings and photos in colorful and warm hues," said You Li-li (
Bosser will use the wall of the Taipei Municipal Hoping Hospital as a canvas on Aug. 19.
"We hope that people who were affected by the SARS epidemic may receive some consolation from the art," said You.
Bosser also plans to photograph nudes of local dancers, You said.
The other French artist, Philippe Hurteau, creates his work using various images in various formats such as film, the Internet and video.
Hurteau now focuses on these "cam projects," which combine images from different cities and projects them in the pattern of a mural. He is planning to put Taipei in his "cam project" as well, You said.
"Many policies of the Cultural Affairs Bureau were made possible thanks to the sponsorshop of generous businesses," Liao Hsien-hao (廖咸浩), bureau director said.
"I express my thanks to Uni-President Enterprises Corp because they not only provided money but also respected the artists' creation."
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