i-City: The City in the Digital Space (存在。不存在的城市) presents new media art creations — interactive installation, projection, video and cyber art — by six artists from China and Taiwan. The artists create virtual cities by deconstructing urban architectural elements and street scenes. Guided tours will be held on Sunday, March 27 and April 3. For more details visit www.dac.tw
■ 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
■ An artist’s forum will be held on Saturday at 3pm. Until April 10
Photo Courtesy of DAC
Two new exhibits will open this weekend at the Taipei Fine Arts Museum. Passing‧Scenery (過往‧風景) presents Hsu Ming-jen’s (許銘仁) expressionist and realistic drawings on handmade paper, while Glenn Murcutt: Architecture for Place — Thinking Drawing/Working Drawing (輕觸大地：格蘭‧穆卡特建築展) introduces the architectural work and career of the Australian-born architect who won the prestigious Pritzker Prize in 2002 and the American Institute of Architects’ Gold Medal in 2009. Murcutt’s approach to architecture is somewhat unique in that he does not rely on computers. A lecture on Murcutt’s work will be held at the museum on Saturday from 3pm to 5pm.
■ Taipei Fine Arts Museum (TFAM — 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), tel: (02) 2595-7656. Open daily from 9:30am to 10pm. Admission: All exhibits free, except Monet Garden (NT$270)
■ Both exhibits begin Saturday. Until May 1 (Hsu Ming-jen) and June 12 (Glenn Murcutt)
Photo Courtesy of Anthony Browell and TFAM
Y.E.S. Taiwan is the third instalment in a series of exhibits that focuses on Taiwan’s “young emerging stars,” hence the abbreviation of the title. The works on display include painting (realism, abstraction, expressionism) and photography.
■ Aki Gallery (也趣藝廊), 141 Minzu W Rd, Taipei City (台北市民族西路141號), tel: (02) 2599-1171. Open Tuesdays to Sundays from noon to 6:30pm
■ Until April 3
Photography, video and sound are among the mediums used by the artists whose work is on display in an exhibition titled Window (窗口) at Tina Keng Gallery (大未來耿畫廊). In this show, windows serve as a metaphor for our “limited and expansive vision.” The venue is also hosting a solo exhibit of works by Chinese abstract and expressionist artist Wu Dayu (吳大羽).
■ Tina Keng Gallery (大未來耿畫廊), 15, Ln 548, Ruiguang Rd, Taipei City (台北市瑞光路548巷15號), tel: (02) 2659-0798. Open Tuesdays to Sundays from 10am to 7pm
■ Until April 24 (Window) and March 27 (Wu Dayu)
Tai-uan lann — Imaging Art Exhibition (臺灣影 ─ 當代影像展) brings together some of Taiwan’s top artists working in photography and video. The group show includes Chen Chieh-jen’s (陳界仁) Bade Area (八德), Wu Tien-chang’s (吳天章) bizarre images of Taiwan’s hybrid culture and photos by South Korea’s Yeondoo Jung that juxtapose Taiwan’s betel nut beauties with high school girls.
■ Main Trend Gallery (大趨勢畫廊), 209-1, Chengde Rd Sec 3, Taipei City (台北市承德路三段209-1號), tel: (02) 2587-3412. Open Tuesdays through Saturdays from 11am to 7pm
■ Until April 2
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