Art Taipei 2007: Art and Literature
Date:
25/May (Fri)–29/May (Tue) 12 a.m.–8 p.m. (29/May to 7 p.m.)
Venue:
Taipei World Trade Center Hall 2 (Taipei Show Hall 2)
No.3, Song-Lian Road, Taipei City, Taiwan
【Revival of Literate Art in Taipei of a Great Chinese-Style this Summer】
Art Taipei 2007, hosted by Council for Cultural Affairs and Art Galleries Association R. O. C. and co-organized by Taipei City Government, will be held in Taipei World Trade Center Hall 2 (Taipei Show Hall 2) from May 25th to 29th! It has attracted great attention from both domestic and international art galleries since the call for application submission last August and there has been more than 30% of foreign galleries from countries such as New Zealand, France, Singapore, Hong Kong, Korea, and Mainland China applying for the fair. York Hsiao, Chairman of Art Galleries Association R. O. C., commented that the active participation proves Taiwan a more prosperous art market than neighboring countries and an exchange center of Asian art through healthy competition of domestic and international art galleries in Art Taipei 2007. With integration of government resources and related industries Art Taipei will head for positive development and become an international art fair in the future.
Following the theme “New Figure, New Art” last year, Art Taipei 2007 will focus on classical cultures: “Art and Literature.” As the first cultural activities in human histories, art and literature have been influencing each other in both Eastern and Western cultures for thousands of years. With continuous evolution of human thoughts, art and literature has been through various creeds like modernism and post-modernism, contemporary art and literature recreate their meanings and atmospheres in contexts open to each other. As the main theme in Art Taipei 2007, “Art and Literature” will concern mostly on contemporary art performances in contexts of literature, and its reinterpretation of literature temperament in the media era.
【Exhibition】
As for international art galleries we have Dynamic Art Line Fine Art from France; Virtuoso Contemporary Artists' Services from New Zealand; Keumsan Gallery, Pyo Gallery, Han Ji Yun Art Consulting Co., Ltd, Cosmos Gallery, and Art Park from Korea; iPreciation and Art Seasons from Singapore; Art Beatus and 82 Republic from Hong Kong; Shine Art Space (Shanghai), Aura Gallery, Beijing Art Now Gallery, Hanmo Gallery, Holy Oriental, and Hosane Auction from Mainland China.
And domestic art galleries participating in Art Taipei 2007 are as below: Impressions Art Gallery, Julia Gallery, Capital Art Center, Moon River Fine Art, Jeff Hsu’s Art, Chan Liu Art Gallery, Chin Der Jyu Gallery, Cave Gallery, BeFine Art Gallery, Lin & Keng Gallery, Da-Yen Studio, East Gallery, Galerie Grand Siecle, Fish Art Center, GSR gallery, Ho Ho Art, Hmmerlee’s Art International Corp., Imavision Gallery, K.K.Wave Arts, L’orangerie International Art Consultant Co., Ltd., Jia Art Gallery, Expol-Sources Gallery, Moon Gallery, Red Gold Art Agency, Shinman Gallery, Shoreman Art International, Star Crystal Art Gallery, T.F. Chen Cultural Center, 99°Art Center, Aki Gallery, Arthis Fine Art, Asia Art Center, Chuan Cheng Art Center, Der-Horng Art Center, Dynasty Art Gallery, Leisure Art Center, Licen Art Gallery, Ming Art, Northern Banker Art & Culture Corporation, SoKa Art Center, Gallery J Chen (Star85 Art Space), Chi-Wen Gallery, etc. And in Ela-Asia there are Galerie Grand Siecle, STYLE, and Jason Wong.
【Activities】
During the art fair, there will be 5 lectures on May 26th and 27th: “Artistic Literature and Life” by Fang Yeh, Artist of the Year; “Decoding of Contemporary Chinese Art” by Terry Huang; “Another Vision: Trends and Tips of Photography Collection” by Michael Chen, Hooi-wah Suan, and Yi-chien Chiu; “Whose Dress Talks! Contemporary Art V.S. Dress Code” by Chao-sheng Hu; and “Outra Fair: Five Links to Contemporary Art” by Rita Chang.
Vernissage will start at 6:30PM on May 24th with requiring all guests wearing a Chinese style dress code such as Tang dynasty clothing and Chinese dress. For enhancing the Eastern atmosphere in the summer of Taipei and echoing with the main theme “Art and Literature,” Jiangsu snacks of local Chinese flavor will be served then.
2007 Asia Art Economy Forum in Taipei
Date:
22/May (Tues)–23/May (Wed) 09:00am-17:00pm
Venue: Taipei Fine Arts Museum auditorium 09:00am-17:00pm
website：http://www.art-taipei.com/2007aaeft/
With great concerns about fast-growing Asian art markets during these years, Art Galleries Association R. O. C. has observed that the development of Asian contemporary art markets can be divided into a few stages and territories. Art market in Taiwan had been prosperous from 1989 to 1999. The strong rise of China’s art market has finished the golden age while Sotheby’s and Christie's have turned their Asian market to Hong Kong. With peremptory involvement of China’s contemporary art, artists such as Yu Chang, Yu Liang Pan, Bei Hong Xu, Chi Chun Liao creating values more than billions, and successors like Chen Gbo Chen, Wou-ki Zao, Teh Chun Chu, Guan Zhong Wu, George Chann, and Walasse Ting; the territory of Chinese art market has been gradually shaped. After the enthusiastic age of Japan from 1980 to 1990, Chinese art has been taken as the mainstream in Asian markets after Korea, Singapore, India, and Vietnam followed the trend.
After the burst of bubble in the nineties, art markets once again mount an unprecedented hight. In a comprehensive viewpoint, reconstruction of European and American market and globalization of newly-developing countries have made art fund popular and an academic theory of investment. How will regional and trans-regional deals transform under the trend? What is the future development of new media, management, and art marketing in this situation? Issues of art industry mentioned above will be discussed in“2007 Asia Art Economy Forum in Taipe”!
“View from the West,” which examines development of Asian art from Western experiences and viewpoints, will discuss “global art marketing,” “theories and applications of art investment,” inspiring us various questions and possibilities of Asian art investment. “Asia Market Snapshot” emphasizes on art markets in northeast (Korea) and Southeast Asia, which have great influences on contemporary art. Analysis of Chinese art market and thorough introduction of trends and development of art auction markets will be presented in “Chinese Focus.” Furthermore, there will be two more panels of “Focus on Taiwan”──“The Future of Art Fund” and “Observation of International Art Fairs”──discussing new ways of investment in art markets and seeking Taiwan’s standpoint of Asian art markets.
The inviting list of“2007 Asia Art Economy Forum in Taipei” consists of internationally well-known speakers such as Wenrei Huang, vice president of Motif Art Consulting Inc.; Shengtian Zheng, the magazine's managing editor of YISHU-The Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art; Qin Kou, vice general manager of China Guardian Auctions; Han Ji Yun, director of Han Ji Yun Art Consulting Co., Ltd; Yu-Ling Wang, manager of Blue Dragon Art Company; Li Zhao, vice president of Fine Art History and Theory School of China Central Academy of Fine Arts. Besides, we also invite presiders good at global art trends, such as Yong-ping Lee, commissioner of The Taipei City Department of Cultural Affairs, and director of Taipei Fine Arts Museum.
【Artist of the Year – Ye Fang】
The reappearance of the charm of Chinese gardens, the re-interpretation of literate art.
Julia Gallery has obtained the agency of he exhibition of Artist of the Year. Born in Suzhou, China, Ye Fang (1962- ) grew up in “Bi Garden,” studied in “Cho Cheng Garden” and painted in “Ting Feng Garden.” And now he lives in the garden built all by himself “Nan Shih Pi Chi.” He uses the language of painting to create his spiritual paradise and uses the art of gardening to construct actual gardens with cultural atmosphere. In his large work of landscape installation art work “Nan Shih Pi Chi,” hills, cliffs, caves, waterfalls, streams, curved paths, arched bridges, pavilions, shores, and corridors symbolize romantic elements and humanistic allegories. And drinking tea, playing Chinese chess and zither, and singing have become parts of lifestyle. By actual practices Ye Fang presents the contemporary cultural attitude with literate mood in the ancient time.
This exhibition area in Art Taipei 2007, planned by international curator Chang Tsong-zung, is titled “Literary Games, Art Strategies.” This is a form of “interactive installation” with literary and cultural nuances, and it is a novel kind of open-ended artwork that brings historical tradition up to date. Ye Fang has set an example for a type of contemporary art that carries with it cultural memory and new inspiration.
Besides, due to a special personal charm of profound quality, eloquence, and geniality, Ye Fang has endless relationships with people of various fields. His creation and achievement in Chinese gardening art has impressed the cultural circles and attracted interviews of TV, plane and electronic media for more and more people are interested in his fascinating gardening art and literate works. In Art Taipei 2007 Ye Fang will re-create the gardening art and make Chinese gardens reappear in the fair.
Ye Fang
（from left to right） No. 97 - Morning of Sentiment, No. 98 – Sunset of Sentiment, No. 99 – Sentiment, No. 100 – Night of Sentiment（represent by Julia Gallery）
Ye Fang / The Calculation of Emotion –Yuan / 2004 / 45x38x33cm
Ye Fang / The Calculation of Emotion –Heng / 2004 / 45x52x46cm
Ye Fang / The Calculation of Emotion –Lih / 2004 / -45x34x34cm
Ye Fang / The Calculation of Emotion -Jen / 2004 / 45x43x38cm
Outra Fair—Five Packages of Contemporary Art in Taiwan
“Outra Fair”, curated by Rita Chang, is an outdoor contemporary art exhibition to be held at Taipei’s Warner pedestrian district from May 24 to June 2. Held simultaneously with Taipei Art Fair, 2007, “Outra Fair” is an alternative way of showcasing a younger generation of Taiwanese artists. Artists, and their works at “Outra Fair”, are not selected by galleries or agents, instead, their works are displayed on five different kinds of platforms of contemporary art, which are packaged by five leading artists.
Each of these five platforms are designed by an artist to present his or her connectivity with other artists, and at the same time identifying his or her position in the ecology of contemporary art in Taiwan. The platforms, as five installation works, will become the outdoor ultra (Outra) art fair which can be easily approached by Taipei’s residents.
They are:
1. Ming-Tse Lee—“Temple Fair”—Me and My Neighbors-Community Platform—Ming-Te Lu, Jen-Hun Liang, Chao-Hsien Tu, and many other artists in Southern Taiwan.
2. Meng-Chuan Ho—“Very Temple”—Me and My Unusual Temple-Alliance Platform—Jui-Chung Yao, Wei-Cheng Tu, Sean Hu, Wen-Chi Chen, Ho-Ward Chen, Dar-Kuen Wu, Hue-Yu Su.
3. Wei-Min Lin—“Backflow”—Me and My Students-Academic Platform—Wen-Chi Lin, Chen-Yu Wang, Chih-Hao Yang, Shan-Han Hang, Ning Huang.
4. Chao-Tsai Chiu—Me and My 100% LOADING-Network Platform—Akibo (Taiwan), Ren Ming Yang (Taiwan), Lin Chang (Taiwan), ENZO Wen (Taiwan), Becky Huang (Taiwan), Milk (Taiwan), A-li (Taiwan), Mr,Who (Taiwan), EVIL (Taiwan), YAGIFT (UK), IAN GUY (UK), Sjors Trimbach (Holland), Plushood (Isreal), ESCIF (Spain), JOVIXU (CHINA), Lynn (USA), Ku Do Ra Riko (Japan), Malota (Spain), Julie West (UK), Delme (UK), Copyright design (UK), Olive47 (USA), San (HK), Assburritoi (USA), EL Gato Chimney (Italy), NOD (Beijing), Marcos (Agentina), Brickboy (Holland), Melvind (UK), more than one hundred artists all around world.
5. Shih-Tung Liu—“Play” -Me and My Friends-Partner Platform—Chiu-Chen Lai, Chien-Jung Lin, Shun-Long Zhong.
Ming-tse Lee—“Temple Fair”—Me and My Neighbors-Community Platform
By designing a shadow theater, Lee has set up an atmosphere under the city’s skyscrapers in order to imitate a traditional temple fair in his hometown. Each artist in this package will present his/her artistic ideas in a red offering box which will be shown in front of the theater as the metaphor of sacrificial offerings to the spiritual life.
In the process of transforming creativity into sacrifice, each artist limits his/her art form to the size of a small unified box in order to lower the individual ego and to abstract the substantial value of art. The artists of “Temple Fair” have traveled far for this exhibit, in order to not only demonstrate their works, but also to present their belief that art is the value of their life.
Meng-chuan Ho—“Very Temple”—Me and My Unusual Bar-Alliance Platform
“Very Temple”, the artist co-op run by Ms. Ho and her seven alliance artists, will be duplicated in “Outra Fair”, using permeable and reflective high-tech materials. The images penetrate from inside out in order to demonstrate the shared experiences within the exhibit. “Very Temple” portrays a contemporary urban temple, as a way of expressing the artist’s devotion to the conversation between the general public and themselves.
Wei-min Lin—“Backflow”—Me and My Students-Academic Platform
Professor Lin of National Taiwan University of the Arts has invited his students of various ages to cooperate in this project. These artists having lived in different cities and having experienced various vernacular cultures, will use “cheese,” which is a porous shape, to represent the diversity of their work. It also expresses the ideas of energy storage, and the cultural differences in taste, food, drink and travel.
Chao-tsai Chiu—Me and My 100% LOADING-Network Platform
The centerpiece of this exhibit is an interactive device showing several childhood memory scenes which was originally an artistic creation by 100 % LOADING. The device may be disassembled and reassembled by the general public at will. Through the network platform of 100 % LOADING, audiences can share the experience of designing the PIPI BEAR prototype.
Shih-tung Liu—“Play”—Me and My Friends-Partner Platform
Mr. Liu designed a mobile art vehicle which provides a small movable gallery to display artworks by Mr. Liu and his friends. Their works all express various memories of play during childhood.
【A Fierce Wave of Chinese Fever over Global Art Markets】
According to the statistics by Christie's and Artprice in 2006, the rate of return on investment of contemporary art is over 20% and works of Chinese artists own the highest rate. During a few months since late 2006, turnover of contemporary art works of a few internationally essential auction companies has been up to four hundred and thirty million dollars. As for collectors and new middle class in Taiwan who are sensitive to international cultures, one can surely feel the future of contemporary art and Taiwan’s current fever of contemporary art.
Chairman of Art Galleries Association R. O. C. reported that Art Taipei 2005, the best art fair in quality in Asian, created a success of almost two hundred million New Taiwan Dollars. As Asian art markets have been growing strongly in recent years, Art Galleries Association R. O. C. will provide more information of international art exhibition application to the members, promote excellent Taiwan artists onto the international stage, and enhance interaction with international art galleries in order to develop Taiwan’s status in Asian art markets
Since Taiwan collectors are the biggest purchasers in Asia, we hope that interaction with foreign art fairs can transform Taiwan into a main art market. Art Galleries Association R. O. C. will promote the agency system and offer young artists opportunities of stepping on the international stage. Artists can work wholeheartedly under the agency system, and art galleries can concentrate on promotion as well. Changes of business cycle and altering prices have disabled the agency system. But with the renewal of art market and increasing recognition, now is the best time to promote the agency system.
Yuan Goang-Ming / Floating （represent by Chi-Wen Gallery）