Installation view of the 5th Taipei Contemporary Art Fair, 2024
The 5th Taipei Contemporary Art Fair (hereinafter referred to as "Taipei Contemporary") officially returned to the Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center on May 10. With a total of 78 galleries from 19 countries and regions, and more than 57 galleries in the Asia-Pacific region, Taipei Dangdai presents the "Node" project, which focuses on large-scale installation art, and the "Ideas Forum", a cultural forum, with the theme of "Collecting as Culture".
In addition, this year's Taipei Dangdai also held a special group exhibition "Before Thunders: An Exhibition of Taiwanese Artists", which for the first time launched a new exhibition area "Evoke", which focuses on solo exhibitions or juxtaposed group exhibitions of important artists in art history.
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This year's Taipei Contemporary Domain exhibition focuses on internationally and Asian-renowned galleries with a wide range of influences, including David Zwirner, Galleria Continua, Galerie Perrotin, Tang Contemporary Art, etc.
David Zwirner, a member of Taipei Dangdai's David David Gallery, has brought Mamma Andersson, Katherine Bernhardt, Micha?l Borremans, Yayoi Kusama, Neo Rauch, Gerhard Richter, Wolfgang Brown, Wolfgang Brown, Brown Bernhardt, Wolfgang Bernhardt, Wolfgang Bernhardt, Gerhard Bernhardt, Wolfgang Bernhardt, Gerhard Bernhardt, Wolfgang Bernhardt, Gerhard Bernhardt, Gerhard Bernhardt, Wolfgang Bernhardt, Gerhard Bernhardt, Gerhard Bernhardt, Wolfgang Bernhardt, Gerhard Bernhardt, Gerhard Bernhardt, Wolfgang Bernhardt, Wolfgang Bernhardt, Wolfgang Bernhardt, Gerhard Bernhardt, Gerhard, Richter, Wolfgang Bernhardt, Gerhard, Richter, Wolfgang, Brownson, Brown, Richter, Wolfgang, Works by 14 international artists including Wolfgang Tillmans. In 2024, David Zwirner will celebrate its 30th anniversary in Los Angeles with the opening of a new space in Los Angeles, and the artists presented at this year's Taipei Contemporary will also participate in David Zwirner: 30 Years, a group exhibition that will mark the 30th anniversary of David Zwirner's new space in Los Angeles at the end of this month.
Antony Gormley, Open Thinking, 2022
Galleria Continua's Taipei Dangdai presents works by 12 important domestic and international artists, including Cuban artist Yoan Capote's polished bronze and chrome installation, Antony Gormley's "Open Blocks" series of "Open Ponder", Anish Kapoor's representative stainless steel mirror works, and Belgian artist Hans K. Op de Baker's monochrome grey sculpture and Chinese artist Qiu Zhijie's "Reading History", including "Ecological Lab", a solo exhibition at Galleria Continua Beijing at the end of May.
Jean-Michel Ottonier, The Fantastic Pillar, 2024
摄影/Claire Dorn. Jean-Michel Othoniel / ADAGP Paris, 2024. 图片提供:艺术家与贝浩登
Galerie Perrotin presents a new solo project by artist Jean-Michel Othonie at Taipei Dangdai. Athonnier is known for his sculptures and installations in glass, reusing modular elements such as bricks or beads to create glass works that reflect the relationship between human beings from intimacy to immortality around the concept of "emotional geometry". Since the 90s of the 20th century, Ottonier has been working with glassblowers to study the physical and chemical properties of glass, and the artist conceived the booth in the form of a musical sound, presenting his iconic series "Necklace", new series "Levitating Lovers", "Stone Wall" and "Column of Fantasy".
Aki Gallery booth at the 5th Taipei Contemporary Art Fair
Taiwanese galleries such as Aki Gallery, Sunrise Moon Hung Gallery, Zuncai Art Center, Gu Mansion, Clay Gallery and Elephant Art Space also brought works by artists with both local and international perspectives to this year's Taipei Dangdai, with a special focus on the excavation and presentation of local Taiwanese artists. With the theme of "Labyrinth", Aki Gallery presents the works of 13 artists. Curator Sun Dongdong explains Xu Qu's works that his work "tells the story of whether the physical wall disappears or not, but the labyrinth still exists, which is a microcosm of the current state of the world, adventure and loss, choice and decision-making, and the only constant is the game between being in it and the real world." Presented artists include Hell Gette, who participated in the 2023 opening exhibition of the gallery's new space, Wu Meiqi, who was nominated as the curator of Jimei x Arles in 2023, Zhao Gang, a Chinese-American artist, and Xu Qu, a Chinese artist who held a solo exhibition "Arrival" at the Long Museum in Shanghai in 2023.
廖继春，《Temple of Confucius Tainan》，1959年
Born in 1902 in Fengyuan County, Taiwan, Liao Jichun is one of the founders of Taiwan's early art movement, and went to Japan for further study at the age of 22. In 1927, he returned to Taiwan and co-founded the Chidao Society with Chen Zhiqi and Ni Jianghuai, which had a profound impact on the development of modern art in Taiwan.
Depict important moments in art history and explore cutting-edge international issues
This year's Taipei Dangdai's newly opened exhibition area, "Theme Art Direction", focuses on solo exhibitions of artists or group exhibitions of important artists, depicting moments of artistic historical significance and presenting international art trends.
Xiao Qin, The Leap of Light-14, 1963
3812 Gallery, which has spaces in London and Hong Kong, participated in Taipei Dangdai for the first time with the solo exhibition "In Memory of Xiao Qin: A Retrospective of Post-War Abstract Art from the East and the West", which aims to commemorate and showcase Xiao Qin's contributions and achievements in the post-war abstract art scene in Europe and China. Born in Shanghai in 1935, Xiao Qin is known as a pioneer of modern abstract art, moved to Taiwan in the late 40s of the 20th century, and co-founded the "Oriental Painting Society" in 1956 with Ouyang Wenyuan, Li Yuanjia, Xia Yang, Xiao Mingxian and other seven people, the eight members are collectively known as the "Eight Ringing Horses", exploring the dialogue and possibility between Eastern aesthetics and Western abstract art. Focusing on the recreation of Xiao Qin's Atelier Pontus in Milan in the 1960s, the exhibition features iconic works created during the Pontus International Art Movement from 1961 to 1966, including Mindfulness (1962), Leap of Light 14 (1963) and Hope (1963), as well as important works by Hsiao Qin that have been widely exhibited in internationally renowned museums and major exhibitions.
Anne Samat，《Mother (weave through eternity) #2》, 2022年
New York-based gallery Marc Straus presents a two-person exhibition by Nigerian artists Ozioma Onuzulike and Anne Samat, who look back at their own cultural heritage and explore contemporary issues such as global climate change, colonialism, and gender identity. Ozioma Onuzulike presents his representative palm kernel shell weaving works, using local Nigerian soil to make beads and weave palm kernel shells, exploring issues such as colonialism, migration and global warming; Anne Samat is best known for her 2023 work Conundrum Ka Sorga at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Tai Kwun Hong Kong, in which she explores family and identity, love, freedom and the liberation of individuality in her gorgeous, totemic works using the art of Pua Kumbu weaving in Southeast Asia.
Installation view of "Lei Qian: Taiwan Artists Group Exhibition", 5th Taipei Contemporary Art Fair, 2024
This year's Taipei Dangdai Annual Special Group Exhibition of Taiwanese Artists "Lei Qian - Taiwan Artists Group Exhibition" presents works by ten artists from and living in Taiwan, including Zhang Wenxuan, Qiu Chenghong, Xu Jiawei, Kang Yazhu, Luo Zhixin, Raha Raissnia, Zhang Enman, Su Yuxin, Su Yuxin, and Wu Qiyu. The group exhibition is curated by Chen Xi'an, Martin Geman, Lu Dairu, and Huang Binghao, all of whom participated in the 4th Taipei Contemporary "Thought Streaming Forum" in 2023. The curators responded to the Hualien earthquake and the vast potential for human and environmental disasters with "Before the Thunder: A Group Exhibition of Taiwanese Artists", reflecting on the collapse of the built and natural environment, as well as a specific history, including the textile industry and island ecosystems.
Zheng Xianyu, "I Brush Therefore I Am", 2024
Focusing on the proposition of "Collecting as Culture", this year's Taipei Dangdai's "Thought Streaming Forum" will give a series of lectures on subtopics such as "Private Collections and Public Eyes", "Collecting Strategies of Public Institutions", and "Collecting Approaches for the New Generation". In addition, the new "Cultural Partner" program of Taipei Dangdai will include Taiwan's local cultural institutions in the framework of the exhibition, presenting a three-dimensional and dynamic Taiwanese cultural ecology. The power of 'pricing' is given to everyone present, and everyone can contribute to determine the final price of the work, which becomes the artist's commission fee. ”
Installation view of the 5th Taipei Contemporary Art Fair, 2024
As Magnus Renfrew, co-founder and co-director of Taipei Dangdai, explains, "Taiwan will continue to strengthen its position as a leading market leader in the Asia-Pacific region as galleries and collectors turn their attention to Asia, with a solid art collector and a stable support for the art and cultural ecosystem, which will enable Taiwan to serve as a hub for exploring the region's best artworks." We are very pleased to see that galleries and museums across Taiwan will also hold important annual exhibitions before and after the exhibition period, which I believe also indirectly illustrates the important influence of Taipei Dangdai on Taiwan's art scene. ”
(Article from Art News Chinese Edition)
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