The Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts (KdMoFA) is running three solo exhibitions, respectively showcasing the artworks of TNUA Prof. Dawn Chen-Ping, China-born artist Chen Wenji, and Korean artist Kim Yong Sik.
Prof. Dawn’s exhibition “Limbo” is based on his belief that every living creature possesses sprit. The artist emphasizes a spiritual realm of life and re ection during unconsciousness that emerges at the critical point of uncertainty and hesitation while experiencing the feeling of limbo.
The highest level of the “Great Balance Theory” is harmony among heaven, earth and man. In his exhibition “heaven” refers to gods and Buddha, “earth” refers to demons and monsters, and “man” refers to creatures and the Chinese Zodiac.
The “Masterpiece Room - Kim Yong-Sik Solo Exhibition” is an expression of the human desire to overcome his or her limitation, or the human will to become eternal.
Kim’s works have both abstract and figurative spaces at the same time. And geometrical shapes such as the circle, triangle, square, and T-shape co-exist with Korean texts or English texts.
Chen Wenji is presenting his comprehensive oeuvre created between 2009 and 2016 – 27 oil on canvas or oil on aluminum-plastic panel paintings – in his first solo exhibition in Taiwan, curated by Feng Boyi.
Chen’s painting style encompasses minimalistic, abstract elements, with his calm and meticulous mannerism incorporated and condensed in his art. But a sense of purity that is detached of inner emotions is also observed, cancelling out any so-called indicative significance related to the value or meaning of art, with the subject matters depicted in his artworks showcasing an obvious ambiguity.
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