Can Contemporary Buddhist Art Be the Middle Way to Enlightenment?
Taiwanese artist Chen-Yu Chang’s highly meditative paintings, on view at the exhibition Superimposition, Entanglement, and Excitation, bring us to the intersection of millennia-old Buddhist wisdom and the quantum world.
Omar Hassan's Punches Forge Creations, Not Mayhem
Having exhibited his art in cities such as Miami, New York, London, Berlin, and Milan, Omar Hassan's creations found their way to the Royal Palace of Palermo, where he propagates a message of creation, not destruction.
Diving into the Deep Sea and Wander Through “Luminaries”
“Luminaries: Annie Hsiao-Wen Wang’s Solo Exhibition” recreates a unique oceanscape that will surely leave its visitors in awe.
Redefining ‘Gaia’ through works of art at the MoCA Taipei
An exhibition at the MOCA Taipei seeks to redefine Gaia as a 'concept entity that is composed by the technology of gene, algorithm, intelligent design and automata projects', proposing the idea that 'Technology' has now become the mother of Genesis.
Ann Veronica Janssens’ Coloured Mist Room and the Path Towards Enlightenment
This 2017 creation invites viewers to wander through a room permeated with fog coloured in green, yellow and pink, challenging their perception of this mundane world and perhaps, for some, their very own existence.
A ‘Soul-trembling’ Universe Woven by Shiota Chiharu
The artist’s largest-ever solo exhibition Shiota Chiharu: The Soul Trembles travelled to the Taipei Fine Arts Museum (TFAM) this summer, deeply affecting the souls of many visitors.
The Experience of Becoming a Curator-Visitor at MoNTUE
Last winter, I made a visit to the MoNTUE for the exhibition The Everlasting Bloom: Rediscovering Taiwanese Modern Art.
An Open Letter to the Late Soetsu Yanagi
In general, it is not so much the end product that interests me but, rather, the process itself — notably the makers’ pursuit of perfecting their crafts through repeating the same action, day after day.
Contemplating Through the Lens of Jiro Kamata’s Optic Jewellery
Throughout the process of viewing Kamata's work, it felt as if the viewer and the visible light have become co-creators of the work in question, and that the viewer remains the sole audience of this exclusive optic spectacle.
Traversing Light and Colours in Hans Kotter’s Work
“…I viewed Kotter’s works of light as if I was reading a piece of poetry that opens doors to new way of thinking and understanding. The only difference of the two being that, this time around, the poetry is composed of light and colours.”