AN EXHIBITION FROM THE TAIWAN ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS (TAFA)

OPENING 6pm Friday 9 May
To be opened by
Ms Katharine Siao-Yue Chang
Representative, Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Australia

Professor Liao Shiou-Ping
President, TAFA

In 2000, a number of senior art professors whose works collectively represented the diverse aspects of Taiwanese visual art, came together to form the “Taiwan Academy of Fine Art” (TAFA). Most of the academicians studied art in Taiwan, and then studied or travelled abroad, learning to mix various styles of art. They came back Taiwan to continue their creative careers and pass on their insights to those studying art at university. TAFA is dedicated to promoting various Taiwanese art forms including ink-wash paintings, calligraphy, oil paintings, printmaking, and graphic design. These arts express Taiwan in all its complexity and multiple dimensions, an amalgamation of Chinese, Austronesian, Western and Japanese cultures. Over the past four years, TAFA has held exhibitions in Beijing, Guangzhou, Tokyo and Taipei. These act to promote international cultural communication, share ideas on artistic creation, and enhance Taiwan’s ‘soft power’.

CURATORS
Dr LIAO Hsin-Tien, Dean of the College of Humanities, National Taiwan University of Arts (NTUA)
CHUNG You-Hui, Professor of the Department of Fine Arts, NTUA
SPONSORS
Ministry of Culture, ROC (Taiwan)
Ministry of Education, ROC (Taiwan)
Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Australia

Made in Taiwan (MIT): Workshop series

As part of the exhibition, a series of workshops will be presented on 9 May 2014.

Taiwan’s Printmaking

09 May 2014 9:30am - 10:15am

Printmaking Workshop, ANU School of Art.

Academic: Lin Hsueh-Ching, Professor of University of Taipei, Printmaking artist.

Translation: Terry Tang.

Hybrid Reality of Abstract Painting: My Artist Journey

09 May 2014 10:30am - 11:15am

Core rooms 3 & 4, ANU School of Art

Academic: Hsueh Pao-Shia, Professor of Tainan National University of the Arts, Former Director of National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, oil painter.

Taiwan’s Ink-wash Painting and Calligraphy

09 May 2014 11:30am - 12:15pm

Core rooms 3 & 4, ANU School of Art

Academic: Chiang Ming-Shyan, Vice President of TAFA, Professor of National Taiwan Normal University, ink wash painter.

Translation: Professor Liao Hsin-Tien, Dean of the College of Humanities, National Taiwan University of Arts

Professor Liao Hsin-Tien public lecture

Duration: Friday, May 9, 2014 - 13:00 - 13:45
Location: School of Art lecture Theatre

The Order of Art: Cross-Cultural Strategies and Representation in Shiou-Ping Liao’s Art.

Professor Liao Hsin-Tien is Dean of the College of Humanities, National Taiwan University of Arts