Art Kaohsiung

(11 Dec 2015 - 13 Dec 2015)

http://www.art-kaohsiung.com/

Art Kaohsiung
Kaohsiung
Taiwan

「ART KAOHSIUNG 2015」

Create the Platform for the Arts of Southeast and Northeast Asia converge Kaohsiung is located in the center of northeast and southeast Asia. As the second metropolis in Taiwan, it is awarded with Livable Communities Award endorsed by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) and International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions (IAAPA). Kaohsiung is recognized as Miami in Taiwan.


ART KAOHISUNG was first launched in 2013 and expanded its scale in 2014 in number of exhibitors and sales amount— from 62 exhibitors in 2013 to 92 exhibitors in 2014 and twice the sales amount to 2.7 million in 2014. With the participation of eminent galleries from Japan, Korea, Singapore, H.K., Germany, Swiss, Russia and Vietnam including Tomio Koyama Gallery, Whitestone Gallery, Sincewell Gallery from Kaohsiung, Soka Art Gallery from Tainan, Liang Gallery from Taipei, and Aura Gallery, the Collector Plan tailored by the Committee successfully receiving 300 significant collectors around Taiwan and achieving a remarkable sales amount with 11,000 visitors. The cooperative projects with active art fairs in Osaka, Singapore, and Seoul also injects vitality and International resources to ART KAOHSIUNG.


In 2015, the positioning of ART KAOHSIUNG is the platform where the arts of Southeast and Northeast Asia converge, where the boundary lines of arts is eliminated and where all the art forms can be fully realized. Extending from Asia, ART KAOHSIUNG this year cooperates with art fairs in Cologne, Seoul and Osaka in special curatorial projects in order to broaden the horizon of art scenes in Taiwan. It is estimated that 110 exhibitors around Asia, Europe and U.S. will be joining ART KAOHSIUNG 2015. Renowned for its abundant history of harbor and charm of enthusiastic hospitality, Kaohsiung with guests around the globe is ready to accomplish the biggest annual art festival in Southern Taiwan.


【 Contemporary Art Sector 】 Located in the heart of Kaohsiung Bay, Pier - 2 Art District combines marine history and original spirit of warehouse, thus exudes a unique, contemporary nature. In which Art kaohsiung presents Contemporary Art Sector; an important series of 50 Asian Art Galleries showing Asian contemporary artistic trend.


【 Modern & Contemporary Art Sector 】 The Modern & Contemporary Art Sector is planned at the Kaohsiung City Suites, for its Western refined elegance, and oriental philosophy character, which provides the visitor a comfortable environment to approach the artwork, and its exquisite atmosphere suits the spirit of "bringing art to life". In view of the successful response last year, this year the section could be expanded to 60 galleries, as to satisfy the diverse orientation of the collectors.


【 Kaohsiung Emerging Arts Sector 】 Art Kaohsiung offers a platform for emerging arts in Kaohsiung. By inviting the Kaohsiung Award winner and young artists to participate. The Committee is making all its effort to filter the applicants, to present the most potential emerging artists, and to bridge the artists and art industry.


【 Curatorial Projects 】 To echo the annual arts industry-university forum topic, the Committee will invite curators or gallerists to curate the international curatorial sector, so as to implement the objectives of bridging the native arts and international arts. Whilst the core idea of its content is a close spectacle of Northeast Asia and Southeast Asia.


【 Kaohsiung Art Forum 】 Since 2015, the Art Kaohsiung has been considered as the bridge between Southeast Asia and Northeast Asia art worlds. Their artistic dialogue is implemented in this artistic industry-university forum, by inviting Kaohsiung Modern Society, which has been making industrious and diligent efforts for the local art, to cooperate with the committee, also with the participation of the art world's important figures and professionals from the art industries. The sector this year has chosen Japan and Malaysia as the speakers of the dialogue, the well-known gallery curators and important industrial professionals from these two countries are invited to exchange their knowledge, and provide the audience with diversity artistic views.


2015 ART KAOHSIUNG

VIP Preview

2015 年 12 月 10 日(四)

Opening Party

2015 年 12 月 10 日(四)

Duration

Fri, December 11 to Sun, December 13, 2015

Opening Hours

11am to 7pm,12/13 11am to 6pm

Venue

City Suites-Kaohsiung (No.1, Dayi St., Yancheng Dist, Kaohsiung 803, Taiwan)

THE PIER-2 ART CENTER (No.1, Dayong Rd., Yancehng Dist, Kaohsiung 803, Taiwan)


Media Contact Sophia LU

TEL:+886-928-254-509、+886-2-2577-1676

Email:art.kaohisung@gmail.com