ART TAIPEI

(26 Oct 2018 - 29 Oct 2018)

http://2018.art-taipei.com/

ART TAIPEI
Taipei
Taiwan

STAND IN ASIA, TOWARDS 25!

ART TAIPEI 2018 ANNOUNCEMENT OF EXHIBITORS


ART TAIPEI 2018, one of the most magnificent art fairs in the Asia art world featuring the finest art from Northeast to Southeast Asia, and high-quality service, facilities, and space design during the late autumn will be launched at the Taipei World Trade Center from October 26th to 29th. As one of the longest-standing and most influential art fairs in Asia, it has become the irreplaceable cross point in the Asian art market for a quarter of a century, grand celebrating its 25th anniversary this year.


Last year, Art Taipei was awarded the Silver Medal of Taiwan MICE Awards from Taiwan Exhibition of the Ministry of Economic Affairs. It will continue to bridge the global high-quality art galleries, and establish the communication platform with both pioneering and prospective vision to promote the diversity of the Asian art while surpass the regional boundaries to boost the international art convergence.

 

In response to the wide application of digital technology in the art world, the yearly theme “Indefinite Museum" is to jump outside the box from the shackles of the structure, organization and space of the museum, to enrich the diverse perspectives of the art appreciation and to trigger a new spectrum of possibilities for inventiveness and conceptual orientated exhibition curation, which not only provides a new approach of artistic practice but also enriches multiple perspectives on art viewing.


ART TAIPEI is supported by both members of the executive committee: Chinghsin Chung(鍾經新), Yi-Qun Zhang(張 逸群), Yao Xiao(蕭耀), Jing-Ying Chen(陳 菁螢), Kai-Di Zhang(張 凱廸), Shi-Ming Bai(白 適銘), Pei Ni Xie(謝佩霓), Ming-Hao Liu(劉 銘浩), Yu-Cheng Liu(劉 奕成); and 9 members of the juries domestic and overseas: Yi-Qun Zhang(張逸群), Jing-Ying Chen(陳 菁螢), Ming-Hao Liu(劉 銘浩), Pei-Ni Xie(謝佩霓), Zhao-Lan Guo(郭 昭蘭), Chung-hee Moon(文 貞姬), Luckana Kunavichayanont, Chris Green and Connie Lam.


ART FEAST: MORE THAN 450 DOMESTIC AND OVERSEAS ARTISTS GATHER TOGETHER


This year, there are a total of 134 domestic and foreign galleries from 13 countries such as Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Southeast Asia, Europe and the United States, including 31 first-timers for ART TAIPEI, participate in the exhibition, featuring more than 450 artists with works form involving but not limited to sculptures, paintings, installations, images, and etc.


In addition to hundreds of high-quality galleries, there are also a variety of theme exhibition areas, including “Science and Technology”, “Art Collectors”, “Art of Post-War”, “Art Museums”, and also “MIT: Taiwan Young Artists Connection with the World” collaborating with the Ministry of Culture and aiming to support the rising stars in art stage. Furthermore, there are also a number of large-scale art installations and public art works which are interspersed in the exhibition and ready to overwhelm the public from diverse perspectives.


OVERSEAS GALLERIES: STARS GATHER IN ASIA TO DISPLAY THE ESSENCE OF ART


This year, the high-quality domestic and overseas galleries vigorously meet. Italian gallery Massimo De Carlo which, the first-timer last year, reaffirms and supports again to propose the Hong Kong artist Lee Kit whose art works are widely collected by the international art institutions. ShanghART Gallery(香格納畫廊) founded by Lorenz Helbing, Swiss, has participated in the exhibition for the fifth time and bring a series of work of the urban architectural landscape by photographer Chen Wei(陳維). The Whitestone Gallery(白石画廊) invites the Japanese famous rising star Miwa Komatsu(こまつみわ, 小 松美羽) capable of interpreting the three-dimensional space and painting the guardian beasts. One of the oldest Japanese gallery Galerie Nichido(日 動画廊) brings the art treasures, highly regarded by the worldwide collectors, of the French painter Marie Laurencin. Shanghai Longmen Art Projects(龍門雅集) focuses on the contemporary art master Walasse Ting(丁雄泉)'s ink painting solo exhibition. Hong Kong ADMIRA Gallery(觀止堂) brings the art work of Kenichiro Taniguchi(谷口顕一郎)’s sculptural creations inspired by the landscape of Taipei and Japanese traditional kintsugi skills. Other overseas galleries such as Galerie taménaga(爲 永画廊), Shibunkaku Gallery(思 文閣), Galerie Bhak(박영덕화랑), Amanda Wei Gallery, 3812 Gallery, AMY LI GALLERY(艾米李画廊), Triumph Gallery(艺•凯旋画廊) also feature extraordinary art works worth of expecting of collectors and art lovers.


ROOT IN TAIWAN: LOCAL OPERATION, GLOBAL VISION


Other than the flourishing overseas galleries, 63 local Taiwanese galleries are also not to miss. While the Apollo Gallery celebrating its 40th anniversary, it also presents 14 remarkable artists in Taiwan including San Yu(常 玉), Tze-Fan Lee(李 澤藩), Shih-chiao Lee(李 石樵), Kuo Hsueh-Hu(郭 雪湖)’s exquisite creation. Liang Gallery(尊彩藝術中心) marks the modern inks paintings, which gracefully convey the oriental aesthetics, from Chu Ko(楚戈) and Chung-Chung Lee(李重重). Asia Art Center(亞 洲藝術中心) introduces the National Literary Awards winner Pan-yuan Wang(王攀元) and Weibor Chu(朱 為白)'s early rare works. Loftyart Gallery(高士畫廊) exhibits the masterpiece of Kuo-Sung Liu(劉國松), the father of modern ink painting. Other local galleries includes Capital Art Center(首 都藝術中心), Da Xiang Art Space(大 象藝術空間館), GALERIE PIERRE(臻 品藝術中心), Red Gold Fine Art(赤 粒藝術), Ever Harvest Art Gallery(日升月鴻畫廊), Chini Gallery(采 泥藝術), AKI Gallery(也 趣藝廊), Parkview Green Art(僑 福芳草地畫廊), Bluerider ART, InSian Gallery(印象畫廊), YIRI ARTS(伊 日藝術), Der-Horng Art Gallery(德鴻畫廊) and JULIA GALLERY(雅 逸藝術中心), will jointly refresh the new style of Asian contemporary art.


In the face of the rapid-changing art market, ART TAIPEI 2018 is ready to create a top-notch art feast for Asia-Pacific premium and visionary art audience and lead the new trend of Asian contemporary art this October.



EXHIBITORS

GALLERY │ OVERSEAS

3812 GALLERY │ ADMIRA GALLERY │ AMANDA WEI GALLERY │ AMY LI GALLERY │ ANOTHER ART │ ART OF NATURE INTERNATIONAL COMPANY LIMITED │ ART WEME CONTEMPORARY GALLERY │ AUTUMN WATER SPACE │ COMBINE / BAMI GALLERY │ COMMON ART CENTER │ EGG GALLERY │ GALERIE BHAK │ GALERIE NICHIDO │ GALERIE TAMENAGA │ GALLERY CLASS │ GALLERY KHANKHALAEV │ GALLERY LEE & BAE │ GALLERY SEEK │ GALLERY TSUBAKI │ GALLERY YEH │ H-ART BEAT GALLERY │ HOLY ORIENTAL ART GALLERY │ JPS GALLERY │ KAWATA GALLERY │ LONGMEN ART PROJECTS │ LYYF VISUAL ART CENTER │ MAEKAWA + TAKEMURA │ MARUEIDO JAPAN │ MASSIMO DE CARLO │ MIZOE ART GALLERY │ PEARL MIND GALLERY │ PENG BAOXUAN ART GALLERY │ PHILIPPE STAIB GALLERY │ REDSEA GALLERY │ SAIHODO GALLERY │ SAKURADO FINE ARTS │ SHANGHART GALLERY │ SHIBUNKAKU │ SHIHODO GALLERY │ SHINSEIDO │ SHUKADO │ SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL CONTEMPORARY ART SOCIETY │ SOKYO GALLERY │ SUNRISE ART CENTER │ TAIHE ART GALLERY │ TAKEDA ART CO. │ TEZUKAYAMA GALLERY │ TRIUMPH GALLERY │ V' ART SPACE │ WATANUKI LTD. | TOKI-NO-WASUREMONO │ WHITESTONE GALLERY │ YOD GALLERY


GALLERY │ TAIWAN

99° ART CENTER │ AKI GALLERY │ APOLLO ART GALLERY │ ART LEE CENTER │ ART SPACE KIN GYO KOO KAN │ ARTDOOR TAIPEI │ ARTNUTRI GALLERY │ ASIA ART CENTER │ BABISONG │ BLUERIDER ART GALLERY │ BO ART GALLERY │ CAPITAL ART CENTER │ CAVES ART CENTER │ CAVES GALLERY │ CHI CHANG YUAN │ CHINI GALLERY │ CHUAN CHENG ART CENTER │ CLOUD GALLERY │ DA XIANG ART SPACE │ DAGUAN GALLERY │ DER-HORNG ART GALLERY │ DONGLI GALLERY │ DYNASTY GALLERY │ EAST GALLERY │ ESTYLE ART GALLERY │ EVER HARVEST ART GALLERY │ FINE ART CENTER │ FISH ART CENTER │ FUN YEAR ART GALLERY │ GALERIE PIERRE │ GALLERY SUN │ HANN ART AGENCY │ HELIOS GALLERY │ HOHOARTS │ IMAVISION GALLERY │ INART SPACE │ INSIAN GALLERY │ J. P. ART CENTER │ JULIA GALLERY │ KE-YUAN GALLERY │ KU MU SHENG ART CENTER │ LIANG GALLERY │ LILI ART │ LOFTYART GALLERY │ LOTUDIT ART GALLERY │ LOTUS ART GALLERY │ MING DIAN GALLERY │ MINGSHAN ART │ NUNU FINE ART │ PARKVIEW GREEN ART │ PIAO PIAO GALLERY │ PING ART SPACE │ RED GOLD FINE ART │ RICH ART │ RIVER ART │ STAR GALLERY │ TICA ART GALLERY │ WELLINGTON GALLERY │ XIZHITANG GALLERY │ YIRI ARTS │ YUAN RU GALLERY


ASIA+

COHJU CONTEMPORARY ART │ GALLERY KOGURE │ KOBAYASHI GALLERY │ SHONANDAI GALLERY │ 1839 CONTEMPORARY GALLERY │ MAD GALLERY │ ART PROJECTS GALLERY │ CHEER BELL GALLERY │ G13 GALLERY │ VIN GALLERY │ EK ARTGALLERY │ GALLERY WOO │ UJUNG GALLERY


MIT: TAIWAN YOUNG ARTISTS CONNECTION WITH THE WORLD

陳漢聲 CHEN, HAN-SHENG │ 范 嘉恩 FAN, JIA-EN │ 洪瑄 HUNG, HSUAN │ 林羿綺 LIN, YI-CHI │ 林義隆 LIN, YI-LUNG │ 彭宸 PENG, CHEN │ 王博彥 WANG, PO-YEN │ 魏澤 WE, ZE



  • SHOW INFO

  • SVIP PREVIEW THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2018, 12:00 – 15:00

  • VIP PREVIEW THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2018, 15:00 – 21:00

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2018, 11:00 – 14:00

  • PUBLIC VIEW FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2018, 14:00 – 19:00

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2018, 11:00 – 19:00

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2018, 11:00 – 19:00

MONDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2018, 11:00 – 18:00

  • VENUE

TAIPEI WORLD TRADE CENTER EXHIBITION HALL 1

NO.5, SEC. 5, XINYI RD., XINYI DIST., TAIPEI CITY 110, TAIWAN (R.O.C.)


  • PRESS CONFERENCE

  • PRE-SHOW PRESS CONFERENCE

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2018, 14:00 – 16:00

VENUE

@MEETING ROOM B, 36F, TAIPEI 101 TAIPEI FINANCIAL CENTER

NO.7, SEC. 5, XINYI RD., XINYI DIST., TAIPEI CITY 110, TAIWAN (R.O.C.)


  • OPENING PRESS CONFERENCE & MEDIA GUIDE

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2018, 14:00 – 15:00

VENUE

@TAIPEI WORLD TRADE CENTER EXHIBITION HALL 1

NO.5, SEC. 5, XINYI RD., XINYI DIST., TAIPEI CITY 110, TAIWAN (R.O.C.)



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PCH@ART-TAIPEI.COM
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