ARTISTS
CHUANG Che 、JU Ming、Tung Lung HSU、YEH Tzu-Chi、DONG Shaw-hwei、LI Chen、XIAO Qi-Heng、Howard Fonda、Charlotte Keates
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Oct 23 (Thu) 12:00 – 21:00
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Oct 23 (Thu) 15:00 – 21:00
Oct 24 (Fri) 11:00 – 14:00
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Oct 24 (Fri) 14:00 – 19:00
Oct 25 (Sat) 11:00 – 19:00
Oct 26 (Sun) 11:00 – 19:00
Oct 27 (Mon) 11:00 – 18:00
At Art Taipei 2025, Asia Art Center presents nine artists in the Galleries sector, Booth D01: CHUANG Che (Taiwan/USA, b. 1934), JU Ming (Taiwan, 1938–2023), Tung Lung HSU (Taiwan, b. 1947), YEH Tzu-Chi (Taiwan/USA, b. 1957), DONG Shaw-hwei (Taiwan, b. 1962), LI Chen (Taiwan, b. 1963), Howard Fonda (USA, b. 1974), Charlotte Keates (UK, b. 1990), and XIAO Qi-Heng (Taiwan, b. 1991). In parallel, Asia Art Center continues its collaboration with the Taiwan Art Gallery Association and the Taiwan Indigenous Peoples Cultural Development Center, participating in the Indigenous Art Exhibition Area at Booth S01. Curated by Manray Hsu under the theme Survivance Art, the section features five artists: Milay Mavaliw (Puyuma, b. 1962), Laluyu Pavelav (Paiwan, b. 1964), Siki Sufin (Amis, b. 1966), Eleng Luluan (Rukai, b. 1968), and Idas Losin (Atayal and Truku, b. 1976). Spanning woodcarving, weaving, and painting, their works present the diverse forms and innovative practices of contemporary Indigenous art, embodying the vitality and cultural continuity that "survivance" represents.
At Booth D01, LI Chen's large-scale sculpture Soothing Breezes Floating Clouds from the series "Spiritual Journey through the Great Ether" evokes the romantic temperament of immortals and poets. Its buoyant, cloud-like volume exudes ease and delight, and was previously shown at Place Vendôme, Paris. During the fair, we also present Li's solo exhibition Bewilderment and Enigma ─ A Subversive Sophistry of Humanity at the gallery. JU Ming's Living World Series—Ballet articulates the elegance and force of the human figure; CHUANG Che's painting is grounded in abstraction, extending toward a calligraphic, philosophically inflected structure of images; Tung Lung HSU's sculpture probes material investigation and formal logic; YEH Tzu-Chi's tempera paintings dwell on the shifting light and contemplative stillness of landscape; and DONG Shaw-hwei's paintings in oil and watercolor construct an interior world through a restrained abstract lexicon. Together, these artists, bridging modern and contemporary practices, address deep currents of East–West artistic exchange since the twentieth century, articulating a shared yet differentiated language and a contemporary expression of "Eastern spirit."
Alongside them, XIAO Qi-Heng, Howard Fonda, and Charlotte Keates work from distinct cultural vantage points, translating concerns from ecology to personal experience into visual form. Their practices maintain strong formal and conceptual autonomy while convening a cross-cultural, transregional dialogue around contemporary questions. Currently, the three artists also take part in Inner and Outer Worlds: International Contemporary Paintings Exhibition, a collaborative exhibition by Asia Art Center and the Juming Museum. Notably, Charlotte Keates was recently invited to realize an installation for Hermès New Bond Street Flagship in London, where her spatial poetics, between site consciousness and narrative sensibility, extend inquiries already present in her painting.
At Booth S01, the Indigenous Art Exhibition Area highlights how contemporary Indigenous artists, situated at the intersection of history and culture, channel resilience and creativity in the face of colonial trauma, cultural loss, and modern challenges. Milay Mavaliw develops a distinctive "weaving painting" style that reconstructs totemic imagery, conveying the power of cultural endurance and the living connection among myth, humanity, and nature. Laluyu Pavelav presents finely crafted ceremonial knives and ritual vessels rooted in Paiwan traditions, transforming sacred cultural symbols and totems into expressions of contemporary vitality. Siki Sufin uses woodcarving to convey tribal myths and historical memories, reflecting on the Amis experience of colonialism and war while expressing a deep contemplation of homeland and identity. Eleng Luluan employs weaving and installation to explore cultural memory, ecological imbalance, and female identity, interlacing personal experience with collective history. Idas Losin, of Truku and Atayal descent, draws on the visual language of weaving, facial tattooing, and tribal laws to explore the relationship between self and culture. Through her ongoing "Island-Hopping" project, she extends her practice to Pacific Austronesian communities, initiating cross-cultural dialogues that bridge local identity and global perspective. The theme Survivance Art signifies not only the emergence of new life from the painful histories endured by Indigenous peoples but also the enduring power of their art to narrate these intricate and poignant stories.
This year marks Asia Art Center's second consecutive collaboration with the Indigenous Art Exhibition Area. In tandem with our presentation in the Galleries sector, the dual-booth format extends our ongoing curatorial engagement with Asian modern and contemporary art, bringing together diverse cultural trajectories, advancing current discourses, and staging a visual dialogue that moves across regions, generations, and historical memory.
