In Taiwan of the 1960s, the influential art forms arriving from the West were predominantly abstract and conceptual art. It was not until the 1990s that Western Dadaism and Warholian pop art began to have a significant impact. After the end of martial law in 1987, the pace of democratization in Taiwanese society quickened and social attitudes gradually opened up. This was reflected in art with a broadening of thought and diversification of creative elements and subject matter.
This exhibition, scheduled to run through June 10, 2012 at Taipei Fine Arts Museum (http://www.tfam.museum/TFAM_Exhibition/exhibitionDetail.aspx?PMN=1&ExhibitionId=420&PMId=420), presents the works of 23 Taiwanese contemporary artists. Based on the subject matter of the appropriated works, the exhibition is divided into seven categories: Landscapes; Taoism and Buddhism; Human Figures; Tales of the Mysterious; Calligraphy; Flowers, Birds and Beasts; and Photographic Images.