Floating Images: Art of Chen Shui-tsai
Reputed as one of the three important art critics of Kaohsiung, Chen is a heavyweight figure in the artistic circle in southern Taiwan. His profound and precise art critiques play a pivotal and influential role in the development of modern art in Kaohsiung in the 1990s. His insights into the social environments not only are reflected in his writing but also in his artistic creations. He wrote in 1981: “The land decides the types of plants that can grow on it and hence the fruits that the plants bear. When I focus on the land where we live, I am no longer restrained by the differences of traditional, modern, eastern and western arts. My art is the presentation of my truest feelings about the land.” 30 years later, this statement can still suitably epitomize Chen’s concepts about his art. This exhibition, currently showing at Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts until January 1, 2013 (http://www.kmfa.gov.tw/KMFAENG/home02.aspx?ID=$1003&IDK=2&EXEC=L&DATA=707&AP=$1003_HISTORY-0^$1003_PN-1), displays nearly 100 of Chen’s works featuring his whole artistic career with unprecedented comprehensiveness.