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King Wu Ding and Lady Hao: Art and Culture of the Late Shang Dynasty

Wu Ding was the 23rd king of the Shang dynasty and lived around 1200 BCE. Ruling for 59 years, he demonstrated concern for the people while respecting and recruiting virtuous and capable people for his administration, paving the way for the heyday of the Shang dynasty. Wu Ding was regarded as a model for the enlightened ruler found in later Confucian thought. In oracle bone inscriptions, Lady Hao, a favored consort of Wu Ding, appears as a mother, a priestess, and even a battle leader. .....

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Salvador DALÍ, Mind of Genius

Salvador DALÍ (1904-1989), an artist with a handlebar mustache, is the most eye-catching and controversial master of surrealist art since the 20th century. His eccentric behaviors made people back then wonder if he is a creative genius or just a crazy person. People find it difficult to set standards while making judgments on him. This special exhibition, held at Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts until February 17, 2013 .....

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Remaking Memories- Selected Photographic Works from the NTMoFA Collection

Since the invention of photography, photographic images have been regarded as the best media to reflect external reality and carry memories. Photography seems to be a memorization technique; by way of seeing, the past is reproduced and represented in this very moment. Since people, things and events change with time, the existence of photographic images bears witness to their “once have been,” as if becoming the reincarnations of memories. .....

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Public Art for All

Article 9 of the "Culture and Arts Reward Act," enacted by Taiwan government in 1992, states that public buildings and major public projects shall establish public art with the foremost purpose of "beautifying the environment." The meaning and significance of public art has shifted over the years to the deeper goal of rousing the spirits of community residents and sustaining the vital energies of city and countryside. The artwork can be placed in many public spaces and may consist of sculpture, paintings, murals, installations, ecological spaces, and even street-side furniture and performances. .....

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The History of Monuments

Wang Qingsong was born in 1966 in Heilongjiang, China. He is a contemporary avant-garde artist with diverse practices such as photography, sculpture and painting. His photographic scenes are imbued with the spirit of mundane and even vulgar life, mocking the contradictions and prejudices in Chinese societies, especially people’s obsession with consumerism. For this photography piece, exhibited at Museum of Contemporary Art in Taipei and scheduled to close on February 6, 2013, Wang invited 200 ordinary people to pose as models. .....

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