The Western Zhou (1046 B.C.E. – 771 B.C.E.) developed a magnificent civilization upon the legacies of the Xia and Shang dynasties. It would exert a profound influence over 2,000 years of political and cultural development, and would ultimately shape the norms, morals, and customs of ancient China and the countries of East Asia.
In order to showcase the contributions made by the Western Zhou to Chinese history and culture, National Palace Museum in Taipei has leased many rare and important artifacts from the archaeological and conservational institutions. Oracle bones, gold ornaments, glassware, pottery, .....

Through this exhibition at Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, the curator, Wang Pin-hua, intends to go back to the 1980s and relive the memories of people taking to the street in Taiwan and review all the experiments and controversies in the realm of arts back then. This exhibition can inspire us to rethink if the so-called “public space” in the 80s is really a result of the mass movement and alternative media development. It can also make us wonder whose history is represented through the “events” caused by the involvement of art in society. The exhibition, .....

Buddhism originated in India and was introduced to China during the Eastern Han Dynasty. Buddhist art comprises abundant religious wisdom as well as cultural and artistic cultivation. Buddhist grotto sculpture arts such as those at Dunhuang, Yungang, Longmen, Maijishan and Dazu in Sichuan were developed through joint efforts by monks, Buddhist followers, royals, nobles, merchants, explorers and artisans. The first part of the exhibition at National Center for Traditional Arts in Yi-Lan concerns Buddhist statuary arts of the past thousand years. .....

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, .....

Wu Ching holds the pioneer status in Taiwan’s contemporary art of metalwork development. His gold sculpture work ranges from complete expression of an ant and its environment to assimilation with abstract and creative ideas. Wu’s style of artistic creations comes from his insights and experiences of life: from the observation of tiny life form of ants to his exposure to Buddhism scriptures; from the exploration of life to his searching of the meaning of existence. Wu’s works have been widely popular with the arts collectors in Taiwan and abroad. The National Center for Traditional Arts in Yi-Lan, .....