Established in 1983 as Taiwan’s first modern art museum, the Taipei Fine Arts Museum is holding the special exhibition TFAM before and after 1983 for the occasion of its 30th anniversary this year. Before / after 1983 takes as its point of departure the competition and exhibition held biennially from 1984 until 1994 titled New Horizons: Contemporary Trends in Chinese Art, which featured patterns of innovation and promoted a dialog with Taiwan’s emerging contemporary art scene. The exhibition series clearly embodied the energy of contemporary art in Taiwan during the museum’s first decade of operation, and set the stage for the next phase of Taiwanese contemporary art that developed in the 1990s.

Participating artists: Chang Yung-Tsun, Chen Cheng-Hsun, Chen Chhi-Hsien,
Chen Hsing-Wan, Chien Fu-Chuan, Fan Kang-Long, Hu Kun-Jung, Huang Chih-Yang,
Huang Hai-Yun, Huang Hung-The, Huang Ren-Ho, Huang Tzang-You, Ju Chang-Bor,
Ku Shih-Yung, Lai Jun T.T., Li Akibo, Li Chin-Chou, Lien Der-Cheng, Lin Horng-Wen,
Lin Richard, Lin Wen-An, Lin Yeng-Tsuen, Lu Hsien-Ming, Lu Ming-Te, Pei Chi-Yu,
Shiao Li-Hueng, Tsong Pu, Wu Tian-Chang, Yang Po-Lin

*image (left)
Blue Pupil, 1991
Mixed Media, 200x150x150cm
© Ku, Shih-Yung

Courtesy of Taipei Fine Arts Museum