The 21st Century, Japan and Taiwan Contemporary Craft Arts Exhibition

In the following exhibition, “手感的妙 PART 1”, in January where 3 artists had exhibited the playful exchanges between "media" and "field" scattered around the exhibition space. The March exhibition,“手感的妙 PART 2”, curated also by Kaneshima Takahiro will gather works by 2 Taiwan artists, Llunc Lin and Mia Wen-Hsuan Liu, and 2 Japan artists, Iwasaki Takahiro and Izumi Keiji for it. Different “materials” such as wood, thread, paper, and scientific materials fill this open space.

On the panel discussion in January, the curator told us about his observation in the past few years that in China, the more handcrafting involved, the more ornamental the material appears, and the sense of substance and significance becomes more burdensome. In Korea which values surface appearances; you cannot find the type of artwork which allows the viewer to sense a delicate handcraft touch. However, he had found many young Taiwan artists’ works not only have the hand crafting spirit, but also have the similar characteristic which allows the sense of substance and significance of materials to become more lighthearted like Japan artists do. Therefore, he invited 4 artists from Taiwan and Japan specialized in 4 completely different materials to create a great dialogue in “手感的妙 PART 2”

Izumi Keiji creates unbelievable wood sculptures of imaginary people; Iwasaki Takahiro takes towels and the threads from book bindings to create a new world; and Taiwanese artists Mia Wen-Hsuan Liu who cleverly uses paper materials as well as Llunc Lin who can create through the perfect combination of scientific materials such as acrylic. These different and complex body of artworks that extend over “materials,” “media,” and “fields” exhibit a new Japanese mentality. Along with the two new age Taiwanese artists, the collaboration between the two parties this time in this exhibition this time will open a new horizon for the East Asian art world.

Curator
Kaneshima Takahiro
     
Panel Discussion
2010.03.13(Sat) 2:00 pm
Panelists
Wu, Chieh-hsiang (Art Critique)、Curator and Participating Artists