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Happiness is the genuine freedom, the pleasant feeling from the bottom of the heart, in life and in consciousness.
In the happy farm live all kinds of creatures: flying phoenixes, bees; in the courtyard, cows, horses, cats, dogs, goldfish, raccoons, apes. We see cranes dance and flower blossom, and we hear all the animal sounds. They have the same carefree blood in them, and it’s the panda Monroe running the entire home. In this vast farming land she plants various seeds of pleasance and joy, seeing them flow with the wind and spread happiness.
“Happiness has layers. Take a butterfly for example. When you try to catch it, you usually miss; but if you sit down, quietly so, it flies over and stops on you.” Purposeful or unintended, none is like the impulse. The panda Monroe wishes that all the guest in the homestead feel comfortable here and get to discover the incredible beauty and magical power in the most plain, ordinary small things. The artists see it; do you, too? |
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Yang Mao-Lin Panda Sarasvati-MonroeⅡ 129x77x88cm 2008 Bronze sculpture with Gold Foil
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The panda Monroe of artist Yang Mao-Lin, in her goddess gesture, rides an enormous beetle and glows gold on her head. Anywhere she goes, she prevails. Jack’s warhorse, also covered in gold saddles and armors, follows along. And he cracks laughing, “I follow happiness only.”
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Hung Yi Little Tabby Cat 38x22x22cm 2009 FRP, paint, bird cage
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Hung Yi’s little tabby cat dresses in colors, spring-like, with her sunglasses. It stays in the cage like a rebel, fantasizing that it’s holding a delicious fishbone in the mouth.
On the other hand,
Hsi Shih-Pin’s phoenix flies among the walking animals, in the form of stainless steel, turning into graceful curves and beautiful decorative patterns. It’s wings span like a dream, as if they are making a proud announcement that rare beings can come from the most ordinary place.
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Hsi Shih-Pin Uhugu II—The Phoenix 84x63x28cm 2012 Stainless Steel、Titanium Plating
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Eddie Kang Reflection 2 72.5x116.5cm 2008 Acrylic, ink on canvas
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Eddie Kang Tension 130x97cm 2010 Acrylic, ink, doll on canvas
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Eddie Kang’s bear, forever living in a corner of people’s heart, makes a pure spot out of the crowded, hustle-and-bustle urban space, screaming the most lonesome high notes from the bottom of its heart.
And there is the elegant cat of Jang Tarng-Kuh’s. From the most usual scenario in everyday life, the cat looks around the flowers and fruits in blossom, simple and happy. In contrast, Su Wong-Shen’s dog barks with its teeth gnashed; it ventures as it pleases, composing its life like stories of comfortable countryside. I am of this wild nature and you have your born grace, says the dog to the cat. And the cat gently responds, to me, they are one and the same.
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Jang Tarng-Kuh Abundance 45.5x27cm 2003 Oil on canvas
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Yoshitaka Amano Monochrome S-5 41 x 27.5cm 2009 Acrylic, ink on canvas
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As for Yoshitaka Amano’s bees, they are otherworldly spirits. They freely glide amongst the flowers, attracting Wang Pan-Youn’s lonesome horses to stretch their neck, look around and ask of The shape of Pal Dae San In’s ink-painted birds: my solitude is not loneliness, you know that now?
Then, joyfully so, Zheng Shan-Shi’s cattle boy tells the calves to go home, and there’s our happy farmstead at the end of the flower-covered path.
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Zheng Shan-Shi. Cattle Boy. 45.5 x 69.5cm (81.5 x 123.5cm with frame) 1988. Color Ink
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Wu Hao Horse Riding 65x80cm 2011 Oil on canvas
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Su Wong-Shen Weekly Logs 100x150cm 2007 Mixed Media
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Lee Lee-Nam. The shape of Pal Dae San In 9min4sec 55inch 2008 ed.1/6 Video Art
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hen Yao-Chu Crane 138x69cm 1989 Color Ink
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“The nature of happiness is a state of mind, like a glass of water, plain but full of life,” says panda Monroe. The artists realize that, so they turn into merry gardeners, nurturing flowers of the soul in the midst of all colorful blossom. The crane before the house knows it, and so does the panda in the back of the mountain; similarly but in its own way, the dog in the woods pursues a different kind of freedom, catching its breath and chasing its own landscape.
It's springtime. No more waiting and no preparation needed; now is the time. Happy Farm at Metaphysical Art Gallery, awaits your visit. |
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Wang Pan-Youn - A Dog in the Forest 24x33cm 1996 Oil on Canvas
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Wang Pan-Youn To Wish 93x93cm 1988 Oil on canvas
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Zhang Qi-Kai The Next Century Flower 179.5x151cm 2005 Oil on canvas |
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Yang Mao-Lin Trusty Steed of Knave 19x27x30 cm 2013 ed.7/18 Stainless steel with titanium coating gold foil(Rose Gold)
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Liao Yu-An Can’t See I Can’t See 122x97cm 2007. Acrylic on canvas
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Liao Yu-An Twisting juvenile 3 80x80cm 2007 Acrylic on canvas
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Max Liu Raccoon 36.5x48cm 1998 Mixed Media
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Yoshitaka Amano DL-I 50x50x10cm 2007 Automotive paint and acrylic on aluminum panel |
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Rieko Sakurai Dress up fish 28.5x28.5cm 2007 Oil on canvas
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Lin Wen-Chiang Cat and the women 41x31.5cm 1994 Oil on canvas |
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*Show Room*
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