Contemporary art must reflect social messages of its present time, including specific local culture and universal common experience. From June to November during every Venice Biennale exhibition period, Taiwan Pavilion, organized in the Prigioni Palace across the Bridge of Sighs, takes Taiwan contemporary art into the world. This book is to look back and also to compile a record for Taiwan Pavilion at the Venice Biennale from 1995 to 2007. The motive for looking back is to ask certain questions: How has this unique, international exhibition strongly demonstrated aspects of political diplomacy? How has the international art world assessed Taiwan’s participation? The reason to compile a record is to present this high quality international art feast to readers, and introduce the cutting edge viewpoints of Taiwan artists.
Contents
Preface
Chen Wen-ling Director of Taipei Fine Arts Museum 6
Looking Back
History
VENICE BIENNALE: REFLCTION ON THE TAIWAN PAVILION, 1995-2007 Chen Shu-ling and Hu Hui-ju 24
Critical Observations
FOURTEEN YEARS AT THE BRIDGE OF SIGHS An organic history of Taiwan’s visual texts – the Venice Version, 1995-2007 Kao Chien-hui 50
THE TAIWAN PAVILION: EXHIBITIONS AND INSTITUTION Hongjohn Lin 67
READING THE “TAIWAN PAVILION” AT THE VENICE BIENNALE Lin Chi-ming 78
ART AND EXHIBITIONS UNDER GLOBALIZATION- Historical documents and recollections of the Taiwan Pavilion at the Venice Biennale Huang Sun-quan 90
CONSTRUCTIVE AMBIGUITIES 102
Taiwan and the Venice Biennale 1995-2009 Jo-Anne Birnie Danzker
TAIWAN IN VENICE John Clark 117
Exhibition Texts
ARTTAIWAN Taiwan Pavilion at the 46th Venice Biennale 1995 124
TAIWAN TAIWAN: facing FACES Taiwan Pavilioat the 47th Venice Biennal 1997 148
CLOSE to OPEN: Taiwanese Artists Exposed Taiwan Pavilion at the 48th Venice Biennale 1999 178
LIVING CELL Taiwan Pavilion at the 49th Venice Biennale 2001 206
LIMBO ZONE Taiwan Pavilion at the 50th Venice Biennale 2003 228
THE SPECTRE of FREEDOM Taiwan Pavilion at the 51st Venice Biennale 2005 250
ATOPIA Taiwan Pavilion at the 52nd Venice Biennale 2007 272
ISBN: 9789860232332
Publish: 2010-05
Publisher: Taipei Fine Arts Museum
Language: Chinese.English
Cover: Paperback
Page: 349
Size: 19 x 26 x 1.75 cm