Jointly hosted by Hubei Museum of Art and Taiwan Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, “The Other•The Distance – Cross-Strait Contemporary Art Exchange Exhibition” unveiled on April 25, 2014. Ji Shaofeng, Deputy Director of the Hubei Museum of Art and independent curator Hu Yongfen from Taiwan served as the curators, Fu Zhongwang, Director of Hubei Museum of Art and Xie Peini, Director of Taiwan Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts served as the art directors, Xia Zi served as the executive curator. The exhibition showcases 30 pieces (sets) of works by 30 cross-strait artists (which includes 15 works by 15 artists from Taiwan), and the categories cover easel painting, video, installation, etc.

The cross-strait fine arts take Chinese culture as the noumenon, after experiencing a series of variations which were caused by various factors such as history, politics, economy, foreign communication, it presents a diversified appearance with multiple angles. In such a contemporary context, the cross-strait art exchange activity is obviously important, because when it guides people to probe the cultural origin, it creates many issues which are worthy of our thoughts, for example, the internal migration of the crisscrossed and overlapped real scenery, the significance of cultural references in the context of globalization, as well as the exploration of multi-directional observation for contemporary art, etc.

“The Other •The Distance – Cross-Strait Contemporary Art Exchange Exhibition” conveys personal life experiences through the show of cross-strait artists’ works and social reflection, meanwhile also providing more angles for the audience to read and putting forward more possible directions of visual dialogue inside the space of art museum.

In addition, “The Other •The Distance – Cross-Strait Contemporary Art Exchange Exhibition” is about to be held at Taiwan Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts at the end of the year.

About the exhibition

Duration: April 25 to June 22, 2014

Venue: -1F Exhibition Space, Hubei Museum of Art

The artists (in order of surname stroke):

Mainland China Artists: Wang Jing, Shi Lei, Li Bangyao, Li Yu + Liu Bo, Yang Guoxin, Wang Ling, Zhang Zhan, Zhou Hong, Guo Zi, Guo Zhengshan, Yuan Xiaofang, Lang Xuebo, Fu Zhongwang, Zhan Rui, Wei Guangqing

Taiwan Artists: Niu Chun-Chiang, Chen Wan-Jen, Chen Jing-Yuan, Chang Li-Ren, Wu Chi-Tsung, Wu Chi-Yu, Yang Mao-Lin, Su Yu-Hsien, Shen Chao-Liang, Luo Jr-Shin, Ni Hsiang, Yuan Goang-Ming, Chia Chien-Ju, Tsui Kuang-Yu, David Tan

Photo courtesy of Hubei Museum of Art, translated by Chen Peihua and edited by Sue/CAFA ART INFO.