COVID-19 in 2020 has plunged global cultural and art industries to their worst recession. To be a beacon, the online exhibition, Taiwan Under COVID-19: United Through Art, introduces the works of 36 passionate Taiwanese artists across three generations. They aim at demonstrating their unreserved support and warm friendship for India through art in a digital world of beauty and hope.
Sponsor and Advisor: Ministry of Culture, Taiwan Co-organizers: Chinese Writers Artists Association, Prestige Vision Co., Ltd. and Taipei Economic and Cultural Center in India
Kuo Bor Jou
Education
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1960 Born in Tainan County, Taiwan1982 Graduated from Department of Fine Arts, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei”1991 Received Master of Fine Arts Degree from the City University of New York, U.S.A.
Experience
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College of Humanilities and Arts；Department of Art and Design
National Taipei University of Education
Membership,Taiwan Academy of Fine Arts
Artist Statement
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Most of Kuo Bor-Jou artworks are created with mixed media. He adopts montage to collage the slices of life .By overlapping the various materials, he creates an aesthetic space between the two-dimensional and three-dimensional. He attempts to create a dialogue between tradition and modern, between East and West. By re-assembling and collating images of different space-time backgrounds he allows the canvas look humorous, rich in beauty of the stacked images, and filled with whimsical imagination revealing poetic imagery.
The recent works is an autobiographical proof that the artist in his fifties shows a relaxing confidence in art, with which he transforms his training in Western art into an exploration of Eastern aesthetics. Through the progress of the integration of Eastern literature, philosophy and aesthetics, the artworks' physical "momentum" and the spiritual "air" merge together and show greater "vigorousness". The works shows the artist motto: "Think big, don't sweat the small details, don't bother with the trifles unrelated to the principles, and then bring out the spirit resonance."
Exhibition
- 2017 “Beyond the World of Ink and Color－Kuo Bor-jou Exihibition”
Liang Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2017 “Nothing Beyond Mind－Kuo Bor-jou Solo Exihibition”
Farglory Museums, Taipei, Taiwan
2018 “Shifting Momentum－Abstract Art in Taiwan” Group Show
Taipei Cultural Center,Taipei Academy in New York，U.S.A.
2018 “「Made in Taiwan ”Kuo Bor-jou Solo Exihibition ,Blender Art Space Australia
2019 “Go Beyond the Mind－Kuo Bor-jou Solo Exihibition”
Farglory Museums, Taipei, Taiwan
WORKS
- 2016-17 The Shifting Heart
88×176 cm Mixed media on canvas
- 2016-17 Determination for Turth
88x176 cm Mixed media on canvas
- 2017 A Bow Reaching up to Heaven
88x176 cm Mixed media on canvas
- 2016 Hidden Spring
90×90 cm Mixed media on canvas
- 2016-17 Listening to the Universe
180×194 cm Mixed media on canvas
