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19/6/2000

Face to Face

Monash University Gallery, Melbourne

Face to Face showcases 30 mixed media works by 8 contemporary artists in Taiwan from the "thirty-something" generation. As the beneficiaries of Taiwan's "Economic Miracle", this new generation of artists is facing the "real" effects of Taiwan's rapid economic modernisation and its impact on the environment and on local practices and beliefs. In this post- industrial society where urbanisation, commercialisation and westernisation co-exist, the self has become the focus of veneration, as people in Taiwan struggle not only to "save face" but to "show face".

The artists included in Face to Face explore a wide range of issues which are relevant to Taiwan, but which also have global significance. Artist Yao Jui-Chung for example, explores the construction of national identity. Chen Chieh-Jen, Wang Jun-Jieh and Huang Chih-Yung focus on the mass media and the growing consumer market in Taiwan, to explore the relationship between reality, illusion, desire and detachment, life and death.

The artists work in a variety of 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional media, including photography and computer-generated works, painting, drawing and textiles.

The exhibition is the culmination of several years of research which the Curator, Sophie McIntyre, has undertaken whilst living in Taiwan. As a recipient of the "Edward Weary Dunlop Asia Fellowship" and the Australia Foundation's travel grant, Sophie has been living in Taiwan and working as Curator-in-Residence at the Taipei Fine Arts Museum where she worked on this exhibition.

This exhibition was organised by the Gold Coast City Art Gallery in partnership with the Taipei Fine Arts Museum and represents the first in a series of exhibitions co-organised by these two sister-city galleries.

Entrance to the exhibition at the Monash University Gallery is free.
A comprehensive colour catalogue and an education kit accompany the exhibition
There will be a free floor talk by the Curator on June 20, 2000 at 1.30pm
Hours:
Monday Closed, Wednesday 10 am - 5 pm, Thursday 10 am - 5 pm, Friday 10 am - 5 pm, Saturday 2 pm - 5 pm, Sunday Closed
Contact details Phone +61 (0)3 9905 4217 Fax +61 (0)3 9904 4345
Post Monash University Gallery
Monash University 3800 PO.Box 55

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