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Pictures at an Exhibition presents images of one notable show every weekday.
Today’s show: “Taiwan Biennial 2016: The Possibility of an Island” is on view at the National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts in Taipei through Sunday, February 5. The fifth edition of the biennial, which was founded in 1992, seeks to “examine how contemporary Taiwanese artists go about witnessing the changes and shifts unfolding in this era and how art is used to depict the present, future, and past of this island,” according to the show’s release. The exhibition is curated by Wu Dar-Kuen and Lin Hsiao-Yu.
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Wu Chien-Yi, The Poem of Grilles, 2016, digital print, installation view.
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Hou Chun-Ming, in collaboration with 19 anonymous interviewees, Man Hole, 2014–16, oil pastel on paper, 12 from a series of 19 sets, installation view.
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Hou Chun-Ming, in collaboration with 19 anonymous interviewees, Man Hole, 2014–16, oil pastel on paper, 12 from a series of 19 sets, installation view.
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Lin Gieh-Wen, Exit, 2016, 2/8 round steel bars, reinforcing bars, Taroko handwoven fabric, hanger, and gold rope, installation view.
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Chiu Chen-Hung, MERANTI, 2016, wood and neon tubes, installation view.
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Chiu Chen-Hung, MERANTI (detail), 2016, wood and neon tubes, installation view.
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Ho Chia-Hsing, Manu-script. September, 2016., calligraphy and ink.
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Chen Sung-Chih, Another Place Series -Sailing (TXG), 2014–15, socks, printing papers, rags, and carpets, installation view.
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Chuang Chih-Wei, Reborn Tree Series: Reborn Tree, 2015, motor, plant, fishing line, and wooden table, installation view.
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Lin Shu-Kai, Balcony City Series - The Quotation of Building Block Urban, 2016, building blocks, and mixed media, installation view.
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Mei Dean-E, Taiwan Cider, 2007–16, metal glossy photo paper processing, installation view.
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Installation view of "Taiwan Biennial 2016: The Possibility of an Island," 2016, at National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts.
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