Dear Friends and Patrons,
A happy Mother's Day weekend! I would like to bring several upcoming programs to your attention:

An OPEN CALL for E. Sun Awards (玉山畫玉山）from Taiwan's E. Sun Bank; behold the love of homeland's nature mother. The bank provides generous cash prizes to Taiwan and international artists participating in this extraordinary competition to represent Jade Mountain (玉山 or Yu-shan) , one of the most significant icons of Taiwan. See the details below.
(image resource: from the site of Yushan National Park)

May 18 to 22, there are four artists (Yao Jui-Chung, Ava Hsueh, Su Meng Hung and Su Xiaobai) from Taiwan represented by Tina Keng Gallery（耿畫廊）and participating in the Frieze Art Fair, to be held in the SHED.

Save the Dates: June 10 & June 16, We have an Urban Reverence and Urban Divergence exhibition happening in person at the former Pfizer building in Williamsburg and at the Valerie Goodman Gallery on the upper East side. We have invited 15 artists, and numerous performances for this program. This will include a Taiwanese Taste beer which is brewed by an artist in Brooklyn specially for the opening.

E.SUN Awards
(畫家畫玉山）

Jade Mountain （玉山 pronounced Yu-shan) Its glorious finery in all four seasons is stunning to hikers. Jade Mountain is dear to mountain lovers, and its gorgeous landscape seduces artists. They resort variously to photos, drawings, or paintings to reproduce what they have seen, and to catch a climatic moment.

Yushan National Park(玉山國家公園）https://www.ysnp.gov.tw/En

Yushan National Park has rich cultural and natural resources offering a variety of values and purposes for sightseeing and leisure trips, academic research, and environmental education. The main peak of Mt. Jade, standing 3,952 meters above sea level, is the storied number one peak in Northeast Asia. The Yushan massif rises due to the collision of the Eurasian Plate and the Philippine Sea Plate. The main ribs are slightly shaped in a cross. The north-south direction is elongated, the east-west direction is short, and the center of the cross is the main peak of Mt. Jade.


An OPEN CALL. E. Sun Bank - named 玉山銀行 - will provide a magnificent award to the artist whose painting best represents Jade Mountain.

Preliminary submission deadline: August 31, 2022 (Wed) 23:59 PM (Taiwan time)
Online submission by JPG file/PNG file.

For more detail about the guidelines, click below

For guidelines in Chinese, click the below link
Preliminary submission deadline: August 31, 2022 (Wed) 23:59 PM (Taiwan time)
Online submission by JPG file/PNG file. Image file size: Below 10MB (8-10MB preferred)
preliminary Selection Announced by mid-September 2022. Submission of original works for final judging: October 3, 2022 (Mon) to October 14, 2022 (Fri)
Exhibition: November to December 2022 E.SUN Bank, Taiwan

Awards:
Foreigner Category: (International: People of any age and nationality (non-R.O.C. nationals)).
First Prize 1 winner
Prize money: US$36,000, a certificate, and 10 copies of the award-winning artwork
Special Selection 1-3 winners
Prize money: US$18,000, a certificate, and 10 copies of the award-winning artwork
Outstanding 1-5 winners
Prize money: US$7,200, a certificate, and 10 copies of the award-winning artwork

General Public Category: Prize money up to 1 million TWD for R.O.C. (Taiwan) nationals


Entry Requirements:
(1) Number of entries: One piece of artwork per person. It must be created and signed by the applicant.
(2) Size: No. 30 (91x72.5cm or 35.8 x 28.3 inches) or below.
(3) Material: Oil, acrylic, or gouache paint.

Website: https://www.esunbank.com.tw/event/drawesun/esunbank.html

For detailed guidelines, click below

For guidelines in Chinese, click below
Tina Keng Gallery, a leading gallery from Taipei, is participating in the
Frieze Art Fair, NYC 2022
May 18 to 22, 2022 Booth B3
at THE SHED
participating artists: Su XiaoBai, Yao Jui-Chung, Ava Hsueh, Su Meng Hung
(參展藝術家：蘇笑柏、薛保瑕、姚瑞中、蘇孟鴻)

To preview all exhibition art works, please contact:
https://www.tinakenggallery.com/en/

Frieze New York returns to The Shed from May 18 to 22, 2022. Frieze is a leading contemporary art fair showcasing galleries and artists from around the world. These four artists have been selected by Tina Keng gallery for their distinguished art presentation in various styles, strokes and techniques that explore aesthetics in contemporary art.
(above)
Ava Hsueh
Blend, 2020
Acrylic on canvas
33.85 x 28.34 inches
(right)
Yao Jui-Chung
Good Times: Selfie (detail), 2016
Gold leaf, glitter and artist pen on Indian handmade paper
78.74x31.49 inches
Su Meng-Hung
Maiden Leaning Against Jade Window, 2022
Acrylic, linen, and cedar
76.77 x 16.33 inches each panel
Su Xiaobai
Blued Rain, 2018
Oil, lacquer, linen, and wood
66.14 x 64.56 x 7.87 inches
Contact: info@taac-us.org if you are interesting to support these artists in any creative way.
Mark the dates:
  • Friday June 10, 6-8pm at Old Pfizer Building, Williamsburg
  • Thursday June 16, at Valerie Goodman Gallery, upper Manhattan

Urban Reverence/Urban Divergence
A multi-disciplinary curatorial project (exhibition, performance and more)
artist: Yeh Fang,
still image from video one:
The visage of the life in the course of time, 2018.
single channel
color with sound
4:24 mins
artist: Stephanie Cheung/Chengwen Lin, Message in a Bottle, Book and mixed media installation, 2015 (Chinese), 2018 (English); Author/illustrator: Stephanie Cheung; Tao translation: Awen

artist: Diana Heise, Selection from My Captain's Log, 2012, Archival pigment print, 24 x 16 inches
Opening reception with two performances: June 10, 6-8 pm
on view through July 23, 2022

Old Pfizer Building, Williamsburg:
630 Flushing Ave, Brooklyn, NY
direction:
https://goo.gl/maps/9EL51TQ9aemgg8kr7

Satellite exhibition venue:
Opening with performance: Thur. June 16
Valerie Goodman Gallery
315 East 91st Street, 1st floor, New York, NY 10128
direction:
https://goo.gl/maps/N3QAZbAGsGaCezu96

Curatorial team:
Luchia Meihua Lee, Jennifer Pliego, Sarah Walko

Participating artists: 
  • Herberto Turizzo Anaya
  • Dennis Redmoon Darkeem
  • Wei Lee
  • Stephanie Cheung/Chengwen Lin
  • Shih Pao Lin
  • j. maya luz
  • Sarah Haviland
  • Diana Heise
  • Hiroshi Jashiki
  • Walis LaBai (Dingwu Wu)
  • Sarah Walko
  • Yeh Fang
performances:
  • Julia Hsiao Chu Hsia,
  • Chien-Hsin Wu
music: Rosalía Mowgli
Local Brew--One Beer One Friend
台灣味 Tai Wan Wei, 2022
artist: Wu Chien-Hsing (吳建興 )
Urban Reverence/
Urban Divergence

The series of Urban Tribes projects attempts to raise the discourse of humanity to concerns with the threat to our land and environment. The phenomenon of migrants forming an international cross-cultural "urban tribe" is one of the urgent topics in the 21st century. Analyzed historically in the context of the planet and symbiosis, this involves the survival of human beings and maintenance of balance among various living things. The discourse thus moves to valuing human nature, preservation of multiple cultures, the environment, and the new multi-faceted unity. Potential political, economic, and cultural crises can be averted only by an emphasis on the diversity of life that promotes interactive relationships.
NFTs - TAAC store at http:// Formosart.io
  • artists NFTs on view and to be collected: https://www.formosart.io/store/taac
  • Chin-Chih Yang, Shih-Pao Lin, Te-Sian Shih and more
in case you missed our last artist to watch,
here is the link
https://conta.cc/3xuosRI

Wu Lan-Chiann:
Smooth the image of the world

Invention from tradition in a discourse complicates artistic subconscious expression. The perception of cultural influences affects technique; as context in brush ink painting as a medium might be relevant, and its importance might be intensified by intercultural confrontation. In Wu Lan-Chiann’s work, the challenge from the medium has been disguised by texture, composition, and format. Hybridity has been engaged in these landscape paintings, resulting in overall play with the viewer’s perception of time and space......
[view more in https://conta.cc/3xuosRI]
In case you missed our Artist-To-Watch series, check out TAAC.

 
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The TAAC team together with all our artists wishes you a safe remainder of 2022