Taipei Fine Arts Museum as the first modern/contemporary museum in Taiwan has featured works of selected artists from Southeast Asia in some of its exhibitions. However, it was still unable to systematically introduce the art history of the region. In light of this, TFAM’s quarterly publication Modern Art opened its international column in 2014 to introduce the development of modern/contemporary art of one Southeast Asia nation in each issue. As of today, development histories of half a dozen nations have been covered by the column. Their similarities with the modern/contemporary art in Taiwan are identifiable and yet distinctively different from nation to nation.

For this conference, scholars and curators from around the world who are specialists in the modern visual art development of the Southeast Asian region and Taiwan were invited to deliver lectures. The main goal of the conference is to understand more deeply the unique aspects of art development in the countries of the region, and explore similarities and differences among these countries through comparative study.

This forum is held over two days with the first day focusing on the exploration and comparison of modern/contemporary art between Southeast Asian nations. The topic for the second day is modernity and postcolonial manifestation of modern art in Taiwan, including how the artists in Taiwan embrace Southeast Asian art and began their exchanges.

Conference Registration Now Closed.

Timetable

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  Sat., November 21, 2015

  Time Slot	Topic	Speaker / Panelist	Moderator
  09:30-09:50	Registration
  09:50-10:00	Welcome Address	Lin Ping Director of TFAM
  10:00-11:40	The Art-Historical World of Southeast Asia	Patrick D. Flores Professor of Art Studies at the University of the Philippines/Curator of the Philippine Pavilion at the Venice Biennale 2015	Chu Teh-I Professor of the Department of Fine Arts at Taipei National University of the Arts/ Director of Kuandu Museum
  11:40-12:00	Q & A
  12:00-13:30	Lunch
  13:30-14:20	The Construction of Contemporary Southeast Asian Art	Võ Hồng Chương-Đài Curator/Literature PhD of University of California	Chang Fang-Wei Senior Curator of Taipei Fine Arts Museum
  14:20-14:30	Q & A
  14:30-15:20	Bagyi Aung Soe (1923/24-1990): A Burmese Artist's Strategies for an Autonomous Modernity	Yin Ker Assistant Professor of Art History at Nanyang Technological University	Chen Kuang-Yi Chairperson and Associate Professor of Fine Arts Department at National Taiwan University of Arts
  15:20-15:30	Q & A
  15:30-16:00	Coffee Time
  16:00-16:50	Reconciliation with Whom? : Imagine in the Aftermath of Khmer Rouge	Hsu Fang-Tze PhD candidate of the Cultural Studies in Asia programme of the National University of Singapore	Lo Hsiu-Chi Independent Curator/ Filmmaker
  16:50-17:00	Q & A

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  Sun., November 22, 2015

  Time Slot	Topic	Speaker / Panelist	Moderator
  09:30-10:00	Registration
  10:00-10:50	Subjectivity and Communication: Postcolonial Reflection on Taiwanese Art	Liao Hsin-Tien Dean of the College of Humanities and Professor of Art Management and Culture Policy at the National Taiwan University of Art	Chiang Po-Shin Assistant Professor of the Department of Art History and Institute of Art History and Art Criticism at Tainan National University of the Arts
  10:50-11:00	Q & A
  11:00-11:50	Edge of the “World” － A Discussion on the “Cosmopolitanism” and Transcoloniality in Taiwanese Modern Art	Pai Shih-Ming Professor of Art Department at National Taiwan Normal University	Lin Yu-Chun Senior Curator of Taipei Fine Arts Museum
  11:50-12:00	Q & A
  12:00-13:30	Lunch
  13:30-15:30	Roundtable Cultural Exchanges between Taiwan and Southeast Asia	Huang Shou-Ping Curator of 2015 Asian Art Biennale Lo Hsiu-Chi Independent curator/filmmaker Nobuo Takamori Curator/Director of Outsiders Factory Lo Shih-Tung Artist/Member of OCAC	Au Sow-Yee Artist
  15:30-16:00	Q & A
  16:00	Cloture