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Framing and Filling: Ko Liang-Chih Solo Exhibition
2025/08/09 - 2025/11/16

This exhibition takes its title from a classical technique found in traditional Chinese painting and calligraphy. “Framing” refers to the outlining of character forms using fine, controlled ink lines, while “Filling” reveals the subsequent process of inking within the contours. This method emphasizes both the construction of external forms and filling of internal content while embodying a co-constructed relationship between structure and meaning. By adapting this historical technique, the artist not only engages with the lineage of calligraphy practice, but also reinterprets the term “Framing” and “Filling” as a conceptual model for contemporary art-making. This model implies a dual approach: the framing of contemporary social appearances, and the critical filling-in of the vacuums, absurdities, or recursive problems within. Through this, the work constructs a language of art grounded in critique and reflection. The exhibition considers the evolving form and meaning of calligraphy in contemporary practice. It investigates how calligraphy circulates and is reactivated within everyday contexts and invites viewers to engage with “writing” as an open-ended and imaginative act.

Artist
Ko Liang-Chih

Ko Liang-Chih (b. 1980, Taichung) is an Associate Professor in the Department of Arts Industry at National Taitung University. He holds a Ph.D. in Fine Arts from National Taiwan Normal University. His past roles include being an artist at Polymer (an alternative art space in Taipei), a resident artist, and a collaborator in performance-based projects, reflecting his strong vitality and commitment to interdisciplinary integration. His practice spans calligraphy, painting, installation, performance, and text-based works. He has been consistently examined the relationship between exploring the interrelations between social issues, everyday experiences, and the act of writing, striving to expand the experimental potential of contemporary calligraphy. 
He has exhibited widely across Taiwan in venues such as the Hengshan Calligraphy Art Center, National Dr. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, and Venue alternative spaces and several galleries, while also actively participating in international art exchanges. His representative international exhibitions include “Two Points” Contemporary Art Project in Venice (Italy), the Cologne Art Fair (Germany), AArt Citizen Art Shanghai, and Calligraphy and Painting Masters Exhibition in Beijing, among others. His representative solo exhibitions including “Meta - Calligraphy: Ko Liang-Chih”, “Knock It Off”, “Time's Shifting Without Era Disease”, and “Calligraphy Drinks Coffee” demonstrate a profound dialogue between calligraphic language, the body, and spatial experience. His artistic style blends the spirit of traditional brush-and-ink practices with contemporary conceptual inquiry. Through contextual dislocation and symbolic reconstruction, Ko’s work explores the cultural lineage and contemporary expressive potential of calligraphy, establishing an open and critically engaged artistic dialogue.