The Taipei Fine Arts Museum announces the selection of “Atopia” by Hongjohn Lin as the curatorial plan for the Taiwan Exhibition at the 2007 Venice Biennale. Five artists, representing a variety of different disciplines, will take part: Ming-liang TSAI, Huang-chen TANG, Guo-min LEE, Shih-chieh HUANG, and VIVA.

On October 16, 2006, the Taipei Fine Arts Museum (TFAM) publicly announced the solicitation of curatorial proposals for the Taiwan Exhibition at the Venice Biennale (formally known as “the Exhibition of the Taipei Fine Arts Museum of Taiwan for the 52nd International Art Exhibition of La Biennale”). Proposals were accepted through December 15, 2006. During this period, three curatorial proposals were submitted. On December 17, a seven-member jury appointed by TFAM, including Jun-jieh Wang, Chia Chi Jason Wang, Cheng-kuang Ho, Ping Lin, Goang-ming Yuan, Chieh-jen Chen and TFAM director Tsai-lang Huang, selected “Atopia” by Hongjohn Lin as the most outstanding curatorial plan for the exhibition. Hongjohn Lin is an artist and independent curator who currently serves as associate professor at the fine arts department of National Taiwan University of Arts.

For more than a decade, the Taiwan Exhibition at the Venice Biennale has been a major venue for dialogue and exchange between Taiwan and the international art community. In 2007, as in the previous six Biennales, the Taiwan Exhibition will appear at the Pallazzo delle Prigioni.

Artists CV

VIVA / Kuo Min LEE / Shih Chieh HUANG / Huang-Chen TANG / TSAI Ming-Liang

Press Release / Art Work Introduction by Curator Hongjohn Lin