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The Yellow Box: Contemporary Calligraphy and Painting in Taiwan

“The Yellow Box: Contemporary Calligraphy and Painting in Taiwan”, with Chang Tsong-zung serving as curator, is based on the concept of the ideology for calligraphy and painting appreciation, and offers a new interpretation of the artists’ spirit in this realm. This interpretation is presented through the display and arrangement at the museum. The event is named The Yellow Box as a comparison to the “White Cube” at modern exhibition halls. Yet the curator believes that the contents of the “White Cube” and calligraphy/painting exhibition are entirely different; he hopes that the event of the Yellow Box can offer a new interpretation for the differences between calligraphy/painting and modern art exhibition halls. The idea of the Yellow Box gives artists who enjoy calligraphy and painting a legitimate space, and establishes an appreciation system different from that of the western artworks. This exhibition has collected works from five contemporary calligraphers and painters in Taiwan, including Yuan Jai, Lee Yi-hong, Hsu Kuo-huang, Hsu Yu-jen and Yu Peng. Totaling 70 works, they include different styles such as hand scrolls, vertically-displayed scrolls, central pieces scrolls, horizontal scrolls, banner scrolls and couplets. The goal is to explore important issues through these works, such as the tradition of writing remarks on scrolls of calligraphy and painting, and the tradition of anthologies held by writers and artists. Another purpose of this event is to discuss concrete spatial formats for exhibitions through the Yellow Box, and to sort out some kind of theoretical scope. Moreover, the exhibition has invited artists from both Mainland China and Hong Kong, including Qiu Zhije, Ye Fang and Caroline Chiu, whose works delve into photographic images and landscape models used in rock gardens. These items are used to show the relationship between arts and nature to see what is, and what is not real. The Yellow Box is a new space for interaction, with the curator planning this event from the viewpoint of modern contemporary arts. He hopes to propose a different aspect for thinking about the creation of poems and paintings through concrete attempts, while also creating a unique presentation.