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LIAO SHIOU-PING: THE PIONEER OF MODERN PRINTMAKING IN TAIWAN

  • Date:2011-04-21

Press Preview : Thursday March 3, 4 pm ? 6 pm; R.S.V.P. press@chelseaartmuseum.org
Opening Reception : Thursday March 3rd, 6 pm ? 8 pm
Exhibition : Friday March 4th ? Saturday, May 7th, 2011
Curator and Artist Talk / Demonstration : Saturday March 5th, 2 pm ? 5 pm

Chelsea Art Museum is pleased to present Liao Shiou-Ping:The Pioneer of Modern Printmaking in Taiwan, a retrospective featuring 40 prints, mixed media works, and oil paintings that highlight three significant periods in Liao?s development and the different techniques he has employed.

Liao Shiou-Ping has been the primary force behind the advancement of printmaking in Taiwan for the last several decades, and is widely considered Taiwan?s ?Father of Modern Print-Making.?   Liao developed a highly individual style using mixed media built upon incredible technical precision. He is renowned for his ability to blend Western printmaking techniques with Taiwanese folk art and temple motifs. Full of personal symbols and rich in the colors and sentiments of Eastern art, his work describes the longing for harmony, balance and beauty.

As Petra ten-Doesschate Chu, Professor of Art History and Museum Studies, Seton Hall University wrote ?Liao Shiou-Ping was a pioneer in the creation of an Asian Modernism, anticipating in many ways the work of contemporary celebrated artists like Cai Guo-Qiang or Ai Weiwei. Working as a printmaker, in a different medium and on a smaller scale than those artists, he nonetheless realized that the future of East Asian art lay in a successful merger of Eastern and Western ideas. His inspiration to do so came from the advice of Roger Chastel, Professor of Oil Painting at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris.

The Curator
Based in New York, Guest curator Luchia Meihua Lee researched the artist for several years and greatly admires the innovative nature of his work. During a span of over ten years in New York, she has been significantly involved in the contemporary art scene in the greater New York metropolitan area, and published catalogues and other written works. She was Director and Chief Curator of the Exhibition Department of the National Taiwan Museum of Art, and Curator at the Chinese Information and Cultural Center, Taipei Gallery in New York City. Ms. Lee has curated numerous exhibition and events internationally.

Chelsea Art Museum, home of the Miotte Foundation, presents contemporary thematic exhibitions that foster critical thinking about today's world. CAM strives to cultivate respect for the world at large, exhibiting seminal, but relatively unexplored dimensions of 20th and 21st century art, particularly focusing on international artists that have less exposure in the United States. The museum is founded on the legacy of abstract expressionist painter, Jean Miotte, whose foundation is housed within the museum.

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This exhibition is made possible by:
Amerasia Bank, New York
Oasis Foundation
Council for Cultural Affairs,  R.O.C.(Taiwan)
Taipei Cultural Center of TECO in New York
Culture and Arts Foundation of Taiwan Academy of Fine Arts