Architect and Illustrator Joint Exhibition Debuts at National Taiwan Museum's "Taiwan Museum Living Room"
The National Taiwan Museum has opened a new interaction space, the "Taiwan Museum Living Room," and is hosting a joint exhibition, "Museum Gaze - Travel Painting Exhibition," featuring architect Chan Yi-Chung and illustrator Lin Li. The exhibition showcases Chan's architectural sketches and Lin's travel paintings, offering visitors an intimate look at the creative process.
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(Central News Agency reporter Wang Bao-er, Taipei 6th) The National Taiwan Museum this year launched a new interaction space, the "Taiwan Museum Living Room," connecting the cultural corridor of the city. It also invited architect Chan Yi-Chung and illustrator Lin Li to jointly present the "Museum Gaze - Travel Painting Exhibition," and through a series of activities, allows the public to observe the painting process.
The National Taiwan Museum announced in February via its Facebook social media platform the opening of a new space, the "Taiwan Museum Living Room." In the future, it will become an extended base for connecting neighborhood sentiments, fostering local vitality, and getting closer to life and daily routines. From the main hall, paleontology hall, Nanmen hall to the Railway Department Park, the Taiwan Museum system continues to carry out diverse museum practices in Taipei City.
The opening reception for the "Museum Gaze - Travel Painting Exhibition" was held today. Museum Director Chen Deng-qin stated in his address that the exhibition was chosen to be displayed in the newly planned "Taiwan Museum Living Room," combining exhibits with daily life experiences, hoping to create an exhibition atmosphere close to daily life in Taipei's old city district. The exhibition takes "Museum Gaze" as its curatorial theme, emphasizing the translation relationship between macroscopic architectural observation and microscopic life perception.
Chan Yi-Chung was previously responsible for the overall planning, new storage construction, and historical building restoration of the National Taiwan Museum's Nanmen Park. This exhibition includes his hand-drawn original manuscripts from his architectural work history. Chan Yi-Chung stated that painting is a way to slow down the pace of observation, saying, "When you are willing to stop and look a few more times, the space you are used to will reveal its own appearance."
Chan Yi-Chung also donated his survey records and notes, as well as engineering construction logs from the restoration and reuse project of Nanmen Park, to the National Taiwan Museum's collection. Lin Li recently held a solo exhibition at the New Taipei City Pinglin Tea Museum. She re-planned and exhibited her works, creating a dialogue with Chan Yi-Chung's architectural drawings, showcasing elephants seen drifting in foreign lands, and plants like Saxifraga from the peak of Taiwan's Yushan, among others.
Lin Li stated that her creation originates from gazing at and perceiving the environment, saying, "When I gaze at all this, I always feel awe for everything. I use colors and lines to tell a beautiful story seen by an earthling drifting around the world."
The "Museum Gaze - Travel Painting Exhibition," a collaboration between Chan Yi-Chung and Lin Li, is open now at the National Taiwan Museum Living Room until June 14. During the exhibition period, Chan Yi-Chung will conduct live painting sessions in the exhibition venue every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday at 2 PM, allowing the audience to observe the creative process. (Editor: Lee Shu-hua) 1150506
(Central News Agency reporter Wang Bao-er, Taipei 6th) The National Taiwan Museum this year launched a new interaction space, the "Taiwan Museum Living Room," connecting the cultural corridor of the city. It also invited architect Chan Yi-Chung and illustrator Lin Li to jointly present the "Museum Gaze - Travel Painting Exhibition," and through a series of activities, allows the public to observe the painting process.
The National Taiwan Museum announced in February via its Facebook social media platform the opening of a new space, the "Taiwan Museum Living Room." In the future, it will become an extended base for connecting neighborhood sentiments, fostering local vitality, and getting closer to life and daily routines. From the main hall, paleontology hall, Nanmen hall to the Railway Department Park, the Taiwan Museum system continues to carry out diverse museum practices in Taipei City.
The opening reception for the "Museum Gaze - Travel Painting Exhibition" was held today. Museum Director Chen Deng-qin stated in his address that the exhibition was chosen to be displayed in the newly planned "Taiwan Museum Living Room," combining exhibits with daily life experiences, hoping to create an exhibition atmosphere close to daily life in Taipei's old city district. The exhibition takes "Museum Gaze" as its curatorial theme, emphasizing the translation relationship between macroscopic architectural observation and microscopic life perception.
Chan Yi-Chung was previously responsible for the overall planning, new storage construction, and historical building restoration of the National Taiwan Museum's Nanmen Park. This exhibition includes his hand-drawn original manuscripts from his architectural work history. Chan Yi-Chung stated that painting is a way to slow down the pace of observation, saying, "When you are willing to stop and look a few more times, the space you are used to will reveal its own appearance."
Chan Yi-Chung also donated his survey records and notes, as well as engineering construction logs from the restoration and reuse project of Nanmen Park, to the National Taiwan Museum's collection. Lin Li recently held a solo exhibition at the New Taipei City Pinglin Tea Museum. She re-planned and exhibited her works, creating a dialogue with Chan Yi-Chung's architectural drawings, showcasing elephants seen drifting in foreign lands, and plants like Saxifraga from the peak of Taiwan's Yushan, among others.
Lin Li stated that her creation originates from gazing at and perceiving the environment, saying, "When I gaze at all this, I always feel awe for everything. I use colors and lines to tell a beautiful story seen by an earthling drifting around the world."
The "Museum Gaze - Travel Painting Exhibition," a collaboration between Chan Yi-Chung and Lin Li, is open now at the National Taiwan Museum Living Room until June 14. During the exhibition period, Chan Yi-Chung will conduct live painting sessions in the exhibition venue every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday at 2 PM, allowing the audience to observe the creative process. (Editor: Lee Shu-hua) 1150506