Taiwan News
Date: 2017/09/22
By: Taiwan Today,Agencies
(Taiwan News) An exhibition featuring works by six Taiwan and one French artist will
kick off Sept. 27 in Paris as part of an annual festival aimed at showcasing artistic affinity among the world’s cultures.
Organized by the Taiwan Cultural Center in Paris, the show “Carnets du flaneur” is being staged at Galerie Frederic Moisan for the 2017 Week of Foreign Cultures in Paris. The participating artists are photographers Cheng Jen-pei, Wang Hsiang-lin and Wu Chuan-lun, installation artist Lin Cheng-wei, and filmmakers Lin Shih-chieh, Niu Jun-quian and France’s Gwenola Wagon.
According to the cultural center, the event features diverse works on the theme “flaneur,” which refers to a person who saunters around observing society. Based on this approach, the artists explore such topics as historical reflections, social interactions and urban development. [FULL STORY]