In Front of You: Ava Hsueh Solo Exhibition at the NTMoFA

Taiwan News
Date: 2016-08-19
By: Maggie Huang, Taiwan News, Staff Reporter

Ava Pao-Shia Hsueh, former director of the National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts (NTMoFA) will be holding her solo exhibition “In Front of You” at Gallery 202 of the NTMoFA starting August 20th, showcasing 60 of her art works from 1984 to the present. In addition to 38 abstract paintings, which form the majority of the artist’s works, the exhibition will also feature paints and sketches, in a wide-ranging exposé of her art across the years. To hold the exhibition, Hsueh contacted previous buyers to borrow her works dating from the 1980s, giving the exhibition a thorough look back over the past 30 years.

At the press conference on Wednesday, Hsueh stated that a thematic idea is usually reflected in her art for three to five years, and although her work spans a wide range of styles, visitors may still discern a path as she transitions from phase to phase. Devoting much energy to her new painting Situation (2016), Hsueh has cemented herself as a female Taiwanese artist who dares to create abstract artwork at an unprecedented grand scale, and her attempts at broadening and deepening her material manifests her ambition of finding new potential and momentum for abstract art in contemporary times.     [FULL  STORY]