Taipei Times
Date: Mar 13, 2017
By: Chiu Yan-ling and William Hetherington / Staff reporter, with staff writer
A portrait of Chiang Kai-shek (蔣介石) that went missing from the Legislative Yuan
A damaged portrait of Chiang Kai-shek that went missing from the Legislative Yuan during the Sunflower movement protests. It is now in the possession of 228 Memorial Museum Director Iap Phok-bun. Photo courtesy of Iap Phok-bun
during the Sunflower movement protests is now in the possession of 228 Memorial Museum Director Iap Phok-bun (葉博文).
Students involved in the Sunflower movement had denied knowledge of the painting’s whereabouts after it was found to be missing, Iap said in an interview yesterday.
The painting was found crumpled up in a ball in a plastic bag in the Legislative Yuan, and the person who found it asked him if he wanted it, Iap said.
However, he did not say when it was found.
places, he said.
It appeared to have been sliced with a utility knife, while the damage to its surface likely occurred when it was crumpled up.
Iap found an artist to iron out the painting and reframe it, and he has since stored it in his home.
Some people who have seen the repaired painting at his home have told him that it is dark and gloomy, while Chiang’s face appears ghost-like, he said. [FULL STORY]
