Polymer art space’s Petri dish bred artistic creativity, cultivating intriguing works of art
Taiwan News
Date: 2018/11/02
By: Lyla Liu, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
Polymer art studio will launch final show feature the difficulties artists face (image by Taiwan News Lyla)
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Polymer art space will be closed due to the upcoming lease expiration in December. In order to commemorate the five-year establishment, Polymer will hold a performance titled “Stolen Field” this weekend (Nov. 3,4.), reflecting the difficult situation existing within Taiwan’s art industry.
Established in 2013, Polymer has been located in the Beitou district. The venue gathered creative minds from multiple disciplines. Its nature is expressed in galleries, museums, and schools, and served as the “Silicon Valley” of the art world.
Polymer is also like a Petri dish breeding the creativity of artists and cultivating dramatic new forms of art.
“At Polymer’s onset, artists invested almost 2 million in building up the locale while planning, furnishing, and recruiting resident artists. After a while, they finally settled in to create astounding art. Then, people started to have disagreements and disputes,” said the art director, Kuo I-Chen. [FULL STORY]
