The Frost celebrates Lunar New Year with the opening of “Taiwan Discovered: In Place and Time”

The Frost Art Museum unveiled “Taiwan Discovered: In Place and Time,” a new exhibit that introduces Taiwanese artists to the South Florida community for the first time and recognizes their contribution to the new global reality of the international art world, Feb. 19.

Seven artists were invited to participate in the show curated by Frost director and chief curator Carol Damian and Catalina Jaramillo. They range in age from elder masters to young and innovative. Most live in Taiwan, but a number of them have traveled widely, exhibited internationally and participated in biennials and art fairs around the world. The westernization of Taiwan that resulted in strident dichotomies between the traditional and protected and the openness of free thinking impacts their careers and their subject matter.

“‘Taiwan Discovered: In Place and Time’ continues our foray into the world of Asian art. This exhibition will showcase true Taiwanese contemporary artists,” Damian said. “It is the first of its kind in the Southeast.”

The artists’ works include traditional calligraphy, landscapes and the extraordinary craftsmanship of paintings actually made from slices of rock. Photography helps to put all of the works in the context of the unique geological environment of the island, and large-scale installations of paintings, beadwork and sculptural constructions lead the artists into the 21st century, with the highly acclaimed video and multi-media technology of the artists on the forefront.