Art in Our Times – National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts

Museum Exhibition
Liu Kuo-sung

Several Modern ink paintings by Liu Kuo-sung, including the 1968 abstract landscape Mountain Beyond Mountains, are now on view at the National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts in Taichung. Celebrating the NTMoFA’s 35th anniversary, Art in Our Times features highlights the Museum’s permanent collection, and offers four curatorial perspectives of Taiwan’s art history; The Roots and Transformation of Taiwanese Art, The Exploration and Experimentation in Taiwanese Modern Art, The Statements and Themes of Contemporary Art in Taiwan, and From Murmuring to Probing into History. The exhibition runs from April 15 to Dec 31, 2023.

Liu Kuo-sung, Mountain Beyond Mountains, 1968, Ink and Color on Paper, 99.3 x 94.5 cm, Collection of National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts © The Liu Kuo-sung Archives
Installation View, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung. Photo: Timothy Chang

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