Exhibitions
Lin & Lin Gallery
Dec 15, 2023 - Jan 13, 2024
Untitled, 2016, Acrylic on canvas, 130x162 cm
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Lin & Lin Gallery is pleased to present the solo exhibition Chen Tao-Ming in December. As a founding member of the Ton-Fan Group, Chen was one of the first to focus on the abstract painting and the development of its techniques. He opened up a new horizon for abstract art through the refinement of creative language and the use of contrasting materials. The exhibition showcases a comprehensive selection of works from different periods of Chen’s painting career, including oil paintings from his early years, acrylic and mixed media works from the 1970s and 1980s, brightly colored sketches on paper from the 1990s, and acrylic paintings on canvas and paper from his later years. At the exhibition, viewers are invited to experience the vibrations of the colors and textures in the time of suspension.
探路者, 1959, Oil on canvas, 60x90 cm
Chen Tao-Ming, born in Shangdong, China, 1931. Chen began to study traditional Chinese painting at the age of eight. He came to Taiwan with his family in 1949, entered the Fine Art Department of the Taiwan Provincial Normal School (currently National Taipei University of Education) in the same year and began studying modern painting with Li Chun-Shan. In 1956, he co-founded Ton-Fan Group, the first abstract painting group in Chinese region, in Taipei with seven artists including Hsiao Chin, Li Yuan-chia, Yan Hsia, etc., which led the painting revolution in Taiwan. Chen was therefore dubbed as one of "The Eight Highwaymen of the East". In 1959, he participated in International Youth Biennale in Paris and was selected as one of the most promising artists by the Parisian art critics. He was invited to participate in the Sao Paulo Art Biennial in Brazil in 1959 and 1965, and was awarded the Silver Medal in the Hong Kong International Salon of Paintings in 1962. His works were collected by Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei; National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung; National Museum of History, Taipei.
