{"id":192,"date":"2023-09-12T21:09:52","date_gmt":"2023-09-12T13:09:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/snowytravels.com\/?p=192"},"modified":"2023-09-12T21:54:45","modified_gmt":"2023-09-12T13:54:45","slug":"day-3-national-taiwan-museum-of-fine-arts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/snowytravels.com\/index.php\/2023\/09\/12\/day-3-national-taiwan-museum-of-fine-arts\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 3 – National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I\u2019m now midway into my 5-day trip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I woke up at 7.30am today instead of 7.00am, because the first spot on my itinerary will only open at 9.00am. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

8.15am<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The plan was to eat a huge<\/s> decent portion at breakfast because I may not get to eat again until the end of the day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I even went for seconds! I love the veggies in Taiwan. They\u2019re so fresh! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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9.10am<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I reached the National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts by Uber. Was quite surprised that admission was free even for foreigners! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Letting pictures do the talking again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This was the first exhibition I went to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This guy has really done everything! Oil, watercolor, charcoal, pencil, foil\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I took a picture of this because it was created with oil pastels. How amazing!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After viewing a very traditional art exhibition, I ended up in a postmodern art exhibition completely not by design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Like this one here, it was created with oil on canvas, UV print, Ethereum paper wallet and dynamic ERC-721 NFT. Laugh die me. What kinda art is this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This exhibition room was full of photographs. Each column represented one day and there are 365 columns in there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It was a one year performance piece by the artist Sam Hsieh. Starting from 11 April 1980 to 11 April 1981, he would punch a time clock by the hour and take a picture. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This was his first picture.<\/span> You <\/span>could see it was taken at 11am on 11 April 1980.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The most amazing thing about this performance, in my opinion, is what does he eat that his hair can grow so fast?!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The highlight of my visit must be the National Art Exhibition surely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This is the gold prize winner of\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u2026 the oil painting category! It blew my mind away seriously. How talented can people get?!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This was the silver prize winner though. I admit it was lost on me. \ud83e\udd37\ud83c\udffb\u200d\u2640\ufe0f<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This is the bronze winner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What was amazing to me was the gravel\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This was selected but did not win. I like the colors used.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And the rose gold foil was really genius in my opinion. It really popped when viewed physically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I thought that this was a painting I would have bought if I could, but now that I\u2019m looking at it again, I\u2019m not so sure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The most meaningful part of this one\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u2026 is the \u201chidden\u201d words the artist had penned on both sides of the canvas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This piece from the Prints Category was aptly titled Phase of Rebellion.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Solid centre versus the paper outer face adding consistency to the message.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The gold prize in the Sculpture Category.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I am not good at reading meaning into sculptures but\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Singapore has no utility poles! This one wouldn\u2019t have won in Singapore. \ud83d\ude05<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bronze prize winner in the Watercolor Category. The location of this category was unfortunate because of the glare reflected off the exhibits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I just wanted to highlight how impressive this was.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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But the gold prize in the Watercolor Category was lost on me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The gold winner in my mind is this one. For me personally, this was the best piece of art in the whole museum. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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My favorite from the Photography Category because of the feelings it invoked. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This was also a sad piece from the Photography Category, especially after I realized it was in effect a photograph.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Unfortunately this QR code doesn\u2019t work, I tried scanning it. It would have been a lot more powerful if it worked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A close up of the QR code\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The ones I took photos of were the pieces that spoke to me but there were plenty of other exhibits. In total I\u2019d spent 2 hours here and it could have been more because I generally glossed over sculptures, multimedia art and mixed media art. I also didn\u2019t see calligraphy art but was not particularly keen to hunt for it either. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This museum was well worth my trip to Taichung! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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