Taichung City-based National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, in cooperation with the Ministry of Culture, published a video Dec. 23 to showcase the results of a project examining the country’s art history.
According to the MOC, the NTMOFA’s plan to provide insight on the development of national art history has been underway since 2018. The short film, entitled “Piecing Time Together, Reclaiming Memories,” is an important part of the plan that conveys the importance of reconstructing Taiwan’s art history and includes clips of the process to repair and restore artworks, as well as images of themed exhibitions.
The short also features interviews with experts that explore the project’s influence, the MOC said, adding that subsidies from the ministry enabled the museum to expand the scope of its collection, introducing more work from earlier domestic artists as well as classic pieces from various periods. In 2022 the museum was able to acquire the 1919 work “Water of Immortality” by local pioneer of modern sculpture Huang Tu-shui.
Through the film, the NTMOFA invites viewers to open themselves to looking at history from brand-new perspectives. The MOC expressed a continued commitment to comprehensively and systematically documenting Taiwan’s art history. (POC-E)
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