Shida Kuo 郭旭達-The Still, Protruding Moment

Do we practice alteri (altruism) and do we protrude into the still?

by Luchia Meihua Lee, curator

Shida Kuo , living and working in New York City, has dedicated himself to sculpture in ceramic and to two dimensional works in various media for decades. Shida Kuo's gentle earth-ware, frequently augmented by a protuberance, contains elements of warm simplicity while the appendage is shy or modest yet alluring or even lyrical. We would like you to appreciate these exquisite art works. In the pandemic during the limited travel period, he has managed to have a solo exhibition in Taipei. As is widely known, Taiwan had done an excellent job of controlling the virus, so galleries and museums did not close there.

Shida Kuo‘ s ceramic sculpture, and other two dimensional art works are each unique, all of them being reticent, organic and displaying a geometric form. What strikes viewers is that the work is simultaneously powerful yet reserved. The smooth body part exerts a force conditioned by the protrusion which is somehow still in harmony with the rest of the work. The total effect is not austere but reminds us of Kuo's own warm, witty, gentle manner and attitude. The work's very form conveys action, or even antics, that hang on the act of observing, so the viewer's reaction to the art has both outward and an inward components. Hence the amusing behavior induced in the spectators becomes an important but subtle component of any exhibition of this art - in addition to its careful, delicate, ordering, organic beauty.

In looking over these works which echo and complement each other, one recognizes same delicate identical structure of a sluggish pulling of an extrusive part, which is joined in mutual deceit; the pulling away intimating a threat and a moving away from the larger part.

In some cases, a deep recess is filled with paint white, while the projecting part is painted a dark tone and may evoke either nipples or phalluses. Those rest in the confidence that might be self sufficiency. in lyric moods of exaggerated, self advertising.

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Shida Kuo 郭旭達 The Still, Protruding Moment

R eforming art and cultural activities to meet today’s needs can be a great way to promote harmony. TAAC's core commitment is through art to practice diversity, equality, and inclusion. By advancing them in the art world, we aim to promote a more just society. TAAC hopes that outrage will help to lead to a more equitable society, truer to our ideals. In this ATW issue, we have NY artist Shida Kuo 's untitled pieces. And don't forget to listen to and watch the music of Taiwanese band The Chairman as they play Sacrifice to Welcome the Gods. Happy July 4th! The TAAC team wishes you a safe time

Shida Kuo , living and working in New York City, has dedicated himself to sculpture in ceramic and to two dimensional works in various media for decades. Shida Kuo's gentle earth-ware, frequently augmented by a protuberance, contains elements of warm simplicity while the appendage is shy or modest yet alluring or even lyrical. We would like you to appreciate these exquisite art works. In the pandemic during the limited travel period, he has managed to have a solo exhibition in Taipei. As is widely known, Taiwan had done an excellent job of controlling the virus, so galleries and museums did not close there.

Do we practice alteri (altruism) and do we protrude into the still?

Shida Kuo‘ s ceramic sculpture, and other two dimensional art works are each unique, all of them being reticent, organic and displaying a geometric form. What strikes viewers is that the work is simultaneously powerful yet reserved. The smooth body part exerts a force conditioned by the protrusion which is somehow still in harmony with the rest of the work. The total effect is not austere but reminds us of Kuo's own warm, witty, gentle manner and attitude. The work's very form conveys action, or even antics, that hang on the act of observing, so the viewer's reaction to the art has both outward and an inward components. Hence the amusing behavior induced in the spectators becomes an important but subtle component of any exhibition of this art - in addition to its careful, delicate, ordering, organic beauty. In looking over these works which echo and complement each other, one recognizes same delicate identical structure of a sluggish pulling of an extrusive part, which is joined in mutual deceit; the pulling away intimating a threat and a moving away from the larger part. In some cases, a deep recess is filled with paint white, while the projecting part is painted a dark tone and may evoke either nipples or phalluses. Those rest in the confidence that might be self sufficiency. in lyric moods of exaggerated, self advertising. - Luchia Meihua Lee, curator

Shida Kuo is a Taiwanese-born sculptor living and working in New York City. He holds a B.F.A. in Painting from National Taiwan Normal University (Taipei, Taiwan) and a M.A. in Studio Art on Ceramic Sculpture from New York University. He has taught in the Department of Art and Art Professions at New York University since 1993. His sculptures and paintings have been in numerous national and international exhibitions , most recently at Eslite Gallery in Taipei. to view completed Shida Kuo CV-click here view Shida Kuo Statement-click here

Statement by Shida Kuo It puzzles me why certain forms and some particular types of material always possess more visceral power over me than others. Similarly, I am curious how people of different origins and backgrounds respond to forms and materials in an identical way. Is that an evidence of homogeneity of mankind as a collective species? It seems to me that those shared experiences of emotional and spiritual impacts created by forms and materials have been articulated by our bodies even before they could be understood by our minds. It is a collective sense of deja vu for mankind, repressed by consciousness but persistent in our veins. Drawing was the primary method of communication before the invention of languages. Wasn’t drawing initially based on observations of the nature? What was the process, then, in which nature was transformed into shapes and lines? I am driven by these related questions, and cannot help trying different angles when approaching those natural creations. I attempt to locate the essence of forms, as a whole or as configurations of fragments. Those fragmented, unfinished forms are stored in my head, waiting to spring up from the entity called “I” after a series of conflicts, contradictions and convergence among themselves, until they emerge as a new form of completeness.

My work from the past years demonstrates this creative process. Instead of making any statement through my work, I have played a faithful recorder, using only my sensitivity to materials and undisguised techniques, just to catch the forms that might have been otherwise left in oblivion. I use primarily ceramic and wood for my work because human beings have used these two materials for thousands of years regardless of cultural or racial differences. They are close to us in many ways and thus are the best material for me to convey my ideas.

Current Exhibition: Shida Kuo: Un/Form, De/Intellectualize 郭旭達：離形去知 ■exhibition at the Eslite Galler y, Taipei, Taiwan (誠品畫廊) ■from June 06 to July 26, 2020 Click here to view the exhibition at Eslite Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan 趙琍談郭旭達 https://youtu.be/oSBER-MmA98 More information: Shida Kuo Portfolio website: http://shidakuo.com/ youtube: https://youtu.be/84UbAcA3hiw

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This is a critically important time for us, and we’re hoping to reach our partners to help us continue in our mission of presenting art in a new perspective. To donate to TAAC, click our website, and locate the DONATE icon.  https://www.taac-us.org/donate-now-page Exhibition: Urban Reverence, New York  (paused due to coronavirus) The phenomenon of migrants forming an international cross-cultural "urban tribe" is one of the urgent topics in the 21st century. Analyzed historically in the context of the planet and symbiosis, this involves the survival of human beings and maintenance of balance among various living things. The discourse thus moves to valuing human nature, preservation of multiple cultures, the environment, and the new multi-faceted unity. Potential political, economic, and cultural crises can only be averted by an emphasis on the diversity of life that promotes interactive relationships.  Curatorial team: Chief Curator: Luchia Meihua Lee, Executive Director, TAAC Co-curators: Jennifer Pliego, Director of Special Programs and Head of the House of Art, El Taller Latino Americano, NYC Sarah Walko, Curator, Director of Education & Community Engagement, Visual Art Center of New Jersey

[Image courtesy of artist Alexander Khimushin]

[Image courtesy of artist Herberto Turizzo Anaya]

[Image courtesy of artist Wei Lee]

[Image courtesy of artist Sarah Walko]

[Image Courtesy of artist j. maya luz]

[Image Courtesy of artist Yeh Fang]

Reinhard Blank Current exhibition AusZeit : Kunst als Klärung at Stadtmuseum Memmingen (德國梅明根市立博物館) The exhibition lasts until January 24, 2021 Click here to view the Stadtmuseum Memmingen 梅明根市立博物館

Image courtesy of artist Reinhard Blank Click here to view the Stadtmuseum Memmingen 梅明根市立博物館

"Sacrifice to Welcome the Gods" 【 music by The Chairman Band 】 Music from a Taiwan temple festival to gain the blessing of the God. The video starts by listing each month's festival - for instance, May (the fifth month of the lunar calendar) contains the Duanwu (dragon festival) - followed by an introduction to the legend of Matsu (a sea goddess). Matsu's festival  is a major event in Taiwan, with the largest celebrations around her temples. The Chairman Band is a popular rock band in Taiwan; they have won several Golden Melody awards. Formed in 1997, The Chairman Band combines elements of traditional Taiwanese culture with Hokkien lyrics. from Album: 祭 Licensed to YouTube by Rock Mobile Corporation (on behalf of 武藝音樂有限公司), and 2 Music Rights Societies https://youtu.be/toQlDlv7DVI

Chemin Hsaio 蕭喆旻 Aware of the living moment

Have you had your hair cut?

by Luchia Meihua Lee

Chemin Hsiao created a series of drawings in the pandemic period in which the face mask has become an essential element of our daily life. It is by turns melancholic, ironic, witty, and reflective. 

Title: Barber Shop Year: 2020 

Medium: Watercolor on Paper Dimensions: 15” x 11”

Chemin Hsiao's drawings made during the recent pandemic bring in a light sadness of mind. "Koi Nobori" is the Japanese fish windsock traditionally used to wish success to children. Hsaioi has updated this banner to fit these quarantine times. Continuing in an even more hopeful vein is "Reborn" which features new growth and regeneration on the back of a tortoise, which may represent longevity and auspiciousness. "Black Rain" seems to comment on the Black Lives Matter movement and celebrate the fact that it is gaining greater weight. 

While "Barber Shop" is more lighthearted and reminiscent of the gentle mockery apparent in his Mask series. These whimsical drawings, such as "Wilson", seem to characterize the artist's personal response to the shade of this period of restraint, and Hsaio's discourse about the awareness of living. In his previous series, the artist faithfully captured images of subway passengers and the homeless to document his commute. Taking a different tack, his series of "Journey to the West" paintings caught the immigrant experience by populating fantastical scenes with characters from classical literature. As a young artist, he has shown diligence, endurance, and consistency.

For the larger narrative paintings and public mural art via acrylic pigments, I collected personal events/emotions in particular time frame in life, and wove them into an image that explains to me the meaning of that specific period of my life, while simultaneously responding to the nature of the commission. 

The most recent painting series is a daily ritual and humble meditation to communicate the feelings of comfort, sorrow, hope, or calmness during the 2020 coronavirus pandemic. The painting practice helps keep me centered at the moment, and not stressed over how long this crisis will last and all the possible outcomes.

Artist to Watch:    Chemin Hsaio 蕭喆旻

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Chemin Hsiao created a series of drawings in the pandemic period in which the face mask has become an essential element of our daily life. It is by turns melancholic, ironic, witty, and reflective. We would like you to appreciate these exquisite drawings.

Title: Black Rain   Year: 2020
Medium: Watercolor on Paper 
Dimensions: 11” x 12.75” 

Have you had your hair cut?

Chemin Hsiao's drawings made during the recent pandemic bring in a light sadness of mind. "Koi Nobori" is the Japanese fish windsock traditionally used to wish success to children. Hsaioi has updated this banner to fit these quarantine times. Continuing in an even more hopeful vein is "Reborn" which features new growth and regeneration on the back of a tortoise, which may represent longevity and auspiciousness. "Black Rain" seems to comment on the Black Lives Matter movement and celebrate the fact that it is gaining greater weight. While "Barber Shop" is more lighthearted and reminiscent of the gentle mockery apparent in his Mask series. These whimsical drawings, such as "Wilson", seem to characterize the artist's personal response to the shade of this period of restraint, and Hsaio's discourse about the awareness of living. In his previous series, the artist faithfully captured images of subway passengers and the homeless to document his commute. Taking a different tack, his series of "Journey to the West" paintings caught the immigrant experience by populating fantastical scenes with characters from classical literature. As a young artist, he has shown diligence, endurance, and consistency.     Title: Repay Year: 2020 Medium: Watercolor on Paper Dimensions: 15” x 11” Title: Koi Nobori Year: 2020 Medium: Watercolor on Paper Dimensions: 15” x 11”

Title: Wilson Year: 2020 Medium: Watercolor on Paper Dimensions: 11” x 15”  Hsiao (蕭喆旻, Taiwanese American) is a visual artist based in Queens and Brooklyn (Chashama Studio Space), New York. Hsiao receivedC his BFA and MFA from the School of Visual Arts. He was a recipient of New Work Grant (2017 & 2019) and ArtSite Public Art Commissioning (2018) from Queens Council on the Arts. Since 2019, Hsiao has completed several commissioned public murals for the Queens community including Jackson Heights (82nd Street Partnership), Elmhurst Sculpture Park (RPGA Studio), Union Street in Flushing (Asian American Federation), and the SkyView Center in Flushing (ShopCore Properties). He has taken part in artist residencies at the Kingsbrae International Residence for the Arts in Canada, SU-CASA Residency in New York, and the Cuttyhunk Island Artist Residency in Massachusetts. He was selected as one of the ProjectArt resident artists in Windsor Park Library (Queens), one of the printmaking scholarship recipients at Manhattan Graphic Center, and a fellow at the ARTWorks, Inc. program supported by the Jerome Foundation at the Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning. He also participated in the 2016 Immigrant Artist Program at the New York Foundation for the Arts. Artist Statement In my artwork, I want to capture personal emotions toward subjects or atmosphere,via the elusive connections from my memories and cultural background. I sit with plants, animals and the surroundings in time, moment by moment, and let myself be unconsciously revealed from the process of painting. Seeking for such a silent moment when one could totally emerge into mindful actions and forget oneself, I would like to hear my inner voice truthfully this way. The paintings might be motivated by a pattern or shadow on the snow which reminds me of my first winter in New York City, or by a group of robins flying from branch to branch in the trees, or by something else that I observe. Such a visual stimulus during the creative process may propel me to take the picture in a completely different direction than I had originally planned. This organic process allows me to construct each image with time molding the possibilities for the final visuals. The method of watercolor painting serves as instant emotion recorders for specific locations, events, people or emotional memories. Via woodblock or silkscreen printmaking techniques, I transform the watercolor painting images into editions of prints, and experiment with new compositions of the visual ideas. Title: Island Year: 2020 Medium: Watercolor on Paper Dimensions: 9” x 12” Title: Piety Year: 2020 Medium: Watercolor on Paper Dimensions: 11” x 15”

For the larger narrative paintings and public mural art via acrylic pigments, I collected personal events/emotions in particular time frame in life, and wove them into an image that explains to me the meaning of that specific period of my life, while simultaneously responding to the nature of the commission. The most recent painting series is a daily ritual and humble meditation to communicate the feelings of comfort, sorrow, hope, or calmness during the 2020 coronavirus pandemic. The painting practice helps keep me centered at the moment, and not stressed over how long this crisis will last and all the possible outcomes. Title: Angels Year: 2020 Medium: Watercolor on Paper Dimensions: 11” x 15” Title: Comfort Year: 2020 Medium: Watercolor on Paper Dimensions: 9” x 12”

Title: Solitary Exercise Year: 2020 Medium: Watercolor on Paper Dimensions: 11” x 15”

Chemin Hsiao has had a solo exhibition at Queens Botanical Garden, and group exhibitions at the Walter Wickiser Gallery, New York Foundation for the Arts, Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning, El Taller Art Center, New York Hall of Science, Abrons Arts Center, E. Tay Gallery, Local Project Art Space, Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Taipei Cultural Center, Maggi Peyton Gallery, Society of illustrator Gallery, Gallery Nucleus in the United States, and LiTEHAUS Galerie and Direktorenhaus Gallery in Berlin, Germany.  In addition to his studio practice, Hsiao held painting and printmaking workshops at Queens Botanical Garden. He also taught visual art classes to seniors in the SU-CASA artist in residence program at Nan Shan Senior Center in Flushing, and to students from kindergarten to high school at various public schools via the Visual Arts program at the Queens Museum and Abrons Arts Center.

Title: Reborn    Year: 2020 Medium: Acrylic Pigment on Wooden Barricades Dimensions: 8 ft x 8 ft    Reborn display at the Skyview Center, Flushing, NYC

More information: Chemin Hsaio Portfolio website: http://www.cheminart.com/ Full CV with press links: http://www.cheminart.com/CV Newsletter subscribe: https://dm-mailinglist.com/subscribe?f=91b21cc3 Social Media: - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cheminhsiaoart/ - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CheminHsiao - Twitter: https://twitter.com/cheminhsiao

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ARTIST TO WATCH - Chin Chih Yang 

2020 NYFA Hall of Fame

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Chin Chih Yang 楊金池 

- 2020 NYFA Hall of Fame artist

“It’s about human-made and nature-made disasters and our relationships to them. 

These two themes are core to my work,” - Chin Chih Yang 

Mobile Quarantine House
Connect and Protect - COVID-19 (Wuhan Coronavirus)
Location: Manhattan, NYC
Time: Friday, March 20, 2020 3-6 pm
Which is worse, the sickness or the fear? Artist Chin Chih Yang in a mock demonstration about COVID-19 (Wuhan coronavirus). This demonstration was intended to remind ourselves about the rules we should follow to keep ourselves virus-free, but also to have a laugh. Let's not get too nervous about the coronavirus!
A few things we've had to learn here over the past few weeks:
1. Want to avoid coronavirus? First, Stop Touching Stuff.
2. Avoid close contact 3. Stay home if you’re sick 4. Cover coughs and sneezes
5. Wear a mask if you are sick 6. Clean and disinfect

 Connect and Protect - COVID-19 (Wuhan Coronavirus), 2020, Location: Manhattan, NYC

Right: Amazon - Decomposing tree trunks, burnt wood and ashes, images from current news. 2019, QCC Art Gallery/CUNY installation view

below: Kill Me or Change, still image from video, performance taken place at Flushing Corona Park, Queens, NY

About Chin Chih Yang 楊金池

Multidisciplinary artist Chin Chih Yang was born in Taiwan, and has resided for thirty seven years in New York City. He studied at Parsons School of Design in Manhattan (BFA, 1986) and at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn (Master of Science, 1994). In 2020, he will be inducted into NYFA's Hall of Fame. In a 2009 review Holland Cotter of the New York Times called one of his projects “a magical tunnel of love.” He has received grants from The New York Foundation for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts, and The Taiwan National Culture and Arts Foundation. He was awarded fellowships from the Vilcek Foundation, and in 2018 he was at Yaddo. His 2019 artist residency was at MASS MoCA Studio, and in 2020 he will be a Labor resident at Santa Fe Art Institute.

Chin Chih Yang claims a unified view of the interconnected segments of society and the physical environment in which it functions. Yang's work is related to politics, religion, art history, the environment, and global harmony. Starting in 2013, and still seeking a proper venue for this work, Yang has carefully planned a daring performance project named Watch Us! Together We Can do it for which he is seeking patronship. We request your loving contribution to enable Yang’s dream. Taken as a whole, this work articulates his vision of a world towards which we can strive.

View of the "Reclaiming the Vision" exhibition at QCC Art Gallery/CUNY 2019

[to be continued]

Essays / interviews :

• The Exploits of Chin Chih Yang: Missions Impossible       by Lily Wei
• Chih Chin Yang: Ecological Art in Times of Change          by Johnathan Goodman
• Chin chih Yang                                                                   by Yang  by Jeffery Grunthaner
• Harry Spiller in conversation with Matha Wilson/ of the Franklin Furnace Foundation. 
•  (include a video and essay)
• An introductory interview between Chin Chih Yang and Luchia Lee

Urban Divergence 非平行世界的平衡

非平行世界的平衡 Urban Divergence 

綠可

全球化時代的來臨似乎建立于於平行世界的概念，但是從實際移居群衆快速的在遠離某些原點時，這個流體加速在地球各處輻射向外，結果表明不管這人們在球體的位置如何，流出地區的總是集中導向經濟體已開發及更重人文的都會區域，而不會呈現相反的流入那些落後的地區現象，較爲富裕的都會正在快速膨脹與失序中。

Dennis Redmoon HAKEEM 

在城市形成的跨文化“都會部落 “的現象,  這是21世紀緊迫話題之一，在許多國家面臨著兩難的局面, 揭示了政治, 經濟, 環境和文化問題的潛在危機, 從各都會更廣泛來解析這個主題, 我們關注新社區中的文化環境衝突問題, 現代都會的聚落不斷地重組變遷, 城市的區域集中點有的被新開創或擴展,人類的生命在交互往來代代多重混血文化傳承之下，單一血統及族群已經不足以來標榜其獨特血緣與種族，這些問題通常是在大城市中產生的, 其中不可避免的影響是複雜的“衆生象”揭露”, 而 “混種’(Hybrid)討論也存在於少數族群間，單一的土地國家已無法無法充分描述區域的族群，膚色及面貌已經不足以界定文化的異同。

Divergent victor field, resource:Math Insight

包圍在各社區間深刻存在的融合與某些内心潛在的對立, 明顯的是一種自私及狹隘性。 在忠誠於單一傳統和接受與適應與日俱增與面臨新的社會局勢，如今從“聚落” ”部落“到”社區“的定義已經轉變為適用於更廣泛的群體, 由種族、民族、語言、文化、藝術作品，經濟動態甚至到數位部落等定義，重點是生活的多樣性促進著社區的互動關係。

更廣氾的來提及一個地球及共生互利，這涉及人類的生存應與我們的環境及各種生物之間的共存與維持平衡；這種平衡基於不平行的世界中，應時而生的美國的CDC 倡議及標榜著 ”One Health”[1]的21世紀概念，人類的健康是跟他周遭生物和地球的健康是息息相關的。它是是一種在地方，區域，國家和全球範圍內協力合作，跨部門跨學科的方法，認識到人、動物、植物及其共享環境之間的相互聯繫，在人類文明的變遷史，單項的侵襲或是常態、規律、對未知的世界仍然沿著自我的習慣性野心向前無止儘的擴大欲求之際，如人類對基因野心，相鄰的環境已經如火如荼的改變，逐步的造成一種雙方性的威脅，這種相互的拉扯來自的源頭大都的瞭解是透過人而來造成，如同近年來愈來愈多的可能跨物種感染及突變。

在我們的世界，衆生相的呈現提供人本參差的回應，人與土地及環境關係是什麼？我們在這片大地上所繼承的精神文化與土地遺產，我們在這裡觀眾生、觀天地、觀自己、人間秩序到宇宙，當我們仰望星空思索著我們存在的位置，找到了各自與日月星辰的對話方式，以及理解這個世界和宇宙的視角，呼喚那看不到改變與流逝，致敬著生命各種不同的存在方式，那些古老曾經信守過的，堅持過的生命理想和美的規則，我們凝視著他們的臉，也看穿了歷史的塵埃在另一個時空凝視著我們。

Herberto TURIZZO Anaya,   Eco Illogico, 
1993, Acrylic on canvas, 17 x 20 inches

也許從村莊到城市環境的過渡對於原住民的最劇烈變化是文化上儀式和神話的喪失，或者更準確地說是因著需要使這群人類需求適應及所遇到的環境轉換，而原有的神話在某種類信仰中來與神聖的聯繫；而藝術創作者最有能力調解截取與城市生活相關的新聯繫，在擺脫世俗的塵埃之際，在這裡展演的思想透過身體及自然，交織的文化及語言在使用城市部落的概念之間，相互聯繫將通過象徵性旅程的材料吸引觀眾；梭羅將文化描述為“魔法師”，如何在不受文化某些方面影響的情況下，將自己沉浸在自然中是唯一可以回答兩個簡單但不可或缺的問題的方法，他覺得只有在大自然中才能真正聽到自己的內心，我們怎麼知道自己想要什麼？要底要多少就足夠了，城市部落的儀式和象徵性質成為了回到自然和個人及群體的自然聲音的門戶，這或在表象上與資本主義和消費文化的計劃背道而馳，也對我們來說，成為都會部落的一部分意味著什麼？

窥一斑而知全豹，我們觀察在移動出的新城市聚落中，自給自足的群體逐步發展也同時認識自己的文化身份，並且漸漸與其自有原來文化特質發展出某些顯著不同的面向。然而有趣的差異，在新的城市部落的成員從未完全接受他們所居住新處所的生活方式；在這裡，我們希望用一種新的視角來觀察小的甚至可能是孤立的脫節，然後在全球和國際背景下解讀它們。美國是許多不同種族和文化起源的人的家園共同組成這個國家，我們想要透過一種組合-來自代表不同種族和文化背景的藝術家，透過美國經驗的一種現實的呈現，來觀察的在這非平行的流動中，這能量到處都顯現有一個恆定的正向散度平衡。

[1] One Health is a collaborative, multisectoral, and transdisciplinary approach—working at the local, regional, national, and global levels—with the goal of achieving optimal health outcomes recognizing the interconnection between people, animals, plants, and their shared environment. CDC’s One Health Office leads the agency’s One Health efforts in the United States and abroad. https://www.cdc.gov/onehealth/index.html

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Urban Reverence

The phenomenon of migrants forming an international cross-cultural "urban tribe" is one of the urgent topics in the 21st century. Analyzed historically in the context of the planet and symbiosis, this involves the survival of human beings and maintenance of balance among various living things. The discourse thus moves to valuing human nature, preservation of multiple cultures, the environment, and the new multi-faceted unity. Potential political, economic, and cultural crises can only be averted by an emphasis on the diversity of life that promotes interactive relationships.

Curatorial team：
Chief Curator: Luchia Meihua Lee, Executive Director, TAAC
Co-curators: 
Jennifer Pliego, Director of Special Programs and Head of the House of Art, El Taller Latino Americano, NYC
Sarah Walko, Curator, Director of Education & Community Engagement, Visual Art Center of New Jersey

Venue and dates: 
New York Foundation for the Arts: May 18 to July 18, 2020
TAAC Tribeca Gallery: September 1-30, 
El Taller Latino Americano, QCC Art Gallery/CUNY, Visual Arts Center of New Jersey （TBA)

2020 Urban Reverence Participating artists ：
Herberto Turizzo Anaya, Reinhard Blank, Stephanie Cheung/Chengwen Lin (林正文 ), ShihPao Lin(林世寳), Dennis Redmoon Dakeem, Diana Heise, Sarah Haviland, Hiroshi Jashiki, Alexander Khimushin, Walis LaBai (Dingwu Wu吳鼎武), Catherine Lan (藍巧茹), Lee Wei (李瑋),Yanhua Li (李燕樺), Eleng Luluan (安聖惠), J. Maya Luz, Rosalia Mowgli, Sarah Walko, Chin Chih Yang (楊金池),Yeh Fang (葉方)

2019 Urban Caravan Participating artists:
Miya Ando, Steven Balogh , Yutien Chang (張郁田), Ching Yao Chen(陳擎耀), Cheng, Jen Pei(程仁珮), Andrea CoroniL, Felipe Galindo , Chemin Hsiao(蕭喆旻), Mingjer Kuo(郭明哲), Pey-Chwen Lin(林珮淳), Lo, Yi-Chun(羅懿君), Lulu Meng(孟祥璐), Kelly Tsai & Ryan Hartley Smith, Yu-chuan Tseng(曾鈺娟), Pei Shih Tu(杜佩詩)

2021 Urban Divergence (TBA)

150-page color catalogue with essays by Luchia Meihua Lee, Dr. Alessandra Wang, Dr. Peychwen Lin, Jennifer Pliego, Alexandra Chang, Sarah Walko, John Ensor Parker

Selected images from 2020

Herberto Turizzo Anaya

Sarah Walko

Fang YEH

Reinhard Blank

Reinhard Blank

Sarah Harviland

Alexander KHIMUSHIN 

J. Maya Luz

Diana Heise

Hiroshi JASHIKI

Wei LEE