Contemporary Abstract Art of Taiwan Exhibition I – Hidden Vision
Text / Curator: Wang Kung-Tse

Through the naked eye, we often remain on the surface of things; only through the mind’s eye can we penetrate appearances and glimpse the hidden vision beyond.

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Abstract art has developed for over a century. Its history is often broadly categorized into “cold abstraction” and “hot abstraction.” While abstract art may no longer be the dominant trend in contemporary global art, it continues to shine in the 21st-century art world. Artists around the world are still expanding its vocabulary and boundaries through new perspectives and techniques, producing richly diverse visual expressions. Abstraction has become a classic and enduring form within the language of art.

Taiwan’s abstract art incorporates elements of its own cultural aesthetics, evolving into unique modes of expression. Contemporary Abstract Art of Taiwan Exhibition I – Hidden Vision presents the works of eight mid-generation Taiwanese artists: Wang Wei-He, Ko Ying-Ping, Kao Chi-Wei, His Chi Wu, Chang Fu-Chun, Huang Chiu-Yueh, Ko Shih-Chung, and Hsu Shih-Fang. With a global perspective and strong individual voices, each artist has developed their own creative language—revealing the multifaceted landscape of contemporary Taiwanese abstraction.

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Wang Wei-He draws from a spiritual alignment that transcends the structure of daily life. His intuitive sense and philosophical insight seek to touch the eternal, elusive rhythms of nature and the cosmos.
Hsu Shih-Fang explores the interplay of spirit and matter, merging thought and substance into a holistic artistic philosophy—reaching a harmonious unity between self and world.
His Chi Wu travels fluidly between the natural world and inner awareness, exploring the relationship between humanity and the environment. Within the vanishing pulse of time, he captures the raw immediacy of emotion.
Ko Ying-Ping composes abstract calligraphic rhythms through free-flowing brushwork—constructing poetic, imagined landscapes born from inner nature.
Chang Fu-Chun’s automatic writing employs a distinctly Eastern, introspective approach to abstraction, conveying a world both lyrical and sensorial.
Ko Shih-Chung blends his deep connection to the land with lyrical abstraction, fusing reason and emotion into a form that reveals the spiritual links between life and all things.
Kao Chi-Wei leans toward the minimalist language of color field painting. His works capture fleeting emotional impressions and transform them into musical rhythms of brushstroke and tone.
Huang Chiu-Yueh transforms the outer world into an inner vision, using organic combinations of shape, color, and texture to record life and express direct, heartfelt emotion—like a drifting poem.

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Each of these eight artists reveals a unique abstract language rooted in personal experience and exploration. Hidden Vision offers a powerful entry point into the diverse expressions of abstract art in Taiwan—a profound aesthetic journey and a rich, soul-stirring artistic feast.

臺灣當代抽象藝術展 首部曲–隱藏的視界
文∕策展人：王公澤

透過肉眼容易只停留在事物的表象，透過心眼感知則可穿越表象，通向隱藏的視界。
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抽象藝術發展超過百年，它的脈絡與架構常常被概括的區分為「冷抽象」與「熱抽象」。以目前全球藝術發展的趨勢看來，抽象藝術雖然已不是熱門的創作方向，但是抽象藝術卻仍然閃耀於二十一世紀的藝壇，持續有藝術家不斷以不同的觀點與技法，拓展抽象藝術的視野與疆界，演繹出豐富多樣的形式樣貌。抽象已成為藝術中的經典形式。
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臺灣的抽象藝術融入了一些自身的文化美學，發展出不同的抽象表達。臺灣當代抽象藝術展 首部曲-隱藏的視界，展出臺灣八位中生代藝術家: 王為河、柯應平、高其偉、吳熙吉、張富峻、黃秋月、柯適中與許世芳，他們以放眼全球的視野建構了屬於自己的創作脈絡，展現出個人抽象藝術的獨特性。透過這八位中生代藝術家的抽象作品，呈現臺灣當代抽象繪畫藝術多元發展的現況。
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王為河的創作延伸自他日常生活條理之外的精神認同，他的靈性自覺及哲學洞見，觸及恆久不變卻又難以企及的天道。許世芳透過「精神」與「物質」，相互滲透思辨，展現出整體的藝術觀，在互相融滲的過程中達到物我合一的境界。吳熙吉在自然與內在心靈意念中不斷穿梭維度，探索人與環境的關係，在消失的時間律動中，留下最直接的感動。柯應平透過內在的自然，以自由的運筆方式，即興抽象書寫韻律，隨心遊走；構造心中的山水。張富峻的自動書寫，以東方內觀式經營全局的抽象表現技法，傳達了既抽象又抒情的共感世界。柯適中的土地情懷，抒情抽象將抽象中的理性與感性熔於一爐，喚醒生命與事物間的內在關聯。高其偉偏向色域繪畫的極簡風格作品，描寫生活瞬間存在的內心感受，轉換為某種筆觸與色調的音樂性律動。黃秋月藉由轉化外在世界進入內在心象，透過形、色、質的有機組構和秩序來記錄生命，表達最直接的情感。有如一首漂泊的詩。
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這八位藝術家透過個別的生命體驗與應用，分別展現出個人抽象藝術的獨特性，觀眾可以透過本展來認識臺灣抽象藝術中的八種樣貌，是一場深具美學價值與豐富心靈的藝術饗宴。