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Hsiao Chin 1935 - 2023
Shanghai.China
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Biography
Hsiao Chin was a vanguard of Chinese modern and contemporary art in the mid-1950s, and he also spearheaded Chinese and Western contemporary art exchanges in Europe. Developed from Taoist and Zen philosophies, his art blends together Eastern and Western cultures and creative modern art experiences, with self-awareness realized through an approach that unveils innate characteristics in a straightforward and frank manner. Hsiao doesn't see art as his ultimate mission in life but uses creative means to explore the journey of life, to explore spiritual potential, and to realize the true meaning behind "being at one with nature". In becoming a successful artist, Hsiao Chin, along with others, slowly began to set into motion the "Movement of the Modernization of Chinese Art". By developing new methods of combining traditional Chinese and western thought and materials, he offered the perspectives and sensibilities of an Asian individual upon the international art stage. Even more importantly, his artistic journey brought about a deep wisdom: out of his unbounded loneliness within this infinite universe, an attitude of resolution emerged, and in search of common understanding, a unique awareness that all people are worthy of being recognized and treasured.
Hsiao Chin, whose ancestral home is in Zhongshan county in the province of Guangdong, was born in Shanghai in 1935. In 1949 he followed his father's sister and her husband to Taiwan, then in 1956 went to Spain as a student, afterwards travelling to Italy and New York to create and teach for the next 40-odd years. In 1996 he returned to Taiwan and was appointed a teaching position at the Tainan University of the Arts, went into retirement in 2005 and was appointed as an emeritus professor; that same year he was conferred the Knight of Italian Star of Solidarity by the president of Italy.
Exhibitions
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Transcendence from Afar -
Oriental Abstract Painting and the Tradition of Creating Ekaggatā 2019 │ 03.11 - 04.22
Lin & Lin Gallery
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Master Works on Paper 2014 │ 06.07 - 06.29
Lin & Lin Gallery
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Derivations: Unlimited Crossing2013 │ 08.10 - 08.25
Lin & Lin Gallery
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Hsiao Chin│Great All2013 │ 07.06 - 07.28
Lin & Lin Gallery
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Hsiao Chin|1955 - 2010 Art Works2011 │ 04.09 - 05.01
Lin & Lin Gallery
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Intimate Views2011 │ 12.24 - 2012.01.22
Lin & Lin Gallery
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The Way Is Not Merely Between Two Points2010 │ 12.18 - 01.30
Lin & Lin Gallery
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2010 Contemporary Taiwan Art Raise2010 │ 03.13 - 04.30
Lin & Lin Gallery
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Double Happiness 2009 │ 01.11 - 02.11
Lin & Lin Gallery
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Old Trunk, New Branch, A New Spring2008 │ 01.05 - 01.30
Lin & Lin Gallery
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Hsiao Chin Solo Exhibition2006 │ 06.03 - 06.25
Lin & Lin Gallery
Publications
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Derivations 2014
NT$ 1,200
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Great ALL2013
NT$ 1,000
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The Way Is Not Merely Between Two Points2010
NT$ 1,200
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HSIAO CHIN2006
NT$ 2,500
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HSIAO-CHIN:1954-2004 A Journey Back to the Source2005
Non sale