Full of Beauty

I didn’t know if it is the typhoon’s influence because the wind was so heavy this afternoon. It was Sunday and a sunny afternoon. A little cold but the wind which was blowing on my face made me feel so free and comfortable. Now I know that the warming sunlight and heavy relaxing wind can induce me out of my house. So it turned out that I was attracted again and went out to catch the wonder which our nature mother gave us.


It’s Sunday in Taichung, where is full of high buildings and lacks of large green lands, so it’s very often to see a lot of people strolling in the big park during the weekends, and most in the afternoon. The temperature is ok and the sunlight isn’t that strong. That is when people leave their concrete buildings and go out to embrace the nature.

This afternoon, I went to National Taiwan Art Museum. There’re large green lands for people to take a walk or do some activities, like flying kites. So the neighborhood of here is always an attraction to many people, and today was no exception. I saw people everywhere but it didn’t make me feel crowded. It’s ok. And I also saw some very sweet ad cute scene, such as the happy families and some laughing kids.

Recently, the mainly show of the museum is called “Viewpoints & Viewing Points- 2009 Asian Art Biennial”. The works of this exhibition are from 56 artists, art groups and film directors from 20 Asian-Pacific countries.

When I went into the museum, there’s a very huge work at the center of the square. It looked like a giant tunnel composed of some strange white material. Many people went into the big tunnel and took photos, so out of curiosity, I also went near that huge work. Then I happened to know the work was made by a lot of bathtubs piling up one by one. It’s interesting to most people, especially to the children. Many people went into the bathtub on the floor, sitting down or lying down and took some interesting pictures. It’s so imaginative to use the bathtubs to make a work. It did caught people’s eye.

Then I entered the main exhibition. It occupied a large range of 1st floor. It took me quite a time to finishing the whole exhibition. Some art work could do some help to people and some really made me thinking, raising questions and kind of realizing some things in our lives. I think some good works could really stimulate us to think deeper.

Among all the artists, I liked CHANG Chien-chi’s work, “Double Happiness” most. It’s a series of photos and the main characters in them were the couples composed of Taiwan men and Vietnam women. The introductions told me that the marriage brokers would bring groups of Taiwan men to Vietnam to meet many women and then they could pick one to be their wives. Women in Vietnam had no choices. Their expression in the photos made me think of poor lambs which were to be killed right away. The women’s eyesight seemed to tell me how pathetic and sad they were. Their eyesight made me feel sad directly and heart-broken. It’s a pity I cannot show you the pictures for photographing is forbidden in the museum. I recommend this exhibition because it made me thrilled. You can find it at Gallery E if you’re interested in it.

So, I strongly recommend you to go to National Taiwan Art Museum to find something fun!
(to be continued….)

I think it’ll be a long article, so I will divide it into two parts. This is the part one and the rest will be continued and put on the next week.

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