Running from 18 -21 January 2019 in Taipei
(26
Oct 2018) The world’s first online/offline multifaceted ink art platform INK
NOW announced today of its new art expo taking place from 18-21 January 2019 in
Expo Dome, Taipei Expo Park, Taipei. The press conference was a great success with
influential local and regional guests (including artists, collectors, gallerists,
museum directors and scholars, etc.) attending and over 40 journalists across
Hong Kong, mainland China, and Taiwan witnessing this special moment of INK
NOW.
With American Express as the Lead Sponsor
co-hosting a series of art projects, and Regent
Taipei as the official Hotel Partner providing exquisite accommodation services,
the first edition of INK NOW Art Expo will invite leading galleries, artists,
ink specialists and art professionals across Asia to showcase world-class ink
art and participate in academic seminars, from traditional to contemporary ink
on paper and digital ink installation.
Mr. Calvin Hui, Founder and Chairman of INK NOW, says, ‘In 1950s, Master Hsiao Chin and Master Liu Kuo-sung came to
Taiwan and established Tong Fang Art Group and Fifth Moon Art Group
respectively and successively, advocating the spirit to learn from tradition
and innovate for the future. Beginning from Taiwan, they travelled across the
world with the cultural mission and tremendously influenced the development of
Chinese contemporary art, such as the revolution in ink art. And after 60 years,
the art market is now completely open, and I think it is high time to build a
large-scale art expo platform that can precisely represent the Eastern spirit in
the international art market. I strongly believe that the market has the
capacity for an art platform that upholds the spirit of ‘Oriental Origin in
Contemporary Expression.’
‘Thus,
what is behind INK NOW is the concept of ‘More than Art Fair, and More than
Ink’ and a multifaceted, international, integrated platform with an aim to
enhancing our cultural identity and strengthening the voice of Eastern spirit
in the contemporary art market which has been dominated by Western values. I
hope that INK NOW will become a more diverse, open, and inclusive art platform through
our online and offline activities and large-scale expos, attracting more art
professionals and collectors to join.’ He continues.
Mr. Emerson Wang, Artistic Director of INK NOW says, ‘INK NOW aims to explore the future of contemporary ink from the point of view of continuity. Starting from
Taipei, it is our vision to continue to contribute to the rebuilding of Eastern
aesthetic traditions and passing on the legacy with a contemporary approach, opening
up new future possibility.’
As a
brand-new international art platform, not only will INK NOW attract collectors
from all over the world for visit, but also pave the way for Taiwanese
galleries to get the access to the global art market, further promoting ink art
overseas.