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主办机构：艺博会组委会
地点：台北市敦化北路100号台北王朝大酒店
   
 
    第一届台北国际当代艺术博览会〈YOUNG ART TAIPEI〉为亚洲区第一个着眼於45岁
以下年轻艺术家的当代艺术博览会，以建立亚洲当代艺术相互交流平台为成立宗旨。在
国外行之有年的「饭店型博览会」形式，更将在台湾当代艺术连线的引介下首次出现在
国人面前。
    藉由鼓励年轻艺术家的参与，＜台北当代艺术博览会 Young Art Taipei＞强调了
艺术不被时空所限制的特质，让文化交流激荡出更多的创作火花。同时，文化交流不仅
只属于创作者，还扩大到藏家、学者、或策展人。饭店型博览会，以一种小型的、机动
性质的形式，期望能促进跨领域、跨地域的资源流动 – 不论是有形的资源或是无形的
资源 – 让社会对「当代艺术」的想像有了更多的可能性。
    ＜台北当代艺术博览会Young Art Taipei＞对外期待成为介绍台湾当代艺术发展的
窗口，对内则希望能让台湾藏家或参观民众接触到海外年轻艺术家的创作活力。在这样
的动机下，关注的焦点不再只是屡创天价的拍卖金额，或是年年创佳绩的博览会交易量
；台湾当代连线更期盼能藉由此强调「年轻．活力．易於亲近」的饭店型博览会，将焦
点重新回归到艺术本身，建立更健全的艺术市场环境。

Prince Claus Award ceremony for the Chinese conceptual artist Liang Shaoji organised by the Consulate-General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands at the Main Showroom of the Dutch Culture Center in the Jing’An District in Shanghai (date: March 7^th, 2010, time: 11:15hrs. - 12:00hrs, address : 800 Show, No. 800 Chang De Road Jing’An District (close to Chang Ping Road).  

Prince Claus Fund

The Prince Claus Fund, founded in September 6th, 1996  and based in Amsterdam, establishes active co-operation with partners globally in the field of culture and development. Prince Claus who was the honorary chairman of this Fund, has been succeeded in this function by his two sons, His Royal Highness Prince Friso and His Royal Highness Prince Constantijn. For more information about the Prince Claus Fund please consult the website: www.princeclausfund.org 

Culture and Nature

Through its 2009 Awards Programme, the Prince Claus Fund highlights and celebrates significant contributions in the interaction between Culture and Nature and introduce new ideas and approaches to environmental issues.  

Since the establishment of the Prince Claus Fund in 1996, every year  Prince Claus awards are presented to artists, intellectuals and cultural operators, who have made outstanding contributions in the field of culture and development. The awards -  independent non -governmental awards - are presented to individuals, groups and organisations around the globe who have made outstanding contributions. From the 73 nominations which were received in 2009, the international jury recommended only 11 recipients for the 2009 Awards, amongst one of them the artist Liang Shaoji. 

Quality is a sine qua non for a Prince Claus Award. The quality of a laureate’s work is assessed in professional and personal contexts and for its positive impact on wider cultural and social fields. The creation of interactions and links between different cultures, the fostering of commonalities and the initiation of shared cultural currents are highly valued. The Prince Claus Awards recognise artistic and intellectual qualities that are relevant in the contemporary context. They legitimise experimentation and innovation, recognise audacity and tenacity, support inspirational developments and seek to enhance their beneficial impact. 

The international composed jury recommended 11 recipients for the 2009 Prince Claus Awards. One of them is the Chinese conceptual artist Liang . 

Conceptual artist Liang Shaoji creates unique meditations on nature and human existence. Graduating in textile studies at the Zhejiang Art Academy, Liang felt limited by the grid of warp and weft. Drawn to raw silk, he began to breed silkworms- symbols of generosity and endurance in Chinese culture - and incorporates them in artworks by setting them to spin their thread around objects. For instance in Candels (Nature Series no. 87) , silk threads surround pieces of bamboo filled with wax and placed in a line that evokes funerals and Buddhist practices. A complex meditation on giving, Candles refers to a 9th-century Chinese poem that likens the candle’s last drop of wax to the silkworm’s last bit of thread. Here, the generosity of the wax is supported by the bamboo, which symbolises integrity, in turn surrounded by a protective silk cloud. Liang explores aspects of life and human qualities that influence social and cultural development. His works have been exhibited at the Venice (1999), Istanbul (1999) and Shanghai (2000, 2006) biennales. Liang Shaoji is awarded for his evocative artworks that offer a meditative approach in which art becomes nature and nature becomes art, for his artistic integrity in working outside the mainstream, and for his insightful investigation of the ethics of the human condition and relationship with nature.  

The other 10 artists who received a 2009 Prince Claus Award were the Colombian architect Simon Vélez (he received the 2009 Principal Prince Claus Award)  and furthermore Gaston Acurio (Lima), El Anatsui (Ghana), Sammy Baloji (DR Congo), Kanak Mani Dixit (Nepal), Doual’art (Cameroon), Instituto de Historia de Nicaragua y Centroamérica (Nicaragua), Jivya  Soma Mashe (India), Santu Mofokeng (South Africa and Desiderio Navarro (Cuba).