陸先銘 (1959-)

LU Hsien-Ming

Lu's artistic practice has been profoundly shaped by the socio-political transformations of Taiwan. Across decades, Lu's art has consistently centered on the human condition, whether through urban structures, symbolic objects, or natural imagery. His stylistic trajectory has progressed from fierce critique to a balance of reason and emotion, incorporating diverse techniques and cross-media experiments. Through his practice, Lu engages with the pulse of society, portraying the evolving cultural identity of Taiwan.

Taipei Elevated.Modernology: Lu Hsien-Ming’s Urban Observation

His meticulous observation and refined visualization of the process of Taipei’s urban modernization are, in fact, informed by his passionate, rebellious spirit; at least, for traditional canvas painting, his approach serves as a powerful and determined response.
Text / GONG Jow-Jiun (Director, Tainan Art Museum; Professor, Graduate Institute of Studies in Art Creation and Theory, Tainan National University of the Arts)

Urban Trees — Lu Hsien-Ming’s Mapping of the City

Lu’s tree is no longer a certain object on which one projects emotions, nor is it a representation of “the tree.” Like other urban elements converted into graphic symbols, it can also be arranged by the artist to compose an urban melody for a certain period, place and people.
Text / CHEN Kuang-Yi (Director, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts; Professor, Department of Fine Arts, National Taiwan University of Arts)

Artist

In the cultural development in history, through the acute sensibility and observation of an artist, Lu tries to preserve the present for the future by doing what he is good at. This is the position he has taken as an artist.
Text / Tsai Ming-jiun (Deputy Director, Asia University Museum of Modern Art; Assistant Professor, Center for General Education, Asia University; Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Fine Arts, Tunghai University)

A Tale of Two Cities: Lu Hsien-ming & Kuo Wei-kuo Duo Solo Exhibitions (Excerpted Edition)

Both Lu and Kuo have left clues that revealed the development of Taiwanese society in their exhibitions, and depicted people's difficulties, or the difficulties of existence, in the process of urbanization and modernization in Taiwanese society.
Text / Cui Can-can (Curator)

Climbing High without a Clearer Sight and a Panoramic View with Exclusion——Visiting Immersing in Mountains: Dissolving the Boundaries and the Method of Visual Obstruction by Lu Hsien-Ming, Hung Tien-Yu and Lin Wei-Hsiang (Excerpted Edition)

As a result, when the background is removed, the rapidly changing temporal dimension is canceled out. It is as if the only thing that exists is this
Text / Yizai Seah (Interdisciplinary Independent Critic)
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