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Beginning in the mid-1990s, Yao created a series of works using satire to probe the absurdities of history, politics, and the Taiwan–China relationship. In 1994, Yao placed an advertisement in a local arts magazine proclaiming that he would "Attack and Occupy Taiwan," and proceeded to photograph
346:(2004) depict strange and demonic creatures and scatological motifs, and often employ wordplay and false cognates for political satire. The works proved controversial for certain audiences, and were once censored from the Shanghai International Art Fair in 2007, and from an exhibition at the
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painting, using fine point oil pen on handmade paper with gold leaf to create colorful landscapes that include both contemporary and autobiographical elements. Yao has described this as a "turning point" in his artistic approach and as a "new
Chinese ink art" that avoids traditional
378:, founded in 2002, houses the Yao Jui-Chung Archive of Contemporary Taiwanese Art. The collection includes Yao's artwork, donations of Taiwanese performance and video art, as well as 8000 digitized images of exhibition marketing materials that the artist has collected since 1989.
121:; born 1969) is a Taiwanese artist, writer, educator, and curator. Yao is considered a leading photographer and pioneer of contemporary art in Taiwan, whose work spans photography, painting, performance, and installation. Yao gained recognition after representing Taiwan at the
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in 1987. Following the first nativist movement in the 1970s, and the new wave of
Taiwanese cinema and theater in the 1980s, artists in the 1990s took a more critical approach in their work. Artists such as
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By the mid-1990s, international art fairs had become important venues for promoting Taiwan's identity as a democratic and tolerant society. Five artists were selected for the Taiwan
Pavilion at the 1997
188:, Mei Dean-E, and Yao Jui-Chung focused on re-evaluating Taiwan's history, language, and local culture. The generation of so-called "New New Humans" raised on consumerism and pop culture prompted Yao's
199:(1991–2011), photographing abandoned buildings, temples, and monuments around Taiwan. In 1992, Yao co-founded the theater collective 'Ta Na Experimental Group', and in 1994 he was the art director on
228:(1994), consisting of six gold-framed photographs hung above six gold-painted toilet bowls. The art critic Eric Lin has described this work as a "watershed moment" in contemporary art from Taiwan.
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After early forays into figurative painting and collage, Yao abandoned these media in favor of photography, environmental interventions, and installation art. He embarked on a decades-long project
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techniques and embraces "unrefined" or "vulgar" themes and local customs. The art critic Wu Chieh-hsiang has described Yao's technique in terms of its "unprecedentedly original methods."
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After the 2000s, Yao stopped featuring himself as a satirical presence in his photographic works, but continued to photograph various ruins and religious sites. The series
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in 1997, and his work documenting abandoned public buildings has influenced government policy. The Yao Jui-Chung
Archive of Taiwan Contemporary Art is housed at the
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himself urinating at various sites around the island associated with Dutch, Spanish, Japanese, and
Chinese colonialism. From these performances he created
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Virtual Theater of Belief and Events: On Remnants of Beings in Yao, Jui-Chung's Photographic Collection, Beyond Humanity".
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After China opened to tourists from Taiwan, Yao photographed himself hovering in mid-air in front of various
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Yao has participated in numerous international exhibitions as both an artist and curator. He has exhibited photographic work at the 2010
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manifesto, which called on young artists to become more self-aware by developing a 'new aesthetics' and 'identity consciousness'.
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in Taipei from 1990 to 1994, graduating with a degree in art theory, after which he served for two years in the
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Yao had started drawing with ballpoint pens while in the military, and created his first large-scale series of
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The Ethics of a Potential Urbanism: Critical Encounters Between Giorgio Agamben and Architecture
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Yao Jui-Chung lives in Taipei and works as an artist and as an associate professor at
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251:(2007), which is based on military propaganda posters and features Yao dressed as a
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promised to address the issue. The results of the project were published in a book
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239:(1997–2000) which deals with the Chinese diaspora and Chinatowns around the world,
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Yao Jui-Chung was among the first generation of artists to emerge after the end of
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figure, ink-wash painter, government official, and army officer from
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featured video and installations touching on historical events from
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McIntyre, Sophie (2023). "Real Fiction: The Art of Yao Jui-Chung".
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in 2007, Yao began a series of drawings deconstructing Chinese
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Collective and Collaborative Drawing in Contemporary Practice
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Hell is the Main Attraction: A Photo Essay by Yao Jui-chung
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photos of Taoist or Buddhist dioramas depicting purgatory.
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soldier floating in front of models of famous landmarks.
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documenting ruins in Taiwan. In 2006, he co-founded the
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Cheng, Zoe (December 2006). "An Insular Absurdity".
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828:"Beyond Ink and Paper – The Art of Yao Jui-Chung"
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512:. New York: Routledge. p. 278.
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1000:"Artist at Work: Yao Jui-chung"
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274:Taiwan Taiwan: Facing Faces
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1026:"Care To Join The Party?"
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425:. Yao curated the 2020
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708:. Errant Bodies Press.
508:Warren, Lynne (2005).
409:Yao's solo exhibition
355:Glenfiddich distillery
233:Recover Mainland China
930:"Polaroids from hell"
447:People's Choice Award
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181:martial law in Taiwan
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1068:"Inspired by scotch"
1268:. 12 December 2020.
1195:"Cuauhtémoc Medina"
956:"Investigative art"
761:China—Art—Modernity
574:. Brill Publishers.
336:Beyond the Blue Sky
327:New Chinese Ink Art
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654:. Lexington Books.
570:McIntyre, Sophie.
278:Territory Takeover
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