局長序
擁有豐富自然、歷史人文與產業資源的新北市,其人文地理所交融的生活經驗,孕育了在地獨具特色的藝術環境與資產。從清領時期、日治到戰後的前輩藝術家,以及後來落腳在新北市的中、新生代藝術家,這些蓬勃的藝術發展與創作能量,讓新北市始終是臺灣藝術史的重要核心之一。
奠基於豐饒的在地藝術沃土,成立一座兼具傳承藝術資產及創新精神的美術館,是新北市民引頸期盼的事。新北市美術館籌備期間,我們持續進行多項研究計畫,積極整理新北市藝術發展史。本書為新北市(時為臺北縣)1990年代(1992至1997年間)展覽史研究計畫的成果,內容探討當時發生於臺北縣境內,從而影響臺灣當代藝術深遠的藝術事件,從臺北縣立文化中心(今新北市文化局)大刀闊斧改革地方美展,改變美展遴選制度、邀請藝評家擔任策展人及引入戶外展覽形式,鋪陳展開官辦藝術活動所蓄積的當代藝術能量。本書特別邀請藝術史學者及藝術評論家,以藝術檔案學的研究方法,深入爬梳此時期的歷史及文獻資料,從不同視角的觀察及論述,分析如何透過舉辦一系列前衛實驗及突破體制的展覽活動,開創臺灣官辦美展的改革先例,影響日後臺灣的當代藝術發展。
期待藉由藝術文獻的整理與出版,再現未曾發掘的過往,除了完整建構新北市藝術發展的歷程與特色,也作為未來策展、學術研究的重要參考資料,並喚起大眾對於新北藝術能量的記憶,重新認識此一臺灣當代藝術發展的重要轉捩點。
新北市政府文化局局長 龔雅雯
Foreword by the Commissioner
With its abundant natural, cultural, historical, and industrial resources, New Taipei City nurtured unique local characteristic art scenes and cultural assets through life experiences under such humanistic geography. Thanks to senior Taiwanese artists of the Qing rule period, Japanese rule period, and postwar period, along with middle and new generation artists who settled in New Taipei City, the active transformation of art and prolific energy have perpetually made New Taipei City one of the central cores of Taiwanese art history.
The establishment of a museum that entails both traditional artistic assets and innovative spirits in this artistic region has always been the anticipation of New Taipei City residents. We have been conducting several research projects during the preparatory period of the New Taipei City Art Museum to proactively inspect the history and development of art in New Taipei City. This book is a consequence of the research project on the exhibition history of New Taipei City (formerly Taipei County) in the 1990s (especially from 1992 to 1997). The reviews are dedicated to art events in Taipei County that had a great impact on Taiwan's contemporary art. The revolutionary measures of Taipei County Cultural Center (now New Taipei City Cultural Affairs Department) to reform local government-sponsored art exhibitions included changing the competition exhibition system, inviting artists as curators, and introducing the approach of outdoor installation. These actions unfold the contemporary art vitality that government-sponsored art exhibitions have accumulated. We specifically invited art historians and critics to compile the history of the period and relevant materials with art archival techniques. Observations and discourses were made from various aspects to analyze how the series of avant-garde experiments and exhibition events managed to break through the institutional system and further become a precursor of reforming government-sponsored art exhibitions that influenced Taiwan's contemporary art development.
Through compiling and publishing the art archives, we hope to represent the hidden past. This effort not only aims to construct a complete record of artistic characters and progression in New Taipei City, but also to serve as an important reference for future curatorial and academic research. By enabling people to reacquaint themselves with this critical turning point of Taiwanese contemporary art development, we anticipate evoking memories of New Taipei City's strength in artistic energy.
Kung, Yea-Wen
Commissioner of Cultural Affairs Department, New Taipei City Government