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In this research, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts (NTMoFA) is the main subject to discuss how to interpret art history through public art museums. In this research, we first want to summarize and analyze the researches about the art history of Taiwan since the NTMoFA was founded. The second part is to characterize the concept and the presentation of the art historical exhibitions by the art museum. Last but not the least, to understand how to spread and construct the knowledge of the art history of Taiwan through the exhibitions.
In 2013, the NTMoFA had a series of exhibition, “The Pioneers of Taiwanese Artists”, in the 25th anniversary. Series of “The Pioneers of Taiwanese Artists”, came from Shiji-The Pioneers Biographies, presented the collection dated between 1931 and 1980 and showed the artistic style and the influences from the artists. Through this exhibition series, the museum suggests a new direction for the research of Taiwanese art. This was an exhibition different from all other series. Would there be a different but new direction for the museum to understand the art history of Taiwan? How would they look upon the interpretation of the art history from the past quarter century?
There are two main concepts, the research of Taiwan art history, and, the research of Taiwan art museum, weaved through the entire paper. To understand the art history, we compared and contrasted the pathway of Taiwan art research since 1945 and then classified the features from different era. The art museum, on the other hand, we focused on the relationship between the museum and the history. Furthermore, “The Pioneers of Taiwanese Artists”, were analyzed for the concept of the entire series, the preparation of the exhibitions, and the annotation of the art history. We understand the point of view of the museum through the collections, researches, and exhibitions of the NTMoFA.
We hope to understand the hidden concepts of the Taiwan art history in the exhibition and to record the trace of the art research by museums in Taiwan.
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