Taiwanese Gallery Pop-Up in Paris — A Vendredi ! Où ? Aux Limbes du Pacifique Opens a Pacific Gaze during Paris+ Art Basel Week
From October 18 to 22, Palm Gallery presents the group exhibition A Vendredi ! Où ? Aux Limbes du Pacifique in Paris’ Marais district, curated by Vincent Chiang, featuring five Taiwanese artists — Chuan-Chu Lin, Lee Yang, Chiao-Han Chueh, Igigo Wu, and Shang-Chien Chen.Borrowing its title from Michel Tournier’s 1967 novel Friday: Or, The Other Island, the exhibition reimagines the “island” as a metaphor for self-construction and displacement. As philosopher Gilles Deleuze observed in Desert Islands, an island embodies “the absence of the Other” — yet within that absence lies the rediscovery of existence itself. Taiwan, situated on the edge of the Pacific, is not deserted, but entangled in layers of history, language, and identity, continuously negotiating between definition and self-definition.
Within this intersection of fiction and reality, the five artists explore identity, memory, and cultural continuity through painting. Lin’s landscapes meditate on nature’s rhythm; Yang juxtaposes symbols of capitalism and belief in vibrant chaos; Chueh’s female figures merge body and island; Wu fuses postcolonial research into painterly form; and Chen resurrects forgotten histories of the Pacific War.
Beyond geography and history, the exhibition proposes a philosophical experiment in perception. The island becomes not a boundary, but a state of becoming — between seeing and being seen, between remembering and forgetting — opening a dialogue that redefines what it means to gaze upon Taiwan.
As a young gallery committed to international engagement, Palm Gallery continues to bridge Taiwanese art with the global stage, placing the island at the center of the Pacific’s cultural conversation.
＊Intro & Catalogue
Exhibition Info
Exhibition｜A Vendredi ! Où ? Aux Limbes du Pacifique
Dates｜October 18–22, 2025
Venue｜48 Rue de Chapon, 75003 Paris
Curator｜Vincent Chiang
Artists｜Chuan-Chu Lin, Lee Yang, Chiao-Han Chueh, Igigo Wu, Shang-Chien Chen
Having lived and worked in Paris, she is fluent in Chinese, English, and French. After the pandemic, she returned to Taipei, where she has collaborated with diverse art organizations and artists, taking on multiple roles within the art industry. In 2024, she founded the art brand CH+ART Projects, dedicated to becoming an advisory studio with a global vision, creating educational, experience-driven art content tailored to contemporary art and its audiences.
Email: sychiang.art@gmail.com
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