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Vision Int\u00e9rieure: The Art of Gao Xingjian<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Date: 2025\/09\/23 Tue.\uff0d2025\/11\/23 Sun.
Venue: NTNU Art Museum Gallery 1 & 2 (Heping Campus \u2161, No. 129, Sec. 1, Heping E. Rd., Da\u2019an Dist., Taipei City)
Organizer: National Taiwan Normal University, Art Museum, Gao Xingjian Center
Co-organizer: Fondation Ta\u00efwano-Fran\u00e7aise pour l\u2019Education et la Culture<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u258c <\/strong>Introduction<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n


You choose the greatest possible freedom under the conditions of society and the times,
you choose the freedom not to be concerned with market trends,
you choose the freedom not to follow fashionable art concepts,
you choose the freedom to engage in the art you most want to,
you choose the freedom to engage in what suits your individual artistic taste. \u2500\u2500Gao Xingjian, Another Kind of Aesthetics<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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An encounter with Gao Xingjian does not initially present concrete imagery, but rather evokes an ethereal, evanescent atmosphere. Layered ink washes in varying tonalities, whether lines of flying white strokes rendered through freehand brushwork or saturated ink weighed with contemplative gravity, seem to trace inner emotions and memories still in formation. Neither conforming to traditional Chinese landscape or figure painting, nor extending from Western abstraction, Gao\u2019s works are what he calls \u201cvision int\u00e9rieure,\u201d which navigate a liminal space between reality and abstraction and capture the flow of inner experiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the fluidity of his ink and brush, occasional forms emerge: of minimalist silhouettes gazing into the distance or traversing unfamiliar terrains; and hazy outlines of the sun, moon, or distant dwellings. These elements comprise the visual lexicon of his inner landscape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In contrast to Gao\u2019s interrogations of absurd reality and ideological constructs in his literary and theatrical oeuvre, Gao’s painting is a thoroughly introspective practice that is neither outwardly declarative nor seeking shared resonance. Instead, they are a solitary journey through the psyche and the artist\u2019s silent dialogue with the depths of his own consciousness, expressed through the grey tonalities of ink. This exhibition presents a selection of works created by Gao Xingjian from 1989 to the present, generously donated to National Taiwan Normal University. Together, they reflect the artist\u2019s unwavering aesthetic pursuit: grounded in interiority, transcending the boundary between the real and the imagined, and constructing an artistic space shaped by freedom, lyricism, and solitude. Gao once wrote that painting must \u201creturn to the visual perceptions and the inner self, to the spirit.\u201d In the rhythmic flow of ink and blankness, viewers are invited to gaze and reflect, and encounter the spiritual dimension the works reveal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Gao Xingjian<\/strong>, the 2000 Nobel Prize Laureate in Literature, is a renowned multidisciplinary artist whose practice spans novels, plays, poetry, painting, and directing. His works, exploring humanity\u2019s existential dilemmas, earned him recognition from the Swedish Academy \u201cfor an \u0153uvre of universal validity, bitter insights and linguistic ingenuity, which has opened new paths for the Chinese novel and drama.\u201d His novels Soul Mountain<\/em> and One Man\u2019s Bible<\/em> are milestones in 20th-century Chinese literature. His plays, such as The Other Shore<\/em>, Fugitives<\/em>, and Bus Stop<\/em>, have seen global success with over 130 productions to date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gao\u2019s distinctive paintings have been exhibited worldwide, with more than 100 solo shows and over 50 published catalogues and artbooks dedicated to his visual work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gao Xingjian has received numerous prestigious international awards, including the French Order of Arts and Letters (1992); the Nobel Prize in Literature and the Italian Premio Letterario Internazionale Mondello (2000); the Chevalier of the French Legion of Honor, and the Golden Plate Award from the American Academy of Achievement (2002).<\/p>\n\n\n\n


His accolades also include the Library Lion Medal from the New York Public Library (2006), the Milan Art Festival Special Tribute Award (2008), the Gold Medal of the European Merit Foundation (2010), the Gold Medal of the French Renaissance (2012), the Premio Roma (2019), and the Commander of the French Legion of Honor (2023).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gao Xingjian has resided in Paris since 1987. He is a Chair Professor at National Taiwan Normal University and the recipient of the university\u2019s Honorary Doctorate in Literature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u258c Cross-Border Dialogue Live Stream
Lecture by Gao Xingjian<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Creation Beyond Boundaries<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaker: Gao Xingjian \uff082000 Nobel Laureate in Literature; Chair Professor, National Taiwan Normal University\uff09
Date & Time: Thursday, November 13, 2025, 5:30 p.m. (UTC+8, Taipei)
Registration: https:\/\/forms.gle\/uGRs6uQtQGUJByu97<\/a>
Venue: NTNU Art Museum (No. 129, Sec. 1, Heping East Road, Da\u2019an District, Taipei)
Language: Chinese.
Live Stream: The link will be announced on the website three days prior to the event.
Distinguished Lecture Series, NTNU: ntnutop@deps.ntnu.edu.tw 02-7749-1752<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this Distinguished Lecture, Gao Xingjian will reflect on his cross-disciplinary creative practice. He will share how artistic freedom can be sustained under real-world constraints, and how personal experience and spiritual pursuit can open new modes of expression. Through his own journey, Gao invites us to reconsider the relationship between art and life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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