Taiwanese artist Yu Wenfu’s work “Bamboo Wave” at the Northern Alps International Art Festival is featured on the cover of a Japanese monthly magazine.
*Taiwan Cultural Center, Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in Japan*
Press release: September 20, 2024
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Taiwanese artist Yu Wenfu’s work “Bamboo Wave” at the Northern Alps International Art Festival is featured on the cover of a Japanese monthly magazine.
Buntomi Yu’s work “Bamboo Wave” at the Northern Alps International Art Festival
The Northern Alps International Art Festival, which is held every three years, opened on the 13th. This is an event in which artists from Japan and abroad will install artworks that take advantage of the local nature and climate in Omachi City, Nagano Prefecture, and will be on display until November 14th. This year, 38 groups of artists from 11 countries and regions were selected based on the concept of “Water, wood, earth, and sky – land is a presence, transparency, and weight” set by general director Fram Kitagawa. is exhibiting his works.
Buntomi Yu’s work “Bamboo Wave” at the Northern Alps International Art Festival is featured on the cover of a Japanese monthly magazine.
This year, the Taiwan Cultural Center of Taiwan’s Ministry of Culture collaborated with the Northern Alps International Arts Festival to invite Taiwanese artist Yu Wenfu. Yu Buntomi will be displaying his work “Bamboo Waves,” which he created with the help of local people. Photos of the work were recently published in the Japanese monthly magazine “Discover”.
She was featured on the cover of “Discover Japan”. It is rare in recent years for a photo of a Taiwanese artwork to appear on the cover of a Japanese magazine, and it can be said to be a major achievement of the efforts of the Taiwan Cultural Center in Japan, which has been inviting Taiwanese artists to participate in Japan’s international art festivals. It has also succeeded in making people from all walks of life in Japan aware of the characteristics of Taiwan’s artistic works, meaning that Japanese art festivals have become an important means for letting the world know about Taiwan.
The Northern Alps International Art Festival, which is held every three years, opened on the 13th.
The opening ceremony of the Northern Alps International Art Festival held on the 13th was attended by Nagano Prefecture Vice Governor Shoichiro Seki, Omachi City Mayor Toru Ushigoe, general director Fram Kitagawa, and exhibitor Fumitomi Yu.
The Northern Alps International Art Festival, which is held every three years, opened on the 13th. This year, the Taiwan Cultural Center, the Ministry of Culture’s branch in Japan, collaborated with the Northern Alps International Art Festival to invite artist Yu Wenfu from Taiwan.
Yu Buntomi’s work “Bamboo Wave” is an installation that surrounds Yasaka Community Center in Omachi City with bamboo crafts. With the help of local people, they cut down bamboo and made 600 bamboo strips to construct the frame. The approximately 600 sheets made from woven bamboo were brought by Yu Wenfu from Taiwan, with the help of residents of Zhushan Town, Nantou County. If all the bamboo strips used were tied together, it would be approximately 120 kilometers long. By surrounding the Yasaka Community Center with these, it is said that they expressed the close relationship between bamboo, wind, and local people.
Buntomi Yu’s work “Bamboo Wave” at the Northern Alps International Art Festival
Yu Wenfu said, “Through this exhibition, I was deeply impressed by the wonderful cultural exchange between Taiwan and Japan.First, we went into the mountains with local residents and volunteers and cut down bamboo together. We worked on the project on-site, working together on sunny and rainy days to create one big piece.The process was exhausting, but it also gave us a sense of joy and happiness. I would like to thank Fram Kitagawa for inviting me and Omachi City for their support.It is a great honor to be able to create a piece at the Northern Alps International Art Festival.”
Buntomi Yu’s work “Bamboo Wave” at the Northern Alps International Art Festival This year, the Taiwan Cultural Center in Japan will hold the “Echigo-Tsumari Art Festival”
Participated in various art events representing Japan, including the Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale (Niigata Prefecture), the Northern Alps International Art Festival, Roppongi Art Night, and the Mori Art Museum. With 11 groups of artists sent from Taiwan, it can be said that this is a year of “great harvest” for Taiwanese art in Japan. Based on this foundation, the Ministry of Culture will continue to work with Japanese art festival organizers to send Taiwanese artists to Japan.