Xie Lifa | |
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| Born | March 28, 1938 Taiwan under Japanese rule Taihoku PrefectureYorakucho 2-chome |
| Nationality | March 28, 1938 – October 25, 1945） Taiwan（October 25, 1945 – present） |
| Education | Taiwan Provincial Keelung Senior High School Taiwan Normal University/Department of Art National School of Fine Arts in Paris/Art Class |
| Occupation | Painting、art history researcher、art critic、curator、writer |
| Organization(s) | Fifth Moon Group Paris Foundation for Culture and Education |
| Notable work | 〈History of the Taiwanese Art Movement during the Japanese Occupation Era〉 〈Taiwan Unearthed Characters〉 〈Purple Dadaocheng〉(novel) 〈Primary Color Dadaocheng—Sharifa talks about himself〉(autobiography) 〈Cow Series〉 |
Xie Lifa (March 28, 1938) is an artist born in Dadaocheng, Taipei City, Taiwan.
He was graduated from the Fine arts Department of National Taiwan Normal University. In 1964, Xie began to live in Paris, France, to study sculpture, and in 1968, he studied art theory and art history in New York City, the United States.
He was a member of the Fifth Moon Group and crossed over to literature. He also gave birth to groups such as the Taiwan Literature Research Association and the Taiwan Cultural Exchange Center. In 1993, he co-founded the Paris Cultural and Educational Foundation with Liao Xiuping and Chen Jinfang and established the "Paris Prize" to reward outstanding Young Artists to study abroad.
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| Chinese | 謝里法 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 謝里法 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 谢里法 | ||||||
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Xie Liifa's Printmaking has been collected by the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Since 1996, he has settled in Beitun District, Taichung City, Taiwan. He has promoted environmentally friendly art in Changhua County, Taiwan. The installation artwork "Drifting Light Coordinate" is located in Fubao Ecological Park, Fuxing Township, Changhua County, made of 374 pieces of driftwood. He once taught at the Institute of Fine Arts, National Taiwan Normal University.
He is the author of many books related to Taiwanese art, including "History of the Taiwan Art Movement during the Japanese Occupation Era" and "Talk about Art with A Li" (also known as "Art Letters: A Li"). In 1981, "History of Taiwan Art Movement during the Japanese Occupation" won the second Wu Yongfu Criticism Award. In addition, Sharifa also published "History of Unearthed Figures in Taiwan" in the 1980s, describing Taiwan's predecessors such as Tan Teng-pho, poet Wang Baiyuan, musician Chiang Wen-yeh, etc.[1]
In 2017, he was awarded the 37th National Cultural Award, and subsequently donated all the prize money to establish the Romain Rolland Million Novel Award.