Welcome!

Hi everyone! Welcome to SPL_SH! But there is nothing wrong. There is no A in the title because it stands for ART and ART is already in the website contents, the articles! Together we have SPLASH. We want to highlight the importance of art in our world and through this platform we share and discuss any form of art and simulate different kind of ideas. We are pleased to announce the launch of “SPLASH” on 15.02.2012! More articles are coming!

A Splash of Art

Music - Radiohead

One of the most famous bands at all time! It’s great that having a chance to see their live show in Taiwan this coming summer. Their unique experimental electronic music style and the special voice from Thom Yorke attracted millions of people around the world. You can always feel the depth, the layering and the perfect crashes of different kinds of sound from their music. It‘s amazing that a band has been set up for over 26 years and is still releasing creative works. Though their fans need to be patient for their new album for a few more years, but great works are always worth the wait. However, this time the Asian fans dont need to wait any longer because their Taiwan performance is coming very soon!

Gagosian Gallery

Gagosian Gallery: Damien Hirst – The complete Spot Paintings 1986 - 2011

So excited about the exhibition of Damien Hirst’s Sport paintings across all Gagosian Galleries around the world! Damien Hirst is a renowned British artist of Contemporary Art. I think no one will forget his work of diamond skull and a shark in formaldehyde in a vitrine. And this time is the full series of Spot Paintings in his past 25 years! Different colored spots on a plain canvas seems nothing special. But what makes it different is the concept behind all those works. Yes! Stuff around us is mostly came from factory nowadays. And I think contemporary art got such elements too, like those artworks by Roy Lichtenstein and Takashi Murakami. But their works doesn’t seem simple in details. It is made of fine craftsmanship to create an artificial machine made effect!

J Edgar

Another film about some famous person in the world and this time is J. Edgar Hoover who was the founder of FBI of America. Indeed it is a film about politics, of course it related to some serious issues and background history of the 1920’s America. But audience will be surprised by the relationship around J. Edgar. The most interesting thing of this movie is how the director planned to shift the focal point from politics to love without create any unnecessary sexual and romantic scenes to trigger touching atmosphere.

Clint Eastwood is not only a good-looking actor with great talented. He is also a good director who is good at creating movies to express a topic in different point of view from the majority with his unique dark shadow style successfully!