Yang Mao-Lin  Panda Sarasvati-MonroeⅡ   129x77x88cm  2008  Bronze sculpture with Gold Foil

And so you realize: the past and the future, all the times come to peace in the Happy Farm here at Metaphysical Art Gallery. Aside from all the appearances and images, happiness is also about profound creativity; here it’s through the artist’s hands and paintbrushes, turning intangible imaginations into something material and tangible. It may look totally spontaneous at first, like Hung Yi’s spotted cat, in sunglasses and stubbornly living in a birdcage. Or it may be Hwang Ming-Che, who disguises as a bull’s head that also happens to be a bullseye, in the provoking magenta color, full of dramatic self-sarcasm. But none of the disarray, confusion of reasons can compare with Gary Baseman’s world. It’s a paradise of bareness, where all that is primitive, pretty, ugly, evil, good, on the inside or outside, is cleansed and has its redemption here. And what turns out is a fine paradise, innocent and naïve. And you see Monroe says to him, wittily, “your paradise is but a piece of imagination in a corner of my farm.” So, we see Shozo Araki’s pacing shadow, smiling…

Wang Pan-Youn  To Wish  93x93cm  1988  Oil on canvas

Is this all reality or illusion? Monroe says, “happiness is capturing illusion in reality. You long for having it, and you can always have it anytime you want.”

Hsi Shih-Pin  Uhugu II—The Phoenix    84x63x28cm  2012  Stainless Steel、Titanium Plating

Eddie Kang Tension 130x97cm 2010 Acrylic, ink, doll on canvas

Jang Tarng-Kuh  Abundance  45.5x27cm  2003  Oil on canvas

Su Wong-Shen  Weekly Logs  100x150cm  2007  Mixed Media

Lee Lee-Nam. The shape of Pal Dae San In    9min4sec  55inch  2008  ed.1/6  Video Art

Hung Yi  Little Tabby Cat  38x22x22cm  2009  FRP, paint, bird cage