The Kuandu of Fine Arts has reopened its doors to the public, with a solo exhibition by Philippine artist Marina Cruz. The exhibition, titled “Tide Table,” features hyperrealistic paintings, embroideries and photographs with a distinctly Philippine twist. It will be the first museum show in Taiwan for the award-winning artist, who says it took more than two years to get the show ready.

“Tide Table” has opened at the Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, showcasing works by Filipina artist Marina Cruz in collaboration with the Mind Set Art Center. The art pieces are inspired by Cruz’s upbringing in Bulacan. On display are realistic paintings of vintage clothes hand sewn by elders in Cruz’s family. The works are rich with details, showing the fabrics'' folds, creases and stitches. Small notes are attached to each painting, describing memories that Cruz associates with each dress.

Marina Cruz
Artist
The work shown here will be able to provide some insight on how important our spaces now are, our bubbles, our homes, how important our family, and the people that we surrond us with, and also the relationship with ourselves.

Queena Chu
Mind Set Art Center director
This painting is called Embroidered Landscape of Elisa . Elisa is Marina''s mother so she picked the dress that her mother wore when she was age four. You can see she put all together the stories onto the canvas.

There are 94 works on display, including canvas paintings, fabric collages, embroidery and laminated photos inspired by Cruz''s family history. The collection features works from throughout her artistic career, which spans over 20 years.

Artist
Marina Cruz
Through this show, I was able to understand my process better, my ideas, and the themes. I saw how ideas evovled and changed. And how themes and subject matter appeared and re-appeared in different forms and experessions.

The exhibition was curated by Dr. Patrick Flores, who will also be the curator for the Taiwan Pavilion at the 2022 Venice Biennale.

Dr. Patrick Flores
Curator
The viewing experience is imagined to be intimate and reflective. The global emergency has exposed us to anxiety, if not to panic and trauma. Encountering quiet scenes of simple things that families share can renew the togetherness in the near future.

The exhibition will be on display at the Kuandu Fine Art Museum until Oct. 17.