In the ecology of contemporary art, academies and galleries may appear as divergent paths, yet they are far from clearly demarcated. Professors serve as gallery advisors, galleries borrow academic credentials, creative contexts are often generated within academies, styles and trends are frequently guided by galleries, and many artists, while upholding their ideals, also yearn to embrace the market… Academies are not entirely sacred grounds for the practice of ideals, nor are galleries mere machines of the market; the two collide, pull, and even conspire at multiple intersection points. SLASH SLASH SLASH embodies the real-life predicament of artists struggling to maintain balance amid the tensions between creation and survival, while also pointing to the strategic co-construction between academic production and market mechanisms. This exhibition explores the academy’s critique and reflection on capitalist logic, the gallery’s transformation of academic contexts, and how the two maintain a dynamic balance—amid conflict and negotiation—among experimentation, power, and resources, thereby reflecting the intricate and complex relational field of the art ecosystem.

1 November 2025 – 14 November 2025
Venue: NTUA Department of Fine Arts Building 1F & B1, North Side Art Cluster (Jiudan B)
Curator CHANG Yun Ting & CHANG Sheng Kun

Guiding Organization : National Taiwan University of Arts (NTUA)
Organizing Unit : College of Fine Arts, Department of Fine Arts, National Taiwan University of Arts
Co-organizing Unit : YIRI ARTS