Houbi Togo Art Museum(後壁土溝農村美術館)

Introduce

The first impression upon entering Togo Village (土溝) is the green rice paddies as far as the eye can see. After passing through very small green tunnel, the water buffalo sculpture at the side of the road tells you that you have arrived in the charming little village of Togo. In 2001, a group of students from Tainan National University of the Arts (臺南藝術大學) came to Togo after their professor started a community project. They later fell in love with this place, settled, married and worked. Over a decade later, they had really become part of the community. The concept behind "Togo Art Museum" (土溝農村美術館) is simple but has deep implications: "The village is the art gallery, The art gallery is the village". Lots of tourists come to Togo searching for the location of the art gallery, only to understand after explanation by a local resident that the entire village is actually an art gallery. A piece of farmland is art, an agricultural product is also art, local farmers are artists, and the local residents working hard together on this piece of land are also artists. After many years of decorating, tourists are greeted with a display of colorful installation art, modern yet not out of place in the rural setting. A charming farmers’ arts farm has recently been added, and has become a permanent art display area, attracting domestic and international tourists to come and explore the biggest art gallery in rural Tainan.

Information

TEL +886-6-6874505

Address Houbi Dist., Tainan City Taiwán, R.O.C

Category Local Gallery

Email togoartmuseum@gmail.com

Open Hours Sunday:08:30 – 18:00
Monday:08:30 – 18:00
Tuesday:08:30 – 18:00
Wednesday:08:30 – 18:00
Thursday:08:30 – 18:00
Friday:08:30 – 18:00
Saturday:08:30 – 18:00

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yuki_supriatna

도쿄, 일본

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친구 동반 여행

Art in Action

2016-12

We took the local train from Tainan to Hobi, which was straightforward. Then, a helpful taxi-driver pointed out where we could rent bicycles, as we exited to the left near the intersection. We gave the lady 1,000 NTD and cycled towards Tugo, a lovely flat and fairly quiet area. The art museum is next to the temple, and we were given free rein but were told that we needed to be out in an hour as some group had hired the place. The group, as it turned out, included one of the artists Guo Ren Wang, and people with camera. He asked if he could do some art-in-action splash-painting on our jeans. We agreed (of course, who wouldn't want some art on their jeans?!) and it turned out that the other people were a TV crew from Taipei. We helped gather leaves for lunch and then sat down to eat the local Tainan delicacy of milk-fish as well as self-sufficiently produced rice and pickled vegetables. It was an unexpected twist to our Taiwan adventure. The museum itself is mesmerizing, two of the artists have been living there and designing indoor and outdoor art for over ten years. It was lovely to simply sit down, look at the different pieces while butterflies flitted by, the birds sang and the bees hummed. A magical place.
wannping

Hsinchu, Taiwan

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Family

TOGO, the special village you must to go

2015-03

This is my second time to visited TOGO, it's a beautiful village with art works, I love art works of straw named "Ben-wan", he is so cute and huge, and I want to more close to him to take a picture, so I bought pass ticket for indoor arts. I though it's really cheap tour ticket, only$150 per people,21 pieces of artists and creative team art works. There are 17 exhibition field, and 10 of arts in indoor, another 7arts public in outdoor. Use pass card when you visit indoor art works. I spend all day in TOGO, no rush and enjoy every moment with my boyfriend.
Weihsinlai

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單獨旅遊

鄉村愜意

2019-02

家裏就住在土溝農村附近，前陣子有許多藝術家進駐並進行了農村改造，近期也都有持續的在推出許多活動，與其說大家期待活動內容，我更推薦大家什麼都不期待的進入農村漫無目的的騎著腳踏車晃晃，在無任何壓力的情況...
jimcY4322RO

失望的景點

2017-03

社區內的裝置藝術，現在統一放置在ㄧ個地點，買門票後可以進入參觀拍照。這樣的設計讓人覺得和農村的連結性變弱了。社區內車子不少，帶小朋友參觀時要注意安全。
庭印吳

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커플

農村美術館

2016-02

農村美術館，很好的想法，只是時間沒有安排在這個地方太久，如果你是騎腳踏車來到這個地方的話因該不錯，可以悠閒的享受這個地方的寧靜與安詳。整條街道也不長，喜歡農村生活的人可以逛一個下午，但是不喜歡的人可能騎車過去都覺得很遠。

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