A Haunting Vision of Taiwan’s Transformation: The Art of Lien Chien-Hsing Lien Chien-hsing, born in 1962 in the port city of Keelung, Taiwan, is an artist whose work resonates with a profound sense of melancholy and a captivating, almost magical realism. His paintings are not merely depictions of places; they are elegies for a changing landscape, imbued with personal memory and subtle social commentary. Growing up amidst the decline o…