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Juror’s Statement, Oil Painting Category LIAO Pen-Shen

For an artist, artworks from each stage of their artistic development have unique new styles and objectives. When creating a piece of art,
it should not a replica of nature or the works of predecessors, but an ultimate mark of the artist's self-exploration as they completely invest their
strength and spirit into a work. "The State of Art" is the act of using the universe and life as subjects and appreciating their color, sequence, rhythm
and harmony. It is an act that allows us to peek into our inner selves and perceive our heart's most honest reactions. To transform reality into fantasy,
create shapes as symbols, and conceptualize and mortalize the human psyche at its highest state. That is the State of Art.
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We received a total of 287 entries for the oil painting category of the 19 Da Dun Fine Arts Exhibition of Taichung City, with 35 entries from

abroad. Forty entries were shortlisted after the preliminary review, which was conducted by five judges: CHEN Yin-Huei, HO Chao-Chu, LIN Jaw-

Tsang, LIN Chin-Hsien, and me. Thirty-five entries were submitted for the final review and the results are as follows: one First Prize winner, one

Second Prize winner, one Third Prize winner, five Award of Merit winners, and 27 shortlisted works, including two submissions from abroad.

The First Prize winner, "Resplendent Desiccation" by WENG Pei-Ying, is an abstract piece composed with mixed materials, including propene,
oil pastels, pastels, cotton, rice paper, charcoal pencil, ink and gauze. The materials are arranged perfectly so that they complement each other and
there are no empty spaces on the relatively large canvas. The colors are not extravagant, but the timing and process of a withering life is implied
through the layering of materials and distribution of light and dark colors. The two red spots on the gauze form the perfect conclusion for this piece.
This is indeed a very high-quality piece of work.

The Second Prize winner is "Space", a realistic mixed media piece by TSAI Wen-Cheng. An inner frame is added to the canvas and secured on

a wooden board. There is a bird in a cage in the picture. One end of a piece of red string is tied on the canvas, while the other end is fitted to the board
and falls towards the ground. By blurring the lines between reality and imagination, this arrangement shows that the artist put a lot of thought into the
piece, and cleverly used the red string to present reality and illusion in and out of the picture in order to depict the alienation and emptiness between
individuals.
The Third Prize winner is "Snapshots of a City" by TSAI Ren-De. The picture is constructed with layered pieces of shapes. By reconstructing
space through the object's layer of main essence, abstract symbols and colors are used to depict snapshots of different types of alienation in this city.

However, the sizes of the shape pieces are too similar, and the layering space falls flat, and that disrupts the structure of the presentation. This piece
lacks a sense of space and its theme is unclear.

The five Award of Merit winners are: "Guard II" by LIAO Wei-Neng, "The Beginning of Life" by LU Jou-An, "With and without, the Breeze"
by LIN Ching-Mei, "Beyond Strangers" by TSAI Yuan-Huan, and "Guarding Their Homes" by LIN Zheng-Jie. All are quality works.

In all sorts of fine arts exhibitions, the oil painting category usually receives the most entries. However, for this year's Da Dun Exhibition,
the five judges unanimously agreed that we did not see any piece that really stood out. The current entries were created solely for competitions,

lacked a sense of experimentation and innovation, and are devoid of life. We hope that more artists will be able to create artworks of themselves, for
themselves.
Last, but not least, I would like to thank all the judges, participants and crew at the Da Dun Fine Arts Exhibition for their hard work. Because of
you, the development of the arts and humanities can continue on and, in doing so, adds brilliance to this exhibition. Well done, ladies and gentlemen,
and thank you!

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