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Juror’s Statement, Printmaking Category HUANG Yue-Sheng

Printmaking is characterized by its indirect method and printing processes. Plate-making is followed by the printing process, during
which unexpected effects can happen. Thus, the plate-making process places sheets of paper upon the work's surface while printing process
is another form of artistic creation. The imagination and potential variations coexist from outlining and printmaking to completion, with
these two factors giving printmaking more appeal. Thanks to the printing process, print works can be circulated broadly and thereby
generate more artistic dialogue.

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This year happens to be printmaking master LIAO Xiu-Ping's 80 birthday and, as a director of the Taiwan Society of Printmaking, I

plan to organize several international printmaking joint exhibitions with the theme“Print it Out” in places such as the U.S., Canada, Japan,
South Korea, China, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Macau, Latvia, and Taiwan in an effort develop a platform for communication and
connections across the world.

While almost every county in Taiwan holds an annual fine arts exhibition, the Da Dun Fine Arts Exhibition's“international”

characteristics make it the premier event of its kind. Printmaking works are normally done on paper for easier delivery and, thanks to its
reproducible quality, a growing number of printmakers are showing a willingness to exhibit, meaning that more submissions are being
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received over time. The 21 Da Dun Fine Arts Exhibition of Taichung City's Printmaking category collected 71 prints, of which 21 were
from international printmakers: one from Ireland, one from Russia, two from Ukraine, three from Poland, two from India, one from
Malaysia, two from Australia, three from China, one from Pakistan, one from the U.K., one from the U.S., and one from Nicaragua.

After consideration by five jurors—HSIEH Li-Fa, CHEN Kuo-Chan, LIN Chang-De, LIN Hsueh-Ching and myself—12 prints were

nominated in the preliminary selection, including three foreign submissions from Poland, the U.S. and China. Following the fi nal selection

and several rounds of voting, first prize was given to HUANG De-Cheng's“Shi-Zhen-Lu—Feast of the Dream of the Red Chamber”, which

combines etching and engraving with ink wash painting and collage to showcase a composite plate. The printmaker reinterprets“The Dream

of the Red Chamber”hrough images instead of words, visual instead of taste senses, which positions the print between an illustration
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and printing art.

Carving traces are not clearly seen in second prize winner, LIN Guan-Bin's“Break from Chains” so I assume that the print was
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done via a CNC automatic carving machine and anastatic printing. However, if the print was hand-carved by Lin, then the refined technical

skills of this young artist are undoubtedly worthy of recognition. Winning the third prize, SU Chih-We's “Heart at Hometown” insists on
traditional techniques and depicts traditional subject matters, which are important themes in the history of printmaking.

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