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Juror’s Statement, Glue Color Painting Category

TZENG Der-Biau

Glue color painting has seen much development in recent years, the dream scene could be more blurry and transparent and express a
and courses at universities and private art schools provide different sense of uncertainty with colors and shapes, it could probably better
channels for cultivating many new talents in this field. We all have to convey its concepts.
thank the wisdom and efforts of the “Father of Taiwanese Glue Color
Second Prize winner is LIU Fang-Chen's “Temperature of
Painting”, Professor LIN Zhi-Zhu, for the achievements that we see
Memory Ⅲ”. The artist painted a self-portrait to express the sorrow,
today.
joy, confusion and beauty of memories. This is a work that speaks
This year there were 38 submissions in our category, including of the inner mind, which we understand as the reason she chose to
two entries from abroad. Nine entries were shortlisted after the use a wet blending technique to depict uncertainty. Some parts of
preliminary selection process and we considered eight submissions the picture seem blurry while others are rather sharp, representing
for the final selection round (one of the shortlisted entries was also the complex and layered memories of time. However, there may still
shortlisted in another local art exhibition, which the artist chose to be some additional breakthroughs that this artist can make in her
compete in). creations.

The juror panel for this year's glue color painting category was The Third Prize winning entry is “The Night” by LIN Chun-
comprised of YEE Ying-Kuang, CHEN Shu-Hwa, LEE Chen-Hui, Hung. The artist grew up in the countryside and has closely observed
and LIAO Jui-Fen and me. Each juror has their own expertise and his natural surroundings. In this piece he uses a beautiful night scene
standards and we eventually chose to score and rank the entries. We from his memories to convey the message that we should protect the
went through many rounds of deliberation, during which no personal environment. If he could introduce some more flying motions for the
biases or negotiations were allowed. Finally, after the fifth round, we fireflies, the work might better illustrate what the artist wishes to say.
were able to reach a conclusion and pick the top three entries, two The waves of rice, plants, water, quail and weeds form a nighttime
Awards of Merit, and three Shortlisted Awards. This expresses the fact symphony that gives viewers a different kind of experience.
that each entry had its own special characteristics and ideas that it
Among Award of Merit winners, CHIEN Wei-Hung established
wished to convey. As always, when one enters a competition, there is
his own series of visual effects to evoke thoughts about the future
always also an element of luck in addition to talent.
in his work “Fellow Passengers”. LI Chien's entry, “A Corner in the
The First Prize winner is CHANG Wei-Yuan with the entry Forest”, offers a dreamy forest image and is a very creative piece that
“Dream Catcher”, which shows a sleeping person hugging a pillow attempts to guide viewers into the composition with a snail. As for
and dreaming. The entire composition shows that the artist spent a other shortlisted entries, all convey different messages and aesthetics. I
lot of effort balancing rationality and sensibility, carefully deciding believe that as long as you do not give up and keep working diligently,
the sizes and locations of the subjects. This is exactly why the jurors you will achieve your goals one day.
liked this piece so much and could understand the artist's message. If

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