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Juror’s Statement, Glue Color Painting Category

CHAN Chien-Yu

As Da Dun Fine Arts Exhibition of Taichung becomes more and diverse colors and displaying the beauty of life. This work features
globalized, the number of overseas works competing in the exhibition vivid depictions of the bamboo partridges, masterfully capturing the
also increases. Not only has the creative bar been raised, there are also atmosphere of light. It is an outstanding work that exhibits the charm of
more and more participants with higher education backgrounds. Among the wild.
the winners in the Glue Color Painting Category this year, two have PhD
in Fine Arts. This shows that as glue color painting further develops LIN Jyu-Jhen's “Life within Fantasy” is the winner of the Third
professionally and academically, it has broken free from the technical Prize. The artist depicts the reflections in water and kelps growing on the
concepts passed down in the past in private studios, and is headed in the surface of the water. The reflections of withered branches and trunks on
broader and more refined direction of modern art. This is an encouraging the surface of water are swaying and twisted, like a dream and fantasy,
development trend worth continued attention and observation. forming interesting contrast with the red dragon fly, frog, and insects
at the top of the painting. This work features brilliant handling of light,
This year's exhibition received 43 submissions in the Glue Color shadow, and colors, and the interweaving real and virtual scenes seem to
Painting Category (including 3 overseas submissions). A jury consisting be depicting real life.
of five members—KAO Yung-Lung, FAN Su-Ruan, CHANG Chen-
Wen, SUN Yi-Hua, and myself—carried out three rounds of voting in the One of the Award of Merit winners is CHANG Wei-Yuan's “Under
preliminary selection and chose 8 entries. Only 7 of the 8 selected works A Vast Sky.” The artist uses the character riding the wind in the painting
were submitted for the secondary selection (1 entry was not submitted), as a metaphor for the pursuit of own ideals and dreams. The character
and after two more rounds of voting, the winners for the top three prizes, harnesses the hang glider to soar into the sky against headwind and
two winners of Award of Merit, and two short-listed works, were chosen. enjoys the beautiful landscapes when the wind gets behind the wings.
One entry from Japan was selected as winner of Award of Merit, and This work exhibits high technical maturity, with ideal arrangement of
another work from Hong Kong was short-listed. dynamic character and birds and static hills. Another winner of Award of
Merit is “Paradise on the Head” by Japanese artist HAKUTA Yoshuya.
The First Prize was “Searching” by LAI Chien-Yu. The work The paradise presents a diverse scene on top of the gorilla's head. The
reflects how the younger generation growing up in an environment of author uses the unique texture of layered lines to apply soft and dreamy
woven and overlapped images searches for nature of self and direction of colors that form humorous contrast with the facial expressions of the
development. The author uses cold and warm colors and blurry images to gorilla, showcasing rich imagination.
weave a fantasy-like yet sorrowful atmosphere, presenting the estranged
sense of loneliness. This is a perfectly executed work full of emotions Other short-listed works showcase unique styles as well; however,
and thoughts. the number of prizes is limited. There are some outstanding works among
those not receiving a prize. From these works, we can see that the Glue
LIN Chun-Hung's “Morning” won the Second Prize. The author uses Color Painting Category of Da Dun Fine Arts Exhibition of Taichung
the bamboo partridges in the bushes as the main theme, and gold color City has continued to improve in quality. This is a plausible development
as the main tone to depict early spring mornings. He fuses meticulous and we encourage more young artists to continue being innovative and
painting and glue color drawing techniques for the light golden sunlight imaginative, and look forward to seeing more exciting works in the
and richly beautiful scenery, showcasing delicate and intricate strokes future.

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