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Jury's Comments, Water Color Painting Category HOU Shou-Feng ੹ ˥ ᗳ

This year’s Water Color Category received a total of 126 submissions, regardless of structure, content, technique, or style, we have never
among which �ive were submitted from overseas. Twenty-two works seen a painting like this before in Taiwan, as it fuses different cultures
were selected after the preliminary review, with one from Mongolia. of the West and East into a perfect combination; HUANG Ming-Chu:
Five rounds of voting were carried out in the �inal review, selecting the the techniques of outlining and color-application are unique, creating
top three prize winners, one Award of Merit, and 17 shortlisted works. a rich religious ambience; HUANG Chin-Lung: the painting resembles
The jury consisted of �ive jurors. It was a great honor for me to the traditional style of thangka, but the scene is full of modern images
be nominated by fellow jurors as the chairperson. In addition to that are conversing, creating exciting painting vocabularies that are
expressing my gratitude, I also asked the jurors to be fair and just; also, con�licting yet harmonious; after reading the artist’s creative statement,
when drafting the comments, I wanted to include diverse opinions, so I believe that the artist is trying to present a simile of his thoughts on
I invited every juror to also give one-sentence comments to the four “metaphysics” through religious painting; echoing the Diamond Sutra:
prize-winning works, which I later compiled and written into this Jury’s “Everything in existence is like a dream, an illusion,” the artist shows
Comments. Mr. CHIEN Chia-Chu commented on the overall judgement, concern for the eternal existence of all beings on Earth. Water Color Painting
whereas the other four jurors gave comments on each of the four prize- Third Prize: CHANG Hong-Bin’s “Returning to the Past.” Below
winning works. According to Mr. CHIEN: after 24 years of promotion, are comments by the jurors: HSIEH Ming-Chang: an urban landscape
as well as encouragement of foreign participation, it is plausible that from inside a building, the re�lection on glass form a vague, intriguing
the organizer is also taking the exhibition abroad; the participating division; HUANG Ming-Chu: using layered images to create rich pictorial
works in the Water Color Category showcased high level of skills, and content; HUANG Chin-Lung: the indoor and outdoor images enrich the
the top three prize-winners have displayed unique creative styles and scene through the re�lection of glass window; I think the artists not
creativity. only has sharp eyes, but his idea takes lead over his techniques, and
Top Prize: LIU Chia-Chi’s “Re�lection.” Comments: HUANG Ming-Chu: his techniques realize his ideas, presenting a work of art that uses both
mixing dark and light shades to create layers and optimal atmosphere; reality and fantasy.
HSIEH Ming-Chang: using interweaving real and surreal images to Award of Merit: LIN Yu-Ching’s “Yesterday, Tomorrow.” Below are
re�lect various visual and art techniques, masterfully constructing comments by the jurors: HSIEH Ming-Chang: clean technique turns
a work with rich imagery; HUANG Chin-Lung: the nearly square street scene into large color patches; HUANG Chin-Lung: smooth
composition uses images and straight lines to weave together rich rendition and powerful contrast, creating a sunny effect; HUANG Ming-
and complimentary real and fantasy images; before I saw the creative Chu: elegant color tones, misty scenery, great overall milieu; I think the
statement, I did not know what the artist was trying to convey, but later, artist has strong emotions for and understanding of old train station
I learned that the artist was comparing her personal fate and re�lections in Taichung, so he can use the classical architecture as the background,
to the different bleak scenes inside and outside the old buildings. walking �igures as the main scene, and breaks the painting into three
This creative method makes this a good work that “carries a message compositions; he also uses the dynamics of a most obvious traveller
through art.” walking across the street and ingenious expressions of re�lection and
Second Prize: Munkhjargal Jargalsaikhan’s “The Night, When the voids on the street surface to give the work balance and �luidity. On
Moon Dreamt of the Earth.” I think the artist has chosen Yab-Yum of the behalf of all the jurors, I’d like to congratulate all the prize winners and
esoteric Buddhism of Mongolia as the theme, representing the primitive authors of shortlisted works. For other works not making the selection,
rules of “love.” The artist paints around the main subject many totems, it does not mean the works are inferior, it is just that the exhibition
giving the work rich and dynamic content. What a pleasant surprise for space is limited, and we encourage all to continue the great work. We
all the jurors! Below are comments by each juror: HSIEH Ming-Chang: wish you all the success in the future.

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