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Jury's Comments, Printmaking Category HSIEH Li-Fa و ᗳ ೥

For this year’s Printmaking Category, senior printmakers from around as “commoners’ snack,” which also caught the attention of the jury during
Taiwan were invited to be jurors, including HUANG Yue-Sheng, LIN Chang- the review.
De, LIN Chih-Hsin, LU Yen-Ching, and HSIEH Li-Fa (same 5 jurors for both Both prints above are relief prints—applying ink onto a carved plate to
preliminary and �inal reviews). The exhibition only received 35 submissions, print on paper. The Third Prize-winning print was planography, and the
but quality-wise they were all impressive. When the jury entered the �inal jury’s guess was that the zinc plate was created by means of lithography,
review venue, we were all impressed by the actual prints, and the consensus and then printed on paper. At �irst glance, it was abstract and a bit
was that this year was a great improvement from the year before; also, there hyperrealistic; according to the author’s statement, “I create a small space
were works of larger sizes, and they will de�initely catch people’s eyes in the using the vocabulary I have accumulated;” this space was different than the
exhibition. arranged space of the First Prize winner HUANG Chiung-Yi, and therefore, “I
Out of the 35 submissions, 5 came from abroad, including Malaysia, constantly lure myself and tempt my most primitive desires…” This pointed
Mongolia, India, and the U.S. The preliminary review was held on May 5, out the hyperreality of the creative ideal. This was also a work by a female Printmaking
and 9 were selected, including one from Malaysia, one from the U.S., and printmaker. In recent years, more and more female printmakers are engaged
one from Mongolia; this year, we had the most overseas submissions being in printmaking and winning competitions, which is something worth
selected to the �inal review. celebrating.
The �inal review took place over a month later on June 18. Originals of the There were two recipients of Award of Merit. One was Jon Renzella,
selected works were required to be submitted for the �inal review, and once an American, but his address was in Taichung, and he provided a local
they were displayed at the venue, it was an impressive scene as they were all cellphone number, which suggested that he could be a foreign artist living
brilliant and exciting works, making the selection that much more dif�icult. in Taiwan. His work was woodcut on paper, showcasing traditional carving
Fortunately, the jurors shared similar views; it only took one round of technique and putting no emphasis on unique techniques. The scene
voting for the ranking to roughly take shape, and there were no debatable demonstrated strong storytelling quality, which was the prominent feature
ones. What triggered the most discussions were the type of print and carving of the print.
technique, such as Frist Prize “We Are Floating in a Miracle Dream and The other recipient of Award of Merit was XU Zi-Jie, who just turned
Playing” by HUANG Chiung-Yi—she provided a long statement, but it was twenty; not just among the participants of Printmaking Category, he was
her personal description of the scene, whereas the jury was more concerned also the youngest new talent of this year’s exhibition. Although it was just
with printmaking techniques and how she carved and made prints; we Award of Merit, he has shown great potential. His work was linocut/relief
wanted to �ind her unique personal characteristics, or spot techniques not print. According to the author, the theme was Greek mythology; the scene
allowed in the competition. HUANG used new synthesized plate and make a shows strong decorative quality and features delicate and sophisticated
relief print, and her delicate carving skill impressed all jurors. Obviously, this carving technique, making him one of the most skilled and mature carvers in
is what everyone does participating in a printmaking competition, but she the �inal review stage.
also demonstrated personal touch and composition that attract viewers, and Overall speaking, this year’s works were mostly relief prints, and there
we all agreed that this was an outstanding work that took much thoughts were few traditional printmaking types such as copper plate etching and
and efforts. lithography; age-wise, the participants were also younger. This is a good
Second Prize winner YOW Chee Hoe is a foreign student studying in an trend, showing that the new generations have developed and grown to
art university in Taiwan. This is also a relief print, but the unique part about partake in this type of events.
the work is that it was printed in different stages using different colors; It is hard to predict whether a work of printmaking can earn the
the submitted work was the fourth print of the �ifth chapter; it is not easy recognition of all the jurors at Da Dun Fine Arts Exhibition; however,
to create rich color variations with one woodcut board, and making �ive based on past experience, smaller works were usually incomparable to
prints was not easy as well. During the review process, someone raised the oil paintings, mixed media, or sculptures, due to their lack of volume and
question about the discrepancies among the �ive prints, but, regardless, powerful colors that grab attention; therefore, unless it were a truly brilliant
it was an outstanding work of printmaking. The author used the word work of printmaking, it would be hard for a print to rise above other works
“commoner” to emphasize the common theme of iced beverage, referred to and win the Da Dun Award.

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