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Mayor's Preface

With its unique geographical location and year-round pleasant climate, Taichung is where artistic talents and resources
from all places converge, and it is where heritage is passed on and further enriched to engender artistic assets of ever more
abundance. As a result, Taichung has developed into a city with rich historical and cultural memories as well as innovative
power, giving it the distinction of being a city of culture. In recent years, the city has been actively organizing various arts
and cultural exhibitions and performances, creating a unique metropolitan ambiance through the deepening of local
cultures and the encouragement of exchanges between diverse communities. By marketing the cultural brand of the city, its
international visibility has been greatly heightened.
Despite the global spread of COVID-19 this year, the Da Dun Fine Arts Exhibition of Taichung City still successfully
received 1,328 submissions with the enthusiastic participation and support of the preparatory committee members, judges,
specialists, scholars, and artists from across the globe. Among the submitted artworks, in particular, 105 were from overseas.
After several rounds of rigorous judging, 187 outstanding winning works were brought together at the Da Dun Exhibition
Hall to portray the exhibition's great artistic strength which has been accumulating for a quarter of a century.
The Da Dun Fine Arts Exhibition was established with the aim of nurturing and rewarding exceptional local artists in
Taichung. It then expanded and started receiving submissions from foreign artists, thereby reinforcing the exhibition's
connection with the international art scene as it continued to inject diversity and vitality into Taiwan's artistic creations.
Following the construction completion of the Taichung Green Museumbrary{designed by Kazuyo Sejima, a Pritzker
Architecture Prize Laureate{the city's soft powers in the form of arts and cultures are expected to be further enhanced, and
as the vision of "art without borders" is realized, a new milestone will be marked for the artistic culture of Taichung as the city
becomes a new benchmark for widened perspectives in contemporary art.
Artistic sense is something that needs to be built up over time, gradually and continuously. It requires diligent nurturing
to take root and exposure to different cultures to gradually increase its richness and profundity. From October 31, 2020
to November 18, 2020, 187 beautifully remarkable artworks from the 25th Da Dun Fine Arts Exhibition will be proudly
presented at the Taichung City Da Dun Cultural Center. To those who have a passion for art, we hope you will not miss out on
this feast of aesthetic excellence.

Mayor, Taichung City

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