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Jury's Comments, Calligraphy Category Hsiao Shih-Chiung ࣣجᗳ
Calligraphy

The highly anticipated Da Dun Fine Arts Exhibition has just been held for the styles, a meticulous composition, and poised small seal script. The narrative of the
25th time this year! As winner of the Da Dun Prize in the Calligraphy Category at the evolution of Chinese scripts written in the calligrapher's small script additionally imbues
2nd Da Dun Fine Arts Exhibition, it is not an exaggeration to say that I grew up with the work with slightly academic qualities. CHOU Ho-Shan has an ambitious spirit that is
this Exhibition. Starting as a local arts event, Da Dun Fine Arts Exhibition first grew not diminished by his advancement in years as he continues to pioneer new methods
to a national-level exhibition, then became internationalized and transformed into a by learning from ancient practices. The bold and imposing style of the seal script that
celebration of art that stands out among other art exhibitions held across Taiwan. The he created shows his admirable passion for creativity. Moving on to the third prize
Exhibition has toured all across the world over the years and is well-known both in winner, HSU Chih-Fang's "Dong Ying Egami Poetry" presents seal and clerical scripts in
Taiwan and abroad. I am particularly grateful to past directors and teams of the Cultural a concordant and harmonious manner. The firm, vigorous strokes of the calligrapher
A airs Bureau for their teamwork and persistent e orts, for it was they who made the are instantly recognizable, a truly impressive feat indeed. "Discussion Calligraphy"
Da Dun Fine Arts Exhibition an exhibition that the people of Taichung are proud to call features the large cursive script of TENG Jun-Hao, the second prize winner. Emotions
theirs. are expressed through the orderly lifting and pressing of the brush wielded by the
This year, 121 works were entered into the Calligraphy Category of the Da Dun Fine calligrapher, while the connections between the lines smoothly transition between
Arts Exhibition; among them, 6 were from overseas (2 from Mainland China, 1 from flowing and profound tones, embodying rich musicality. In "Portraying the Mind" by
Singapore, and 3 from Iran). Following preliminary review, 21 works were shortlisted, CHENG Chen-Tsung, the first prize winner, the calligrapher wrote an original poem
all of which received the votes of more than 3 judges for proceeding to the secondary in his own seal script style. The work incorporates the Qing variant of the seal script
review. The secondary review accepted a total of 20 works. After a round of voting by and features the style and composition of the Chinese bronze inscription used in the
the judges, 6 works entered the nal review. Then a three-rank system was adopted to rst half of the Zhou dynasty, refreshing, elegant, and uniquely original. CHENG Chen-
select the winners of the top three prizes and 3 Award of Merit recipients. Tsung further submitted three works to be considered for the Da Dun Prize. The ancient
Regarding the outcomes of the judging process, there are two special facts that I clerical script, draft cursive, and plaque script presented in the works selected exhibited
must mention. Firstly, this marks the rst time a work from Mainland China entered the not only the qualities of a master but also strong potential to win.
nal review and won the Award of Merit with just a few points short of the top three CHANG Pei-Yuan, winner of the second prize last year, entered this year's contest
places, which is very unfortunate indeed. The other work from Mainland China was with four-script panels once more. His work embodied tranquility, and all parts of it
also shortlisted, setting an unprecedented record and bringing in a breath of fresh air formed a harmonious whole; but unfortunately, it lost by a few points. Shih Po-Hsien
as this certainly indicates positive change in the interactions between the calligraphy won the third prize last year with a work of large cursive script. The skilled expression
communities of Taiwan and Mainland China. Secondly, the winners of the top three of moods displayed through his work exceeded all others, but this year, he was only
places were all rst-time prize winners of the Da Dun Fine Arts Exhibition. CHENG Chen- shortlisted. Looking at all the submissions, there is no shortage of excellent works.
Tsung, in particular, was a dark horse that made everyone's jaw drop by winning rst Therefore, the regret of not being able to bring all talents to the winning stage appear
place. This was the rst time someone from Penghu, an o shore island of Taiwan, wins a to be common at the Exhibition. The five judges' votes are of equal weight, so even
prize in the Calligraphy Category of a national art exhibition. Congratulations to him! if any of us voted with selfish motives, it would not be able to influence the overall
Let's first talk about the three Award of Merit winners. CHANG Pei-Yuan's "Seven judging process. I hope that the calligraphers with potential will persevere on, grow as
Articles by Fu Shan" presents four script styles on connected panels. Even though they emerge from every battle, and empower themselves with the strength they gain.
the script styles are different, the rounded and smooth stroke quality is consistent Hard work will pay o ; success will come naturally when the time is right. One must not
throughout the work, bringing the panels to coherence and creating an impressive speak with a mouth full of sour grapes or gossip about others as these actions do not
sight. CHEN Jian-Sheng is from Mainland China and won the Award of Merit with constitute the behavior of an honorable person.
"Tracing to the Origin of Qian Gua Ming Zhuan". His work incorporates various writing

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