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Sculpture

Category
Juror's Statement HO Hong-Hsiung

This year’s Sculpture Category at Da Dun Fine Arts Exhibition received 73 submissions, among which, 64 were domestic entries and 9 were
overseas submissions. The preliminary review narrowed down the field to 12 entries, and the final review determined the top three prize winners, two
winners of Award of Merit, and 7 Shortlisted Works.
This is the 27th edition of Da Dun Fine Arts Exhibition, and it has been a domestic leader of exploring visions of exhibition creation. The
surging waves of contemporary art have brought young artists unprecedented impacts and challenges; within the unpredictable and ever-changing
cultural phenomenon created through the cultural exchange between the West and East, they proactively probe the unknown and spark creativity,
understanding that the essence of art, just like life, is continually passed down and evolving through the variations of spacetime. The diversity of
media presents changing creative modes, as this is an age young creative talents explore new frontiers, which is also the mission of Taichung City Da
Dun Fine Arts Exhibition.
The First Prize winner, Commensalism by PAN Wei-Chung, aims to explore the symbiosis of living things. Men’s living environment and nature
are one inseparable entity, as nature is a magical and solemn existence, as well as the overall system of all times and spaces; the biological world is a
network of life constructed by scattered spaces on the surface of Earth—these spaces are codependent, and therefore, mankind should not regard
ourselves as a superior species enjoying the right to dominate nature. We must love and protect nature for our own long-term survival. The author
utilizes woodcarving for a realist depiction of a young body sitting on a sofa that is combined with branches, expressing through exquisite techniques
the phenomenon of commensalism.
Second Prize went to WANG Mai-Rong’s Derivation Moves Slowly, which presents the relation between environment and living creatures.
Inspired by oracle bones and pictograms, the work arranges and reassembles imageries of living creatures to symbolize the soothing time in the inner
forest during the post-pandemic age. This is an outstanding work that showcases the artist’s prowess of formal exploration and interpretation. The
Third Prize winner, LIN Ching-Chung’s Distressed Soul, depicts a young girl who committed suicide in 2017; she could not break her inner shackles
under tremendous inner and external stresses. Inspired by the imagery of interwoven ice and fire, the artist deconstructs the nightmare that erodes
own soul, presenting an exciting work created through subconsciousness.
Award of Merit-winning Broken! You Teach Me Wisdom by YEH Chu-Hsiu is a symbolic work that expresses the spatial dialogue within time
through deconstruction and reassembly of void-solid comparison. Award of Merit-winning Restless Afternoon by HUNG Wei-Ping interprets the
law of conservation of spirit and matter through the eternity of spiritual existence, illuminating dusted memory with match sticks to reconnect and
interact with the present.
Shortlisted Work, Ovum X People by LIN Huan-Teng, depicts a woman displaying the nurturing nature and fertility of ovum, as well as the
pressure from the society, creating a simple yet outstanding form. Shortlisted Work Minimize Freedom 4 – As You Can See by WANG An-Pei revisits
the purity and tranquility at the beginning of life; gene-like geometric shapes weave together empty and occupied spaces to present an visionary work
that conveys how freedom transcends the secular world.
Shortlisted Work, Beyond~ Heaven on Earth by LIN Shu-Chen, depicts the difficulty of cutting ties with the ones nurturing us, and that returning
to reality is the next generation’s own spiritual awakening. Shortlisted Work, WANG Pao-Chinng’s Rewind Life – Childhood, finds inspiration in
childhood toys to express the happy childhood, symbolizing the beauty of having dreams. Shortlisted Work Collect by HSU Chin-Cheng expresses
how the author is touched by and wants to collect women’s tenderness and flexibility; in the emotional variations, who is being collected by whom?
Two Shortlisted Works were submitted from Macau: The Past by LEONG Cheong-Fat reinterprets the tale of Monkey King and Dragon
King, the directions of East and West, and past and present, creating a triangle relationship among cubic space, time, and the perspective of God.
Conversation Result by LIO Ka-Hou reflects on creative talents’ struggles with materials and topics within traditional and modern creative domains;
adopting a carving technique that preserves the original look of the stone, the artist utilizes the material and holes to exhibit the temporal and spatial
variations through comparison of void and solid. Both are excellent works.