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Size:Length:59 x Width:108.5 (cm)

Size description：78.3x127.5x3(含框)

Introduction：Yuan Chin-ta (1959–) was born in Yuanlin Township, Changhua County. A Taiwanese ink painter, he is a graduate of the Department of Fine Arts at National Taiwan Normal University and from the Graduate Institute of Fine Arts at the City University of New York, and has served as professor in the Department of Fine Arts at National Taiwan Normal University. He has served as juror for numerous major national competitions, including the National Fine Arts Exhibition, Taipei Art Awards, Kaohsiung Award, and Golden Bell Awards. Solo and group exhibitions showcasing his work have extended across Taiwan and abroad; he has produced a remarkably rich body of work, widely held in collections by institutions at home and internationally.

Yuan’s creative practice is guided by a passion for "self-exploration" and an engagement with the relationships between human beings and the land, society, and the times. Drawing on a background in Western painting, he explores the modernity of Eastern art and ink painting, combining the characteristics of Eastern and Western art and incorporating them into his personal creative vocabulary—an approach that has given his work deep individuality. He is accordingly celebrated as the "Ink Rascal." During the 1970s, when Nativist Realism dominated the Taiwan art world, his subjects centered on rural villages and tiled-roof dwellings to express nostalgia for the homeland; from the 1990s onward, Yuan progressively broke free from traditional ink painting techniques, incorporating an abundance of contemporary symbolism, imagery, and mixed media, along with techniques of reproduction and collage of readymade objects. His subject matter began to shift toward political and gender critique, reflecting his critical engagement with and concern for the trajectory of Taiwan's social changes.

Yuan excels in drawing on current events for his painting—particularly in his observation and critique of the political landscape. This work depicts supporters of different political parties and backgrounds gathered together at the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall plaza, each with different political positions, yet all freely expressing their own views and opinions—highlighting the achievements of Taiwan's deepened democratic culture. The composition employs a stable triangular structure, combined with the angle of the waving flags to convey the invisible upward momentum of society as it continually advances.

Accession Number:PT09783100

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