Ink Painting

2013

Length:336 x Width:142 x Height:2.5 (cm)

Chuang Lien-Tung (b. 1964, Hsihu, Changhua) graduated from the Department of Arts and Crafts Education at Taiwan Provincial Taichung Teachers College (now National Taichung University of Education), and later earned both his master’s and doctoral degrees from the Department of Fine Arts at National Taiwan Normal University, where he currently teaches. He is also a faculty member at National Taichung University of Education. Specializing in ink painting, Chuang has received numerous awards, including recognition from the Central Taiwan Art Exhibition, the National Art Exhibition, and the Provincial Public Servants’ Art Exhibition. He has held many solo and group exhibitions in Taiwan and abroad, and has served as a juror for major national and regional art competitions such as the National Art Exhibition, the Dadun Fine Arts Exhibition, and the Pingtung Fine Arts Exhibition.
Temporal Narrative - Ritual: Monument takes the form of a memorial, honoring events, beings, or moments of significance while also serving as an elegy through the notion of “ritual.” At the center stands the monument itself, composed of the bodies of animals—an eagle, deer, snake, and raccoon—arranged as symbolic offerings. Around them, the corpses of birds marked with numbers form a symmetrical pair of vertical arrangements reminiscent of traditional Chinese couplets. Some bird forms are fully depicted, while others fade into abstraction, symbolizing the passage of time and the gradual erasure of existence. The couplet-like layout implies that these animals’ deaths do not warrant eulogy or celebration. The imagery was created through a layered process: the animal forms were first rendered in ink on separate sheets of paper, then collaged onto black cardstock. This integration of traditional ink techniques with contemporary assemblage expands the expressive potential of modern ink painting, bridging commemoration with critique, and stillness with the relentless flow of time.

Accession number:20180100036