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The Preface------by Director of the Department of Culture of
To appreciate the works of art can inspire the feeling and mind of human being. It is joyful and everybody can do it at will. But to originate the works of art is quite different. It's hard and arduous. To search for an appropriate form to express aesthetic idea, an original worker of art needs to "experiment" and "give up what he treasures" continuously. While "experimenting", he must face the unmeasurable and unknown future.
While "giving up what he treasures", the originator of art must resolutely abandon achievements of technique he has already obtained. Both need quite a lot of courage. Mostly the outcome of "experimenting" and "giving up ones own treasures" is often a very deep frustration. Unless the original worker of art has strong willpower and desire to create art productions, he can hardly endure the lonely practicing process for such a long time. Reviewing Chen's series of works carefully, we can obviously realize the continuous interacting process of "experimenting" and "giving up what he treasures". I admire his indomitable willpower.
Chen Sheng-Cheng loves art ardently and involves in creating art works for about 20 years. Being excellent in thinking, diligent and dedicating his life to art is the best annotation of his art-producing process. Although being a man of gentle and moderate, he is quite unique in thinking about visual image. Chen is accustomed to do systematic reflections on his own aesthetic experiences, to absorb feelings from this process, then transform into visual form, constructing personal mind-symbol model, and finally to create a whole new productions. So no matter how he uses pen, photo, or other materials, and no matter how he uses any kinds of styles, or techniques, we can find all his works are integrated in a complete, clear aesthetic system. Three years ago, he inquired into two topics: "the sense of time" and "dynamics", and tried to combine photo's "time-ness" of recording and painting's "flat focus" expressive form, attempted to find a certain way to produce artistic visual images, seeking a feeling of balance, simplicity and solemnity. Through drawing layers upon layers in wash painting, or repeating exposure by shaking camera in taking photos, he succeeds in making his productions spreading out a special gentle style and solemn color sense of visual images.
Even his material is taken from visual environments of ordinary life, he goes beyond the representation of visual image, and shifts into the spiritual world of human being. Derived from deep reflections of human's mind, these works can easily touch our heart and feeling, and arouse sympathetic responses.
Chen Sheng-Cheng was elected as "Promising Youth of Chaotun" and "Outstanding Teacher of Nanto County" several years ago. Now he is an experi enced teacher of gifted children, and also as an advisor teacher of art education. Besides he has edited many publications. With rich professional knowledge and practical experiences, Chen has made important contribution to art education and art production. I appreciate all the efforts he did for our culture. And I am also willing to offer my congratulation to the publication of his collections.