The peculiar theme is dealt with skillfully. The traces of binding and rubbing Lai has left on the panels are an intriguing reminder of the previous significance of texture and individual hand-craft in works of art.
The youngest winner is 22-year-old college student Wu Chi-chung (
A DIY projector with moving lenses turns the image of a piece of wire into sand dunes swept slowly by the wind on the screen, or a moving ink painting of landscape, as viewers will have their own associations with the images. It's a mature work out of a simple concept.
The Taipei Arts Award exhibition will run till Aug. 24 at Taipei Fine Arts Museum.



