Taishin Bank Foundation for Arts and Culture

Jury's Comments for the Visual Arts Award Winner 

TANG Huang-Chen uses personal journeys as the subject matter of her work in an attempt to foreground the illusiveness of memory and history.  She thus subtly expresses the duality of reality and fiction when personal actions are transformed into collective memory.  In terms of overall gender difference in society, Tang’s position also shows a great deal of significance.

Tang’s work realizes what Joseph Beuys called a “social sculpture.”  The art form exists in the imagination and in the exchange of an invented memory between imaginations.

TANG has always consciously held an introspective attitude towards the mainstream discourse in the contemporary art community in Taiwan.  In her we see not only an artist’s autonomy in such a discourse environment, but her sincerity and seriousness toward art creation.

Artwork Introduction

TANG Huang-Chen uses personal journeys as the subject matter of her work in an attempt to foreground the illusiveness of memory and history.  She thus subtly expresses the duality of reality and fiction when personal actions are transformed into collective memory.  In terms of overall gender difference in society, Tang’s position also shows a great deal of significance.

Tang’s work realizes what Joseph Beuys called a “social sculpture.”  The art form exists in the imagination and in the exchange of an invented memory between imaginations.

TANG has always consciously held an introspective attitude towards the mainstream discourse in the contemporary art community in Taiwan.  In her we see not only an artist’s autonomy in such a discourse environment, but her sincerity and seriousness toward art creation.