Artwork Appreciation
CHEN Chien-Jung’s recent works are mainly focused upon illustrations of an architectural space. His creations include personal experiences and his current surroundings that have been internalized to form his urban personality. Landscape 53 is a sketch of urban elements composed of structural steel frames and concrete blocks, creating a powerful visual display of architectural spaces of parallel contrasts. Automatist techniques were employed to create dripping trails, and the entire canvas was covered by large color patches repeatedly scrubbed and changed to soften the rigid outlines, introducing a casual physical sensory experience within the otherwise cold, unfeeling industrial architecture. It is hoped that the combination would help create a familiar yet diverse memory of our urban life while leaving plenty of spaces for readers to interpret the visual messages conveyed.