One Hundred Artworks - Showcased the Development of Jingwei Shishih in Taiwan
- Paintings：41 Artists（including 28 CHIMEI Arts Award Winners）
- Sculptures：14 Artists（including 6 CHIMEI Arts Award Winners）
“精微寫實” (
jingwei sieshih; depiction of the reality to its finest) is the most prominent style of artistic creation celebrated by the CHIMEI Arts Award over the past 30 years since its establishment. The so-called “
jingwei sieshih” is an expression of artists using precise and detailed artistic techniques without showing the brushworks or traces in their works. The style of
jingwei sieshih in the West can be traced back as early as to the sculptures in ancient Greek or to the “Neorealism” or “Photo-Realism” in modern times.
The development of
jingwei sieshih in Taiwan was pioneered by Tu-Shui Huang in the field of sculpture art, and by Mei-Shu Li with his figure paintings in the mid-1960s in the field of painting. After the establishment of the CHIMEI Arts Award in 1988, almost all the winners of this award were artists of
jingwei sieshih over the past 30 years as of 2018.
Hyperrealism Art in Taiwan mainly displays works by CHIMEI Arts Award winners over the past three decades, together with representative works of
jingwei sieshih in Taiwan before the establishment of the CHIMEI Arts Award. This exhibition manifests the achievements and contributions of this artistic style in Taiwan. There are two major categories of works in this exhibition: painting and sculpture. Most of the sculptures are human figure sculptures while the paintings are further divided into four sub-thematic sections according to their subjects: “Humanity,” “Still Life,” “Landscape,” and “Dream.” With a total of 102 works by 55 artists are on display, we cordially invite you to enjoy the works and share your comments with us!