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Philippe Charriol Foundation Art Competition past winning artist, Mr. Akin Vong

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Formula for an outstanding art piece :
Personal Involvement + Creativity + Technique


"There was an art piece drawing a blueprint of future city landscape. You could feel the entrant's unique presentation. At the prize presentation ceremony, I realized he was the youngest amongst the entrants." (The entrant's name is Lam Cheuk-wang, participating in 1999 art competition when he was 12 years old)"For sculpture category, I recall an art piece forming a line of round shaped ceramics. Again, its presentation differed from ordinary ceramic art piece and that's why it drew my attention." (The entrant's name is Wan Lai-kuen, winner of sculpture section in 1999. The title of the art piece was "One Centre".)
On this year's art pieces, Mr. Kan is fond of "Praia Grande" and "Left! Right! Left! Right!" the winner and the first runner up of the painting category and also "Kin of Next Era" in the sculpture category. In particular, he appreciates "Kin of Next Era" for its engraving skills and personal emotion. Also, the posture of bending knees is the most favourite gesture amongst Chinese.
All in all, Mr. Kan comments that it is not very important to comply with the theme of the competition. A good art piece should convey the artist's personal involvement creativity and his techniques on art. If Mr Kan were one of the entrants for this year competition,


he would find it more appropriate to present "reticent" and "pride" of Chinese, instead of "arrogance" and "restraints". He explained, "Chinese is proud of their massive landscape, but never acclaimed themselves as a powerful country. I would express the sense of "reservation" and "pride" in my art piece."

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