懷土
Artist：Cheng, Chien-Chang
WorkSize：41cm x 53cm
WorkType：Canvas
WorkYear：2019
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Artist：Cheng, Chien-Chang
WorkSize：194cm x 130cm
WorkType：Canvas
WorkYear：2019
風神
Artist：Cheng, Chien-Chang
WorkSize：130cm x 194cm
WorkType：Canvas
WorkYear：2019
Artist：Cheng, Chien-Chang
WorkSize：53cm x 41cm
WorkType：Canvas
WorkYear：2019
Artist：Cheng, Chien-Chang
WorkSize：53cm x 41cm
WorkType：Canvas
WorkYear：2019
Artist：Cheng, Chien-Chang
WorkSize：116cm x 91cm
WorkType：Canvas
WorkYear：2019
Artist：Cheng, Chien-Chang
WorkSize：130cm x 194cm
WorkType：Canvas
WorkYear：2019
Artist：Cheng, Chien-Chang
WorkSize：116cm x 91cm
WorkType：Canvas
WorkYear：2019
Artist：Cheng, Chien-Chang
WorkSize：53cm x 41cm
WorkType：Canvas
WorkYear：2019
Artist：Cheng, Chien-Chang
WorkSize：325cm x 906cm
WorkType：Canvas
WorkYear：2018-2019
Artist：Cheng, Chien-Chang
WorkSize：194cm x 130cm
WorkType：Canvas
WorkYear：2018
Breaking Through
Artist：Cheng, Chien-Chang
WorkSize：50cm x 50cm
WorkType：Paper
WorkYear：2018
Towering in Clouds
Artist：Cheng, Chien-Chang
WorkSize：50cm x 50cm
WorkType：Paper
WorkYear：2018
Beyond the Mountaintop
Artist：Cheng, Chien-Chang
WorkSize：50cm x 50cm
WorkType：Paper
WorkYear：2018
Guiding Life
Artist：Cheng, Chien-Chang
WorkSize：50cm x 50cm
WorkType：Paper
WorkYear：2018
靈光1 - 一點靈
Artist：Cheng, Chien-Chang
WorkSize：50cm x 50cm
WorkType：Canvas
WorkYear：2017
靈光3 -新綠
Artist：Cheng, Chien-Chang
WorkSize：50cm x 50cm
WorkType：Canvas
WorkYear：2017
靈光6 -如此
Artist：Cheng, Chien-Chang
WorkSize：50cm x 50cm
WorkType：Canvas
WorkYear：2017
指點
Artist：Cheng, Chien-Chang
WorkSize：194cm x 130cm
WorkType：Canvas
WorkYear：2017
出莢
Artist：Cheng, Chien-Chang
WorkSize：116cm x 91cm
WorkType：Canvas
WorkYear：2017
傳遞
Artist：Cheng, Chien-Chang
WorkSize：162cm x 130cm
WorkType：Canvas
WorkYear：2017
兄弟
Artist：Cheng, Chien-Chang
WorkSize：97cm x 130cm
WorkType：Canvas
WorkYear：2017
靈光2 - 經過
Artist：Cheng, Chien-Chang
WorkSize：50cm x 50cm
WorkType：Canvas
WorkYear：2017
靈光4 - 紅花樹
Artist：Cheng, Chien-Chang
WorkSize：50cm x 50cm
WorkType：Canvas
WorkYear：2017
靈光5 - 相應
Artist：Cheng, Chien-Chang
WorkSize：50cm x 50cm
WorkType：Canvas
WorkYear：2017
靈光7 - 自在
Artist：Cheng, Chien-Chang
WorkSize：50cm x 50cm
WorkType：Canvas
WorkYear：2017
靈光8 – 就在這裡
Artist：Cheng, Chien-Chang
WorkSize：50cm x 50cm
WorkType：Canvas
WorkYear：2017
靈光9 - 初黃
Artist：Cheng, Chien-Chang
WorkSize：50cm x 50cm
WorkType：Canvas
WorkYear：2017
靈光10 - 關注
Artist：Cheng, Chien-Chang
WorkSize：50cm x 50cm
WorkType：Canvas
WorkYear：2017
道
Artist：Cheng, Chien-Chang
WorkSize：227cm x 546cm
WorkType：Canvas
WorkYear：2016
豐收
Artist：Cheng, Chien-Chang
WorkSize：390cm x 194cm
WorkType：Canvas
WorkYear：2016
希望
Artist：Cheng, Chien-Chang
WorkSize：390cm x 194cm
WorkType：Canvas
WorkYear：2016
地母
Artist：Cheng, Chien-Chang
WorkSize：73cm x 61cm
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WorkYear：2015
行走生機
Artist：Cheng, Chien-Chang
WorkSize：73cm x 61cm
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WorkYear：2015
觀
Artist：Cheng, Chien-Chang
WorkSize：61cm x 73cm
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WorkYear：2015
前進與背後的生機
Artist：Cheng, Chien-Chang
WorkSize：194cm x 130cm
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WorkYear：2015
Artist：Cheng, Chien-Chang
WorkSize：46cm x 38cm
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WorkYear：2015
應
Artist：Cheng, Chien-Chang
WorkSize：41cm x 32cm
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WorkYear：2015
Artist：Cheng, Chien-Chang
WorkSize：120cm x 162cm
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WorkYear：2014
Artist：Cheng, Chien-Chang
WorkSize：130cm x 194cm
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WorkYear：2014
Artist：Cheng, Chien-Chang
WorkSize：194cm x 130cm
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WorkYear：2014
Artist：Cheng, Chien-Chang
WorkSize：194cm x 259cm
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WorkYear：2014
生機
Artist：Cheng, Chien-Chang
WorkSize：73cm x 61cm
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WorkYear：2014
行雲
Artist：Cheng, Chien-Chang
WorkSize：91cm x 73cm
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WorkYear：2014
Artist：Cheng, Chien-Chang
WorkSize：46cm x 38cm
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WorkYear：2014
Artist：Cheng, Chien-Chang
WorkSize：53cm x 65cm
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WorkYear：2014
Artist：Cheng, Chien-Chang
WorkSize：35cm x 27cm
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WorkYear：2014
雲端追追追
Artist：Cheng, Chien-Chang
WorkSize：72cm x 60cm
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WorkYear：2014
Artist：Cheng, Chien-Chang
WorkSize：130cm x 194cm
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WorkYear：2013
奮起
Artist：Cheng, Chien-Chang
WorkSize：91cm x 72cm
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WorkYear：2013
如去如來
Artist：Cheng, Chien-Chang
WorkSize：162cm x 130cm
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WorkYear：2012
首足
Artist：Cheng, Chien-Chang
WorkSize：91cm x 72cm
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WorkYear：2012
幻樹
Artist：Cheng, Chien-Chang
WorkSize：41cm x 32cm
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WorkYear：2010
Artist：Cheng, Chien-Chang
WorkSize：38cm x 46cm
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WorkYear：2010
聽說
Artist：Cheng, Chien-Chang
WorkSize：41cm x 32cm
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WorkYear：2010
循環的傳說
Artist：Cheng, Chien-Chang
WorkSize：162cm x 130cm
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WorkYear：2010
Artist：Cheng, Chien-Chang
WorkSize：162cm x 240cm
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WorkYear：2009
Artist：Cheng, Chien-Chang
WorkSize：91cm x 73cm
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WorkYear：2009
Artist：Cheng, Chien-Chang
WorkSize：259cm x 194cm
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WorkYear：2009
Artist：Cheng, Chien-Chang
WorkSize：259cm x 194cm
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WorkYear：2009
Artist：Cheng, Chien-Chang
WorkSize：91cm x 73cm
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WorkYear：2009
Artist：Cheng, Chien-Chang
WorkSize：46cm x 38cm
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WorkYear：2009
Artist：Cheng, Chien-Chang
WorkSize：46cm x 38cm
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WorkYear：2009
新生
Artist：Cheng, Chien-Chang
WorkSize：100cm x 80cm
WorkType：Acrylic
WorkYear：2009
大塊.印記.吸引力
Artist：Cheng, Chien-Chang
WorkSize：162cm x 120cm
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WorkYear：2008
大塊之子的誕生
Artist：Cheng, Chien-Chang
WorkSize：162cm x 120cm
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WorkYear：2008
Artist：Cheng, Chien-Chang
WorkSize：162cm x 120cm
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WorkYear：2008
跳耀的生命-番薯落土根不會爛
Artist：Cheng, Chien-Chang
WorkSize：162cm x 260cm
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WorkYear：2008
Artist：Cheng, Chien-Chang
WorkSize：162cm x 120cm
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WorkYear：2007
與大塊老師對話
Artist：Cheng, Chien-Chang
WorkSize：162cm x 130cm
WorkType：Acrylic
WorkYear：2007
島嶼印記
Artist：Cheng, Chien-Chang
WorkSize：194cm x 259cm
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WorkYear：2006
當我經過站起來的土地 看見舞動的神木
Artist：Cheng, Chien-Chang
WorkSize：162cm x 120cm
WorkType：Canvas
WorkYear：2006
Artist：Cheng, Chien-Chang
WorkSize：162cm x 120cm
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WorkYear：2005
在其中
Artist：Cheng, Chien-Chang
WorkSize：91cm x 72cm
WorkType：Acrylic
WorkYear：2002
地圖板塊運動
Artist：Cheng, Chien-Chang
WorkSize：162cm x 259cm
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WorkYear：1999
佑
Artist：Cheng, Chien-Chang
WorkSize：72cm x 60cm
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WorkYear：1998
望
Artist：Cheng, Chien-Chang
WorkSize：53cm x 65cm
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WorkYear：1998
挪移
Artist：Cheng, Chien-Chang
WorkSize：130cm x 97cm
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WorkYear：1997
最後的反撲
Artist：Cheng, Chien-Chang
WorkSize：162cm x 120cm
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WorkYear：1997
靠岸
Artist：Cheng, Chien-Chang
WorkSize：100cm x 80cm
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WorkYear：1996
推
Artist：Cheng, Chien-Chang
WorkSize：72cm x 60cm
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WorkYear：1996
守護者
Artist：Cheng, Chien-Chang
WorkSize：51cm x 76cm
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WorkYear：1995
挖
Artist：Cheng, Chien-Chang
WorkSize：100cm x 80cm
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WorkYear：1995
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Cheng, Chien-Chang
Mountain•Sea•Daiyuan: Chien-chang Cheng’s View of the History of Taiwan
by Chong-ray Hsiao
Abstract
‘Land’ as the focus of Chien-chang Cheng’s work refers not only to the land that shelters life, but also to Earth God and Earth Goddess that guard the land in the Hoklo culture. Cheng’s concern for the land is at once environmental, historical and humanist. It is a social and political commentary, but one always framed by succinct, calm, and contained expressions. His paintings represent his character, which is resolute and persevering, but never hyperbolic and vociferous.
In Cheng’s works, ‘humans’, ‘land’, ‘God’, and ‘history’ are interwoven with each other, which suggests the interconnected cycles of cosmic order. Therefore, sometimes human faces are inscribed on the land of the island, and sometimes deities crouch like mountains. Humans move and work in Nature. Ephemeral and miserable as insects as they sometimes are, life is like an undying tree, of which the old boughs, bent to the ground to give way to new branches, are turned into spring soil that gives life to blossoms. Life and death alternate in cycles, pushing forward the wheel of history. In Cheng’s works, we witness a brave new world which cherishes the land, embraces the living people, forgives history, and looks forward to future.
Land in Cheng’s paintings has a soul that protects the soil, guards humans, and guarantees the perfect fruition of things. His concern for the land and inquiry into life evolved from a city resident’s reflections on civilization to an individual’s exploration of the land and history. He read historical writings on and novels of the early Taiwanese immigrants extensively to learn their toil in venturing into the woods and reclaiming the mountains, and their sufferings in times of despotism and exploitation. His understanding of and sympathy for them gave rise to a unique style that is warm and humorous, sad but not bitter, rebellious but not exacting, and a mind that is affectionate, pondering, tranquil, and affecting.
Chien-chang Cheng’s combination of folk legends and metaphors is also infused with the mystic aspect of animism and the concept of reincarnation, despite the fact that he is a devout Christian. His Christian faith, concern for land justice, and insistence on the right to self-determination may be misunderstood as political paranoia, but they are in fact a genuine expression of ‘faith, hope, and love’. In a significant way, Cheng’s works are one of the most concrete embodiments of the divine concerns.
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