This post continues the discussions from Professor Su's seminar on May 1, 2009. Professor Su 蘇振明 told us to pay attention to the details of the art work including its social-political background. If we do that, we will appreciate the value of the art work more.
Attached is the copy of the painting of Taiwanese first Western-style painter, Lee Shu-Chiaw 李石樵 (1908-1995). The name of the painting is 'Country Joy' 田園樂. If you look carefully the facial expression of each person, you probably will notice that no one was joyful in the painting except the baby getting the milk from his mother. Why is that? Lee completed the work in 1946 in Taiwan, one year before the 2-28 incidence. At that time, Taiwanese experienced greater economic distress under the new Chinese colonialism much worse than they had experienced during the World-War II.
You can enjoy Lee Shu-Chiaw's 李石樵 art work more from the attached website http://140.109.18.74/dacs5/System/Exhibition/Exhibition_Detail.jsp?exhibition_id=221.
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