莊喆的第三條路：從中國現代畫到現代中國畫

Abstract

Instability from traveling is said to cause possible dramatic transformation of an individual's personality which would drift from normal to an unknown self. People in a foreign land are eager to seek the third culture belonging to their inner self. For those Chinese artists of modem arts who have achieved success in foreign land, they have all displayed unique personal styles plus they have all inadvertently incorporated eastern elements of different degree in their works. In Chuang Che's case, his works are related to the New Chinese landscape painting or more commonly known as the New Chinese painting. It was his intention to incorporate brushwork of Chinese painting in creation process of western painting as an effort to introduce a unique style by merging east and west. In the past, he emphasized the idea of "Modem Painting of China". 40 years later, the only difference is that the place he works and lives is changed, now not in China. Nonetheless, his thoughts have even more desire to embrace China, if he was fighting for "Modem Painting of China", it feels more like "Modem Chinese Painting" today.