They advocated art that reflected the times, and they were young and daring. Their works made brave points on politics, history, and ethnicity. Their air and their mission was of the engaged intellectual. These young artists rode society's raging tides to become today's leading contemporary Taiwanese artists.
他們主張藝術應反映時代，加上正值血氣方剛的年紀，作品也大膽批判政治、歷史、族群，頗有一種知識份子事事關心的情懷與使命，而這群當年畫壇青澀的新秀，經過社會狂潮的洗禮，如今都是當代藝術的代表性人物。