It is hard to remember at this distance how much opposition to modern art there was in Taiwan twenty-five years ago. The Taiwan Provincial Art Association had been formed during the Japanese occupation, as had a second school, called the Taiyang school.
當時這兩個畫會的成員，都是二十多歲的年輕人，他們懷著滿腔熱忱，在艱困的創作環境中結合彼此的力量，為理想而奮鬥。