Hua Yuan District in Tainan City

2000
Wu-Yung Hsu · at age 
80
Oil on canvas
72.5 x 91 cm
In 1920, Hsu was born in Hua Yuan District, Tainan City. His home is the second house from the right behind two trees on the right side of the painting. On the left, there’s the old library which is partially depicted. This building became a shopping center later called Yuan Dong Department Store. As the sun sets, the farmer is rushing home with the cow and wagon, a flock of birds fly away in the distant skies. The big ditch that once passed through Hsu’s family home is now transformed into big roads. Back in elementary school, Hsu once fell into the big ditch from fooling around and had to spend a month in recovery; this event made a deep impression on him. The orange toned home, peaceful and warm atmosphere, simple Tainan City, the old views of southern Taiwan, the old libraries, street trees, cow wagons, oranges, chickens… everything is gone and have fallen into the abyss of people’s memories.

台南市花園町

2000
許武勇.
80
油彩.畫布
72.5 x 91 cm
1920年許氏在這裡誕生,他的家就在畫面右方兩棵鳳凰樹後的二樓房屋。左方只有小部分的建築物是當時的圖書館,後來改為遠東百貨。夕陽餘暉中,農夫趕著牛車正要回家,天邊有一群歸雁。流經許家的大水溝,現在已經加蓋,變為道路,小學時他曾因玩耍而掉入大水溝裡,休養一個月,這件事一直令他記憶深刻。橘色調籠罩的老家,充滿溫馨和諧的氣氛,純樸的府城、台灣的南都的倩影,圖書館、街路樹、牛車、橋、雞隻 都已消失,逐漸殞落在人們的記憶深處。