ILLUSTRATED:

La Mo 2006, Nature Create, Taipei, 2006, color illustrated, pp. 9-10

Liang Ping-cheng created a new woodcarving visual effect eschewing conventional Western woodcarving techniques. Instead he borrowed a vision and viewpoint more aligned to traditional Chinese painting. Born in Pingtung, Taiwan, in 1958, Liang Ping-cheng has always been deeply interested in nature, myths, and Taiwanese aboriginal culture with a special affection for mountains and forests. In 1983 when he was still a student in the Department of Art, Chinese Culture University, he won first prize in the Hsiung Shih New Artist Prize, which was rare for student at that time. After graduation, he pursued further study in New York University. On returning to Taiwan, he experimented with the evolution of the texture of Taiwanese aboriginal works especially from single to multiple textures. He also combined woodcarving with stainless steel sculpture, creating a diversification of media, which is recognized as a new concept of the new age.

"Triangular Fertile Land No.1", through destruction and reconstruction, introduces the idea of overturn and inversion, breaking through the constraints of the material and texture, and initiating a new perspective in modern sculpture. Liang explains his own creation concept as: "the fertile soil breeds the endless life of humanity; when prosperity perishes, as time passes by, in the visible material world, the artist explores, seeks, and creates, making his works surpass the constraint of time and leave a lasting memory in the heart of everybody."