Medium: Painting
About the artist: Classified as a contemporary Chinese symbolist and surrealist painter. Best known for his Bloodline series of paintings, which are often monochromatic, stylized portraits of Chinese people, usually with large, dark-pupiled eyes, posed in a stiff manner deliberately reminiscent of family portraits from the 1950s and 60s.
above: on show in Art Gallery of NSW (2006)
above:A Big Family ,1995Oil on canvas
179 x 229 cm
The artist is using a more classic art medium-oil paiting. But what i see as valuable in his works is the emotions expressed, which is subtle but at the same time very impactive. He has his consistent style: monochromatic tones, the 'bloodline' (the stains), large dark pupiled eyes on the characters. Not being the artist himself, it can be hard for the viewers to tell what specific emotions he was implying. However, both the visual and emotional impact are quite strong.
WHAT INSPIRATION?
a quite direct appropriation from the artist
the blood stain and tears can come out by animation, so the image gradually changes, the emotions become stronger...
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