Artist: Lei Cheng (陈蕾)

Probe IV

【探微】之四

Digital Print

42 x 42 cm
Edition of 125
2015
Certificate signed by the artist

At first glance, this image is a typical traditional Chinese free-hand-style painting. However, upon closer inspection, you can spot the differences against a traditional Chinese painting. The landscape is not realistic but surrealistic: the mountains grow in flowerpots and the flying paper cranes bear newspaper lines. The artist is trying to create a magical space that is inclined to be austere and flat but invites viewers’ imaginations. The images not only have its roots in traditional Chinese aesthetics but also interact with the complex consciousness and subconsciousness in the contemporary social environment.

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乍一看，你会感觉这是一幅传统的中国写意绘画。但是，仔细观察后你会发现，它并不是传统意义上的“中国画”。它并非写实，而是超现实的：花盆中长出的大山，飞翔的纸鹤以及英文报纸的铅字印刷纹样……艺术家试图创造一个奇幻的空间，朴素平面却渗透着观者的想象。画面的图像不仅植根于中国传统的美学趣味，而且蕴育着现代性与超现实艺术的特性——情结意识与潜意识。