Zhou Yan Contemporary Chinese Art Archive 周彦当代中国艺术档案
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Date
1995
Format
Photograph
Materials
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
65 x 80.5 cm
Description
This painting series depicts a solo child-figure in a state of leisure and self-entertainment. The inclusion of a chair in each portrait enriches the setting and the figure's activity for us. Capturing the children in relaxed, self-sufficient poses, GUO Jin is lamenting the lost naïveté of adults by portraying an innocent contrary of a child. The muted background of the portraits may be GUO Jin's intention to separate the innocent, idealistic children from the chaotic reality, but to leave them in a secluded -- unattainable -- bubble of ideal. (Schoeni art gallery, 郭晋 (Guo Jin), available on https://www.schoeniartgallery.com/artists/56-guo-jin/overview/) (Jerry Wu'23).
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