The artwork depicts a dramatic, chiaroscuro-style scene with a figure in a vibrant red cloak embracing another figure in the foreground. The use of contrasting warm and cool tones, along with the textured brushstrokes, creates a sense of movement and tension within the composition. The subject matter suggests a romantic or emotional narrative, though the specific context remains ambiguous. The artist's technique and approach evoke the style of Romantic or Expressionist painting, hinting at the emotional depth and personal significance behind the depicted scene. ...
A recent graduate from the Sichuan Academy of Fine Arts, Cui Xinming (b. 1986, lives in Chongqing) is a rising Chinese artist who creates expansive oil on canvas works that express, in an elaborate and vivid painterly style, the tumultuous thoughts and reflections of a younger Chinese generation that is living through a period of constant change. From Xinming’s early series ‘Black Hole of Memories’ to his most recent body of work ‘A Sleepwalker’s World’ and ‘Journey to the East’, Xinming addresses, in an evolving painterly style, how his peers and compatriots are casting into oblivion the past and its rich memories as an attempt to relentlessly attain a new stage of modernity. ...
