This abstract painting features a striking visual composition with vibrant colors and bold, distorted figures. The canvas is dominated by shades of pink, purple, and black, with geometric shapes and silhouettes creating a dreamlike, surreal atmosphere. The prominent figures appear to be stylized human forms, conveying a sense of emotional tension and psychological complexity. The artist's distinctive expressionistic technique, characterized by thick brushstrokes and a fragmented, almost cubist-inspired style, imbues the work with a strong sense of energy and dynamic movement. This piece likely reflects the artist's personal interpretation of the human experience, expressing universal themes of identity, relationships, and the subconscious through a bold, unconventional visual language. ...
Delineated contours, a subconscious blur of decipherable imagery and extraneous elements, a wistful expressive tide between the figurative and the abstract; Zheng Zhou (b. 1969, China) is a painter of instinct, conveying onto canvas observations from the world, as ad hoc as they may be. His strokes, furtive yet decisive, depict an urgency – to grasp, to depict, to capture that mesmeric multitude of the cosmos, the ‘phenomena’ we, or more precisely he, is a witness to. Referencing ‘I Ching’ (“The Book of Changes”), Zheng channels the astronomical, remarking the myriad of components that make up our universe, mimicking its duplicity through his subject range, hues and techniques. ...
