Shenmu on the Lotus

作品賞析

WANG Yu-Sung uses artistic creation to convey inner emotions and sensations. Shenmu on the Lotus is a one-colored composition created using a blend of pigment prepared using fine, charcoal powder. The artwork shows a uniquely formed divine tree nestled within a giant lotus leaf. The lotus leaf symbolizes a time when civilization first appeared, while the divine tree serves as an analogy of natural growth and slow passage of time and beauty. The divine tree also appears like an umbrella or a sail of a ship, while the lotus appears like an island alone in the middle of the sea. There is one such lotus and divine tree as well as a desire for freedom and for exploring the world in everyone’s heart. WANG Yu-Sung uses artistic creation to peek into everyone’s mind and convey experiences and stories that can neither be recorded nor expressed with words.