Next Stop

作品賞析

LIU Chia-Wei is skilled in using figurative realism to illustrate a surreal inner or outer landscape. Next Stop is an attempt to focus on the relationship between people and the environment. The artwork shows familiar interiors of a subway train except that passengers were replaced with plants that sprawl across the floor as though nature has reclaimed the human world after an apocalypse. LIU Chia-Wei uses the detailed realism afforded by oil painting techniques to create a photo-realistic composition. The clean, brightly lit cabin is contrasted against the dense jungle undergrowth, creating a scene based on the future ruins of human civilization. The artist hopes to use this work to explore the conflicts between industrial development and environment protection, hint at the limitations and weaknesses of the human race and express his hopes and concerns for life on this planet.