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作品賞析

Artist Lu Hao-Yuan’s creations range from his early portraits to his still life paintings of flowers, plants, and ceramic figurines in recent years—all ideas deriving from daily life, but behind the seemingly realistic depictions, they convey abstract emotions and concepts. His work You centers on a pair of ceramic dogs that he collected, and before the pink background one can see plants and butterflies painted in the decorative style one finds on many classical Eastern ceramic wares. The cute dog figurines are surrounded by soft halos. Lu Hao-Yuan outlines the figures with fine lines and does not put emphasis on expressing their texture; the background also cuts off their connection with the broader environment. Thus, the figures become iconic symbols with multiple meanings, expressing the feeling of the artist who created the metaphorical space beyond the appearance of reality.