Joyful Encounter with the Treasure

作品賞析

The work Joyful Encounter with Treasure was created in the festive atmosphere of the Lunar New Year, and it conveys the blessings of the New Year. The God of Wealth, winking and sticking out his tongue, looks very happy. Artist Tsai Yi-Ju originally specialized in ink painting and calligraphy. It was only after he became a full-time artist that he began to experiment with acrylics, oil painting, and other media. He began to combine Eastern and Western painting elements in his works, attempting to give traditional images a modern feel. There are traces of splashed ink, just as there are splashes and drips of paint around this painting, and the combination of the God of Wealth’s image with the pop style is a manifestation of the artist’s integration of modern Western techniques. The painting also incorporates a popular emoticon in social media, as well as an enlarged hand holding a gold ingot, which not only makes the God of Wealth look humorous, but also breaks the boundaries between ancient and modern, real and virtual. Meanwhile, it also conveys the artist’s persistence and Eastern aesthetic temperament.