ZHONG CHENG

Provenance：

Illustrated：＂The Images of the Mind : Chihung Yang’s Painting＂, National Museum of History, Page144

Exhibition：

Exposition：

One of the artists from the 80s, Yang Shih Hong trespasses between the Ancient Oriental memory and Western Modernism. He has analyzed his dynamic life experiences into various image elements; he has blended symbolic concrete objects with symbols; incorporated the flowers, plants and natural imagery in Chinese traditional literati painting with the western colors and emotions. This artwork from the New Expressionism era represents layering meanings, and it is filled with implications and apposition presentation. However, the artist’s ultimate focus is still surrounded around “people”.
In “After Eruption”, the unstoppable lava rushes out from the colors, blends in with the red sky and becomes a burning river streaming down. It surrounds sculptures, skeletons and shells; surprisingly, a streak of crystal blue appears at the end of the vines. The artist utilized the strong contrast between red and white; yellow and black to create a dramatic and mysterious painting which brings out the lively image after eruption. However, the streak of bright blue implies an unyielding will of life.