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Dynasty (1368-1644) depictions have been up of multiple repeated
extremely simplistic, with the figure sitting multicoloured blocks, with the
cross-legged, a smile on her face and a dynamism of form and colour
roly-poly figure, as an auspicious symbol vividly portrayed, speaking
welcoming good fortunate and luck. In the to the bold and unrestrained
West, Fernando Botero has taken such character of the woman. The
chubby rounded voluminous figures to the floral pattern also creates an
extreme. Indeed, his 1998 classic Picnic intriguing contrast with her
shares many features in common with Ah square-shaped red toenails
Fu, a Foreigner. It has a Western woman sat which are reminiscent of the
in the middle of the scene, her round chubby coloured dots Wu Guanzhong
arms resting on her legs, imbuing life with u s e s i n h i s a b s t r a c t
greater imagination. It is in this fulsome compositions. For example,
body that Wu identifies an intersection point the abstract coloured-dots in юڿʕίɽߵ௹ي᎜˜юڿʕjɓࡈɚɤ˰ߏٙʕ਷೥࢕™࢝ᚎତఙd੽
between Eastern and Western aesthetics. Faces Unchanged (2001) are 1993 ϋ 3 ˜࢝̈Ց 5 ˜dவ݊ɽߵ௹ي᎜࠯ϣމί˰ᖵஔ࢕ᑘ፬ࡈ࢝
In other words, in terms of vocabulary Wu comparable to the colours
Guanzhong’s Ah Fu, a Foreigner breaks down of the woman’s swimming costume in Ah Fu and perfectly combine Western abstract
cultural barriers, making it a truly universal art concepts. In terms of aesthetic feel, the coloured dots on the fabric are fun and
and timeless artistic crystallization. colourful, drawing viewers into the passionate and colourful island scene on a beach
Graceful Bearing, Comfortable in Her in Bali. The two dashes of thin and distant pastel colours in the sky are painted in the
Own Skin same direction, like pink clouds as the sun sets that have floated into place to poetically
adorn the boundless and otherwise cloudless sky.
The background in Ah Fu, a Foreigner is
made up of three proportionally balanced As Wu Guanzhong once observed: “In artistic creation aesthetic ‘preconceptions’ are
strips of grey, blue and white, symbolizing, invariably the mother of unique style. Preconceptions come about because certain things
the sky, ocean and beach that bring to mind are favored, and things are favored because one discovers features no one else has
the silent coloured blocks overflowing with found. There are beautiful and ugly fat people just as there are thin people. An individual
strength by American abstract painting might be neither fat nor thin but just right, but that does not necessarily make them
master Mark Rothko, the simple painting beautiful. Beauty it turns out is a little perverse.” Indeed, it was Wu’s unique preference
language highlighting the self-amusement that led him to paint Ah Fu, a Foreigner. This work brims with the self-adaptation and
aspect of the work. Moreover, the details of joy of an artist scaling new heights after the age of 70. If we look again at the graceful
the piece are also geometrically abstract; bearing presented in the painting, it is perhaps part challenging perceived standards,
The floral pattern on the full body swimming part romantic. Other than the unique nature of the work, it is also a testament to the
costume worn by the woman is made artist’s life of stubborn preferences.

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