Ephemeraly, by Zeng Fanzhi (2019 -23)
Technique: oil on canvas / Measures: 480 x 480 cm
This oil painting by Zeng Fanzhi, an artist born in China (1964), simultaneously combines the practices of the impressionists and the pointillists. In fact, the image we present today is only revealed from afar. When we get closer it dissolves to finally disappear in the materiality of the painting. As a consequence, the need for close observation, accepted by the room facilitators, allows us a certain intimacy with it. Right there, the artist's freedom is revealed in some brush strokes, as well as his handling of the formula - layer upon layer - on this canvas measuring almost five by five meters.
Zeng's deep study of color theory, as the poster tells us, allows him a tonal variety that gives rise to an intertwined color scheme, which he uses in the image. This example of the interrelation between abstraction and realism is clarified from a distance, since it is there where a series of “vanitas” appear that reminds us of the transience of life.
Ephemeraly was installed in the majestic space of the historic Scuola Grande della Misericordia as a satellite event of the last Venice Biennale. This 16th century building was diffusely illuminated, with the intention of provoking a dialogue between darkness and light to accentuate the historical context (corresponding to the natural light of past centuries).
Zeng's deep study of color theory, as the poster tells us, allows him a tonal variety that gives rise to an intertwined color scheme, which he uses in the image. This example of the interrelation between abstraction and realism is clarified from a distance, since it is there where a series of “vanitas” appear that reminds us of the transience of life.
Ephemeraly was installed in the majestic space of the historic Scuola Grande della Misericordia as a satellite event of the last Venice Biennale. This 16th century building was diffusely illuminated, with the intention of provoking a dialogue between darkness and light to accentuate the historical context (corresponding to the natural light of past centuries).
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