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About the artwork
The trails of watercolour form an amorphous mass upon the surface of the paper, mimicking the effect of a heavy downpour on one's vision. However, one is still able to make out the rough forms of Deng Cheng Wen's signature figures - who trudge onwards with hands concealing each of the eyes of the people before them. Placed in the context of a thunderstorm, their situation is all the more pitiful and the lack of direction is made more apparent. One wonders about the future of this lost generation of Chinese youth, who are trapped within the confinements of societal expectations and follow along for fear of judgment and critique.
About the artist
In 1981, Deng Cheng Wen was born in Guangdong Province, China. He graduated from Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts in 2006 and his works have been exhibited worldwide in places such as Hong Kong, Beijing and Miami. Deng Cheng Wen's "Blind Walking" series captures the collective ambition, ignorance and emotional flurry within the young Chinese of his generation. His works adopt a concept-based approach in order to seek a depth and complexity, at a level that causes some of its viewers to recognize personal truths while standing before the art.
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