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Facial armor that is no longer removable

190 x 210 cm5800 $

This painting was created in 2022. This year, the painting style changed sharply, from the usual low and harmonious gray colors to conflicting bright colors. At the same time, it raised a big question mark about life.

This is the afterimage of the pandemic era. In 2022, the COVID-19 pandemic has not yet been completely resolved, and this mask is still firmly welded to everyone's face. Everyone is clearly tired. On the night of the return train, the woman sitting opposite me curled up and slept on her side, in a familiar defensive posture.

Overall Size: /
Size without the frame: 190cm x 210cm
Country: China
Date: 2022
Materials: Acrylic paint on linen
Condition: well preserved

Creative themes and style | My works revolve around the creative concept of "The land of humanity, People on the land". The people in the painting are people in nature, and the lines, shapes, and colors are close to nature. The nature in the painting is nature in the eyes of humans, existing in interaction with humans.I don’t pursue a series of works with a fixed and continuous style. I hope that the style of the pictures will synchronize with the changes in my life and always remain oscillating. The performance of the work must be in sync with the development of one's own life in order to be Sincere and powerful. Ideas are later.

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Reference view

This painting crafts a distinctive narrative through powerful visual impact. In the artwork, a figure curls up against a backdrop of fervently interwoven red and black, with the face armor emerging as a spiritual symbol. Composition - wise, the tilted square canvas defies convention; the figure seems to float within an emotional realm, as if balancing between breaking free and holding fast, like a wordless soul - stirring gamely struggle.

Color serves as an emotional catalyst. The large - scale clash of red and black — red surges like boiling life force, black looms as a profound inner metaphor. The gray of the figure’s clothing and the blue of the shoes act as calm counterpoints, tempering the intensity. The painting style fuses the emotional outpouring of Expressionism with the symbolic messaging of Symbolism. Bold brushstrokes resemble scratches of emotion, externalizing inner turbulence into visual forms, as if unfurling the soul’s creases across the canvas.

The emotional expression is complex yet potent. The face armor “no longer being removed” signals a reinvention of self - protection — not an escape, but an embrace of vulnerability, coexisting with roiling emotions. The curled figure isn’t meek; instead, it nurtures the courage to face reality within the folds, like a seed gathering might to pierce the soil in the dead of night.

For comparable artists, Anselm Kiefer comes to mind. He excels at probing spiritual depths via thick textures and intense hues. This painting, too, uses vivid colors and symbolic imagery to pursue reconciliation between the individual and their emotions. It lets viewers see: when the “face armor” ceases to be a defensive shell and becomes a vessel for growth, emotions once seen as nuisances morph into red earth that nourishes life. It fosters the resilience to stand firm in life’s wrinkles and dance with chaos, inspiring people to embrace inner complexity with fresh eyes. Amid seemingly raging emotions, one can find their own balance and strength, turning “no longer removing (the face armor)” into a launchpad toward authenticity, not a prison of stagnation.

The makeup of desire 15

The figure in the painting presents a surreal visual effect through line deconstruction and color blending. The long hair is rendered with gradient colors such as pink and purple, like a flowing ribbon of emotions, twining around the head contour, demonstrating the richness of color layers.

60 x 60 cm1200 $