Guo Wei
For a long time, I have focused on the theme of human emotions. For one person to truly understand another is like two flying bullets meeting in midair. The probability is very low. I want to capture this alienation and present it through my own perspective.
Guo Wei via somogallery.com
In his work Guo Wei (1960, China) focuses on the personal development of the Chinese people – the isolation of the individual in and by the communist system being an especially important theme. Wei employs realistically painted youths and children as a metaphor for the transformation of Chinese society, to show the growing pains which accompany China's slow opening to the West. "People often ask me why I paint children.” Wei says, “For me, they are the models for my concept. The children are actually actors [...]. They are playing adults and children at the same time: they show both the good and the bad." The resulting, provocative paintings portray with originality the individual’s alienation from society.
