冰雪压不跨 2016

王新福’s painting, 冰雪压不跨, is made with strokes so gestural, that you can almost feel the energy of the artist as they laid down each mark. The colors are muted: greys, whites, greens, and browns, but the texture is so thick, so built up, that the surface becomes a landscape in itself. I imagine Wang, standing before the canvas, wrestling with the paint, trying to capture something elusive. Maybe they were thinking about resilience, about nature's ability to withstand hardship. There’s one stroke, a thick, diagonal smear of white, cutting across the center, that feels like a defiant gesture. It reminds me of Guston, how he used those rough, almost clumsy marks to convey deep emotion. I can feel the weight of the paint, the physical effort involved in creating this image. It is a conversation between artists, each pushing the boundaries of what painting can be. It’s not about perfect representation, but about embracing the messy, unpredictable nature of the medium. In a way, painting becomes a form of embodied expression, a way of working through uncertainty and ambiguity.