Alienation 1992

Wu Guanzhong made this piece, Alienation, with ink and colour on paper, and I'm immediately drawn to the stark contrast between the sweeping blacks and the playful dots of colour. It's like a visual push and pull, a dance between order and chaos. The bold strokes, so full of confidence, they remind me that art making is a process, a journey of discovery. It’s all about the gesture and the physical act of painting. You can almost feel the artist's hand moving across the paper, laying down these marks with intention and feeling. And then, these little pops of colour, nestled in the white space, almost like confetti. Look at those thin grey bars too. It’s a reminder that even in moments of darkness, there's always room for joy, for surprise, for something unexpected. I'm reminded of Franz Kline, but where Kline is all about brute force, Wu Guanzhong brings a sense of delicacy and balance. Art is a constant conversation, an exchange of ideas across time, and this piece is a beautiful example of that. There’s no right or wrong way to see it. Embrace the ambiguity, let it spark something within you.