苍劲翠绿 2017

Curator: Take a moment to admire “Lush Green" by Wang Xinfu, painted in 2017. It's an acrylic matter painting, quite large. Editor: Wow, a first impression? Chaotic yet serene. Like being utterly lost but somehow… peaceful in a very deep forest. Curator: I find that intriguing. There’s an intense layering of colours – greens, browns, and glimpses of sky – almost like visual noise, which resolves itself the longer you gaze into it. Are you seeing the abstract expressionism reflected in these patterns, too? Editor: Absolutely! This ordered chaos resonates so strongly, like primeval memories embedded in the forest itself, calling to mind ancient forests of the collective consciousness where literal details become far less important than the evocation of emotional atmospheres. The palette contributes to my understanding that nature becomes something lived, even relived within this creative representation. It gives rise to the feeling of being within nature versus looking at it, just as expressionist art often demands. Curator: The artist's chosen material contributes massively to the immersive feeling of “Lush Green.” The application is almost sculptural – peaks and valleys of colour giving a haptic texture to foliage and trunks, creating, like you mention, that invitation to physically delve. What kind of iconography jumps out at you in this kind of abstract landscape? Editor: Here, nature's inherent symbol for renewal jumps right off the canvas, as one considers the painting’s colour scheme, particularly that of lush and abundant greenery, indicating the perpetual cycle and the cyclical quality, with nature forever poised in dynamic, neverending transformation. Also, that textured, multi-layered paint application reads as time itself in strata, where individual experience becomes entangled, like tree limbs within the greater living canopy of the universe. It evokes the concept that our consciousness is deeply entangled with something larger than us – like these ancient wooded systems. Curator: What an image; the artist, layering personal expression into the vast narrative of the world’s natural environment. Editor: This reminds us of nature's inherent capability of capturing life's many dynamic rhythms, not only as a record, but in practice! A timeless subject, so very intimately evoked.