In the works of Wang Chaogang, we can see refined and unusual landscapes: the Chinese garden, presented as totems in the shape of auspices cloud thanks to the lightness of the brush and the struggle of the wrist, is pierced by stripes of color. saturated and flat. This created an unexpected and distorted traditional Chinese garden, imbued with the mixture of culture of today, reflecting the current Chinese landscape; or else it is Manet's famous “Olympia” lying on a background of rock gardens, flowers and birds and on a bed of stiff stripes and masses of bright and vulgar colors signifying industrial culture. It is a camouflage carefully crafted by the painter that allows the observer to have a look at the tumultuous present and the landscape of his own heart. "Its metaphorical language, even obscure, left viewers with deep impressions."
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