WANG ZHI WU 王志武
1984 | China
Wang Zhi Wu is well-known by personifying animals in his paintings. Animals in Wang’s paintings have cartoon-liked shapes. Their images mix with different animals’ appearances. Every protagonist in his paintings is mostly from his imagination.
For Wang, illustrating the actual outlooks of animals is not the main theme in his paintings. Those animals represent freedom, innocence or simple life. Cartoon style creates an imaginary phenomenon to look back on the genuine happiness that we have had in our childhood. He attempts to express spirits beyond reality to capture life in its purest form without giving into exaggeration or excessiveness. His works of art encourages people to start their own journey of optimism and self-discovery.
王志武以人物化的动物形象而闻名。每只动物都像卡通。动物们有着混合的形象,主要来自王志武的想像力。
对王志武来说,描绘动物的实际外型并不是他绘画的主题。那些动物代表着自由,天真或简单生活的象征。卡通风格创造了一个天马行空的想像氛围,回顾我们童年时期最单纯的快乐。他试图表现出超越现实的精神,以最纯粹的形式捕捉生活,而不会夸大或过度。他的艺术作品希望能鼓励观众展开乐观而自我探索的旅程。