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Smartphone Hooked 手机社会 (2023) Painting by Chunlei Zhang
Sold by Chunlei Zhang
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Original Artwork (One Of A Kind)
Painting,
Oil
/
Acrylic
on Linen Canvas
- Dimensions Height 59.1in, Width 59.1in
- Artwork's condition The artwork is in perfect condition
- Framing This artwork is not framed
- Categories Paintings from $20,000
——the Louvre
油画/丙烯·油画布
Oil/Acrylic on Canvas
150cm x150 cm
19年我参观了卢浮宫，在《蒙娜丽莎》前拍了照，因为观看人流量大，所以排队观看限时限量，大家都把拍照录像作为首要……以至于回来后，在卢浮宫留下印象最深的就是拍照了……
生活中也是离不开手机了，有时手机不在，就心神不定、寝食难安了！美术馆（卢浮宫）本来应该是面对面用心体会大师作品的好地方，但现代人往往是拍照录像先行，总觉得回去也能看，忽略了直观面对，那种不可替代的体会，人与人之间的交流也被手机微信、WhatsApp、电邮替代了，于是，我们变得越来越怕面对面交流，甚至是不知道如何沟通了……
此画的构思就是出自于这里，夸张地演义了在卢浮宫蒙娜丽莎画像前，拍照视频的这一场景。（作品右侧大家举手拍摄的前方就是《蒙娜丽莎》画像）
—The Louvre Museum
When I visited the Louvre Museum in 2019, I captured the "Mona Lisa," art piece with my lens. The queues were packed with Museumgoers.
Regardless, the crowds were engrossed with their mobile phones, some were taking short clips, videos, while others were taking selfies near the artefacts. It seems taking pictures has become the key priority of their visit. Instead of observing the paintings surrounded in the museum, the closeness to connect with the paintings seems to be missing.
Life has changed, and we are inseparable from our mobile devices. Undeniably, the extensive usage of the mobile phone, leads to possible health issues such as restless, sleep deprived and eating disorders! Museum (the Louvre) and Art Galleries are supposedly the places to connect with masterpieces through direct, face-to-face experiences.
On the contrary, moderners tend to capture pictures through their lens, ignoring the irreplaceable experience of face-to-face, and interpersonal communication.
Technology advancement may close the gaps between people through mediums such as WeChat, WhatsApp, and E-mails, yet we refrain interacting through eye-contact, face-to-face, or even are we becoming ignorant of how to communicate?
The painting was conceived from here, in an exaggerated rendition of the scene in front of the portrait of the Mona Lisa at the Louvre Museum. While, on the right hand side of the work, everyone raises their hands and shoots the picture in front of them yet they have not observed other characters surrounded in their presence
Born in Shanghai in 1969, Zhang Chunlei’s artistic career started at a young age when he was apprenticed to renowned Chinese painter, Master Jiang Fengbai. In 1992, he graduated from the Suzhou University School of Arts with a Professional Certificate in decoration design. He continued his artistic training in Japan in 1995. In 2003, Zhang obtained his MBA from the University of South Australia. He is currently living and working in Singapore and his art practice spans between Singapore and Shanghai, China.
Influenced by the Lao Zhuang Philosophy, which advocates artistic beauty and equilibrium, Zhang’s painting technique involves creating a series of tightly woven dots, lines and planes, weaving a purposeful formation with alternating colours. This concept of fusion of figurative and abstract elements results in a stunning work of art.
Zhang’s artworks have been acquired by private and corporate collectors such as UOB Singapore, Marriot Hotel (Beijing), Yucun Art Museum and Suzhou Daily (China), the Shangri-La Hotel, Legend Hotel, Times Square Hotel and Grand Margherita Hotel (Malaysia) and Far East Plaza and Meritus Mandarin Hotel in Singapore.
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Nationality:
SINGAPORE
- Date of birth : 1969
- Artistic domains:
- Groups: Singaporean Contemporary Artists
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