Smartphone Hooked 手机社会 (2023) Pintura por Chunlei Zhang

《手机社会》——之卢浮宫
——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