It is well known that Zhou Sicong’s painting is pure, fresh and elegant. She expresses her thought implicitly yet forcefully. Furthermore, it shows her talent and temperament. Art is confession of her life. . The rational thinking gives her works profound meaning and the sincere emotions make her woks feels warm and approachable. Of all the contemporary Chinese painters, not many can incorporate reason and sensibility perfectly. Zhou Sicong's paintings are able to take viewers into her artistic world that she construct step by step.
Zhou Sicong has inherited this traditional in figure painting with excellent skills and great capability of modeling three-dimensional. She has great grounding in Chinese traditional painting and the ability to easily create form with line. The perfect mixture of these makes Zhou Sicong’s art inherits the strengths of east and west. She was experiencing a world full of pain and struggle, yet she was painting a world full of peace and isolation. She said, “I love tranquil nature, I see ordinary people.” Is the pure lotus reflecting her thoughts of life, society and art?
Her peaceful world is spiritually rich. In an atmosphere of peace and quiet, shows a hint of sadness. Zhou Sicong, who is thoughtful, sincere, obstinate and innocent, probably creates that world by repressing her feelings and physical pain. With the inner world so unbalanced, she created a world of peace and tranquil.
Professor of Department of History of Art in China Central Academy of Fine Art, Fine Arts Theoretician : Da-Zhen Shao |