Project Description:
The painting shows a large, dark machine-like structure with twelve oversized, childlike orange figures. Rough brushstrokes and dripping black paint add a feeling of mess and instability, while a swinging crane cable increases the sense of chaos. The figures play, climb, and damage the machinery, unaware of its shaky state. The painting feels like an out-of-control industrial playground.
About author
Zhu Zhiwei is an artist known for his surreal exploration of industrial landscapes and human emotion. Graduating from the Sichuan Fine Arts Institute with a Master's in Oil Painting, his work combines monumental industrial structures with childlike human figures to reflect the contradictions of modern development. Zhu's art captures the impact of industrialization on human life, blending nostalgia, unease, and social commentary. His paintings invite reflection on the rapid urban transformation and the fragile nature of individual existence within an expanding, mechanical world.