The main theme of these works is the colour 'blue', with the inspiration coming from the pandemic spreading worldwide since 2019.
COVID-19 has brought the world to a sudden halt. At a time when the virus was spreading globally, it has become the mirror through which humanity examines the very existence of life. It cruelly and efficiently has built a bridge between people and disease by passing on invisibly and quickly.The exhibition title: "This is not a blue world" reflects all the contradictory ideas that the "blue" on the canva sevokes. I use three components to illustrate this: the human visual field, eastern congratulatory sayings and landscape elements that can be found everywhere. On one hand, the works deal with the real world, the crisis and the pause caused by the virus, and on the other hand, with our hope for restoration and recovery from social isolation.
From a formal point of view, the blue-and-white Microsoft crash screen , which has been arounds in cethemid-20th century, and the traditional blue-and-white Chinese porcelain are comparable. They signify the standstill of technological development or cultural stagnation, just like t his pa ndemic t hat made t he w orld st op s pinning. Blue represents the cold and a touch of melancholy in our generation and thus contrasts with the sacred and boundless blue that we see when we look up at the sky. Therefore, it is similar to the grand aspirations we harbour for the future, even when we face a harsh and survival t hreatening winter.