Shui Zhenji’s oil paintings are full of wild lines and colors. The heavy pigment coating of the unearthed cultural relics, the figures and images from early ancient times, and the grotesque themes of the present day with distorted vision, are all like the extension of your gaze and perception in one prick and click.Shui Zhenji continues to explore between different materials and forms of expression, such as oil on canvas, mixed materials on paper, and sculptures. His imaginative works present a calm but vivid picture with the transparency and inclusiveness of paper, the integration of ink and acrylic, and the three-dimensional dimension of sculpture by combining with his composition and lines with his own unique insights.
水振基 Shui Zhenji, 江湖 Jianghu, 2022纸本综合材料 Mixed media on paper, 34 x 34 cm
Instead of being sweet and romantic, Shui Zhenji prefers to reveal people’s inner pain or something more obscure, which is, anxiety or self emotion that people usually do not want to confront. After being removed from this mood, Shui Zhenji depicts the rough and blurred images of people, mountains, stars, beasts and alien creatures that we see. Through these dream-like visions, Shui Zhenji describes the doubtful, nostalgic, lonely and warm world and life in his eyes.