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Gu Dexin 顧德新
Untitled 無題
1980–1995
This watercolour painting depicts a gathering of fantastical beings with lotus flowers and leaves against an orange background. The creatures have multiple breasts and prominent eyes. In the foreground, a pair of conjoined pink figures with leafy wings sit on a lotus leaf. Similar figures fly around them, playing musical instruments. One-armed pink salamanders entwined around the lotus stems play trumpets, and green alligator-like creatures swim below. In the 1980s and early 1990s, self-taught artist Gu Dexin produced a series of small-scale surrealistic portrayals of humanoids, frequently in settings that feature fruit and leaves. Gu developed this imaginative world using clay, plastic, and computer animation. In his later practice, in the 1990s and 2000s, he explored ideas of decay and sensuality in visceral ways. Most of his works are untitled or named for the date of their creation, reflecting the artist’s desire to leave interpretation to the viewer. Gu withdrew from art completely in 2009.
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