2019-12-01 The Artist\'s Magazine

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2ND PLACE

Xiaoyu Gong

San Francisco, California

LBP2
acrylic on canvas, 60x120

3RD PLACE

Jingfang

Zhang

Beijing, China

Still Life

gouache on paper, 10¼ x14½

“By capturing the

changing values of light

and color, I shaped the

objects and created a

sense of volume in Still

Life. Another challenge

was selecting which

details to portray.”

“The title of this ante-apocalyptic scene, LBP2,

is a simplified English translation based on

a Chinese mass-production line. The human

skeleton and the mechanical assembly line

convey the idea that social progress leads to

the extinction of human beings. We become

desensitized and less hopeful about life.”