Liu Youju Demolition Vs Construction
Nothing is as it seems in painting, neither should it be, because painting is an essentially mental “fact” that starting from the visible, it transports reality into an otherworldly dimension. Painting, even when it tries to express itself in the closest, possible way to reality, transfigures reality and in some way it fakes it and betrays it. Abstract art creates images that don’t belong to our visual experience, giving up the mimetic representation of the sensitive world, freeing itself from the tyranny of shapes.
