Essay on my painting series “DIALOGUES,”
written by 周江林 Zhou Jiang Lin, reflecting the works I have been working on since 2024 in Beijing studio at Caochangdi.

“Barbora: A Brave Urban Monster Seeker”
——“Life” is a Giant Monster”
By 周江林 Zhou Jiang Lin

“What is this feeling?

Like a middle-aged man, injured by a gang while drifting in a strange land, is rescued by a passing couple. Three strangers, stumbling along their own
life paths, find each other and walk together a while. This is the light that warms the heart.

Viewers of her work may hear a song:

“At midnight, I set off again.

Dreams are distant illusions.

In chasing your light,

Happiness has appeared.”

Life is short, full of misfortune. The world is a dream. Every artist is a dreamer. Barbora pursues the light and shadow of her dream through painting. And that — is something remarkable.”

As the French humanist Montaigne once wrote:

Even in solitude, you are like a multitude.”

Essay By 周江林 Zhou Jiang Lin

Temple Of Inner Light, oil on canvas, 220 cm x 180 cm, 2024

Turbulent Prayer, oil on canvas, 80 cm x 100 cm, 2024

Anthem, oil on canvas, 200 cm x 250 cm, 2025

Dust on the Clockwork, oil on canvas, 250 cm x 200 cm, 2024

Entropy, oil on canvas, 60 cm x 80 cm, 2024

A Song For The Fallen Stars, oil on canvas, 200 cm x 250 cm, 2025

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