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.”
Meteor, oil on canvas, 200 cm x 250 cm, 2024
Between The Heartbeats, There Is Shadow, oil on canvas, 220 cm x 180 cm, 2024
Unspoken Mandates, oil on canvas, 250 cm x 200 cm, 2024
Temple Of Inner Light II., oil on canvas, 220 cm x 180 cm, 2024
Between The Heartbeats, There Is Shadow II., oil on canvas, 220 cm x 180 cm, 2024
Ceremony no.2, oil on canvas, 100 cm x 120 cm, 2024
Temple Of Inner Light, oil on canvas, 220 cm x 180 cm, 2024
Exhibition view, "Beyond Words", Megafield Gallery, Beijing, China 2025
Tatan, oil on canvas, 80 cm x 100 cm, 2025
Turbulent Prayer no.3 oil on canvas, 60 cm x 80 cm, 2024
Turbulent Prayer, oil on canvas, 80 cm x 100 cm, 2024
Temple Of Inner Light no.3, oil on canvas, 220 cm x 180 cm, 2025
Temple Of Inner Light no.4, oil on canvas, 220 cm x 180 cm, 2025
Anatomy no.2, oil on canvas, 24 cm x 30 cm, 2024
Anatomy, oil on canvas, 24 cm x 30 cm, 2024
Turbulent Prayer no.4, oil on canvas, 70 cm x 40 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
Turbulent Prayer no.2, oil on canvas, 80 cm x 100cm, 2024
Ceremony no.2, oil on canvas, 100 cm x 120 cm, 2024
Eyes That Hold Time, oil on canvas, 60 cm x 40 cm, 2024
Monument, oil on canvas, 140 cm x 195 cm, 2024
Stillness, oil on canvas, 24 cm x 30 cm, 2024
Tatan no.2, oil on canvas, 24 cm x 18 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