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On Screen (Videodrome) No.2, 2024
Oil paint on canvas
100 x 200 cm

This oil painting reimagines a screening of ‘Videodrome’ (David Cronenberg, 1983), a film that envisions a future where humanity is engulfed by video media. The artist mirrors this dystopian vision as a critique of contemporary society’s media dependency. Central to the composition is the iconic scene where the protagonist is consumed by lips on a television screen, set within a retro movie theater. The overexposed, dreamlike visuals evoke a sense of disorientation. At the bottom, two lone figures in the viewer recall ‘A Clockwork Orange’ (Stanley Kubrick, 1974), reinforcing themes of forced spectatorship and subliminal violence. In the upper right corner, two mysterious highlights suggest an external observer, adding a layer of surveillance to the scene, further blurring the line between reality and media illusion.

这张油画描绘了艺术家想象中电影‘Videodrome’（David Cronenberg, 1983）在剧院中上映的画面。这部1980年代的科幻电影对于未来人类沉溺并依赖视频生存的想象，完全映照着艺术家对于当今社会的讽刺。于是，艺术家选择了电影中男主角被电视上女性嘴唇吞噬的画面，并把它放置在同时代的电影剧场内。而过渡曝光并缺失细节的画面让这场虚构的电影放映如同在梦境中一般。在油画底部，被艺术家安排的仅有的两位观众的背景则似乎让观众想到‘A Clockwork Orange’(Stanley Kubrick, 1974)中被强制观看暴力色情图像的男主角。在这场被精心安排的电影梦境中处处隐藏着被压抑的暴力。而艺术家在油画右上角处安置了两点莫名的高光，似乎提示着观众正在透过另一层屏幕监视这一切。






On Screen (Videodrome) No.1, 2023
Oil paint on plywood
30 x 40 cm



On Monitor (Smart Bomb), 2023
Oil paint on plywood
40 x 50 cm
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Wu Xiaoran 2018-2025 —  Shanghai