Nothing can help people understand his works better than a passage written by Mitsutomi himself in his 2008 album "The Tree of the Future": "In the spring of 2005, when I was shooting a film in Chaobai River with some painters, I saw This desolate and dry riverbed, but I didn't have a single tear to nourish her. So I made an installation - I planted a rootless dead tree in the sand of Chaobai River, and wrapped the dead tree with white gauze After a while, a lot of plastic flowers and plastic leaves were tied on the branches, just to commemorate the river in my hometown, and hope that she will never stop flowing, and hope that one day she will recover her former appearance. Later, I drew a lot The paintings on this theme, the "Tree of the Future" series, were born from this, but I dare not imagine the future." The rapid modernization process and the destruction of the environment on which human beings depend for survival are the responsibility of every sensitive and responsible person. heart's worries. Mitsutomi's works stem from this worry. He treats the environment destroyed by modernization as the bottom background of the picture, and then hanging above this background is the main image of his picture—rootless dead trees and dry branches, and The scattered leaves and flowers are used as a metaphor for the natural environment that is closely related to human beings, but also his own state of life - the intertwined emotions of worry and hope - although withered, there are bright flowers blooming and green leaves. The third layer of image is a bird, or a person, or a Barbie-like image, which is compared to the encounters of a good life. I prefer those circular compositions that imitate the Song Dynasty court paintings. The circles are incomplete, and the background color no longer presents a narrative expression, but highlights the desolate tone, which makes people want to compare the graceful and luxurious Song Dynasty court paintings with it. Contrast, or it is a complete natural landscape, that is the land of green trees and green trees in Guangchen's childhood life... Now it is a desolate scene, only green leaves and petals floating in the air, hope is so beautiful, But helplessly "flowers drift by themselves and water flows by itself"

Artist
Guangchen Zhao
Chinese Artist

Title
'Tree of the future•39'

Medium
Oil on canvas

Dimensions
160 x 160 cm

Condition Report
Good.

Notes
Signed centre right.