CJ Zhang's Tidal Password
by Lu Rongzhi
Famous Curator
Art Critic
Creative Director of Art Museum
What is trendy art? It refers to a term commonly referred to as "URBAN ART" in English, but it is difficult to find a corresponding word in Chinese. Currently, the most popular term is "trendy art". However, in order to be closer to the development of this wave of contemporary art, the author believes that targeted original vocabulary should be proposed, which is "trendy art (also a homophonic term for super art)". In English, it means "URBART (a reduction of URBAN ART to become an independent new word or meaning). Today, "URBART" has gone far beyond the graffiti art or Street art that originally took place in the streets and alleys, and is no longer an art belonging to urban space. It combines Social media, transcends the limitations of geographical environment, and becomes the infinite category of creative cross-border virtual and real, the deep combination of creativity and commerce, and the past painting, sculpture, installation The various classifications of Performance art, etc., have become outdated and inadequate. The unbridled comprehensive reference, the Kaleidoscope style infinite mix and match, the historical passage of the fuzzy concept of time, the cross gender interactive flow and application, the cultural equality and respect of pluralism, the ubiquitous and indispensable pluralism, are the mainstream development of contemporary art in the 21st century.
Tidal artists are no longer just professionals in terms of craftsmanship. They are participants, creators, operators, and consumers who reflect the aesthetics of this era. They are designers, leaders, and beneficiaries of the popular pursuit of "fan economy, traffic as king". Art and commerce blend seamlessly, and misappropriation and innovation are integrated. The past and future are not contradictory concepts, but rather a continuation of everyone's existence, The above all illustrate the mainstream art of the 21st century: the emergence and development of trendy art, a new storm of fashion culture! A new storm of fashion culture!
CJ Zhang is such an artist, and it is precisely the current trend of art that attracts the attention of the fashion industry. Therefore, his paintings are often invited to participate in cross-border exhibitions. In fact, CJ Zhang's painting creations not only reflect the various appearances of popular culture's influence on society, but also delve deeper into the inner codes of contemporary people, reflecting the bright colors behind the bustling world. Through his own set logic, he improvises without a draft to form a line, filling the colors with graffiti. His seemingly unrelated perception instinct is very similar to the way children aged 3 to 8 observe the world. His graphic elements and colors adorn the comic surface like stars, connecting the dots into a Milky Way like image, expressing his thoughts on the current era of excessive consumption, fragmented information, and the impact of virtual life on everyone.
