“Red Road 2 – New Paintings by Chen Ke”
What first strikes those seeing Chen Ke’s works is probably the bright keynote red; they probably also notice the frank, bold strokes and configuration, as well as the leitmotif images redolent with nostalgia. Chen Ke’s bright red paintings depict Utopian scenes from New China — born of revolution — in her early period of construction from the late 1950s to the early 1960s”. This positioning seems to represent a general impression of one type of viewer – but when you are closer to Chen Ke’s red road, some impressions become more real.
