Provenance: The Luz Gallery

ABOUT THE WORK

The minimalist and Zen-like qualities by abstractionist Lao Lianben evokes both depth and insights into the inner working of the Tsinoy artist by nixing solace and sexuality unto the work. Tryst-300 changes the look of its viewer from being a work of silent contemplation to a message of sensuality. Lao portrays the square, a symbol of arithmetic and architecture transforms into a gateway to rendezvous between two lovers in secret. The lovers that are unseen by the viewers, are seeking to find a hidden avenue to meet and be intimate with each other. For the artist, this work serves as an intersection between his art and seduction can be inference from his interpretation of Chinese calligraphy and the beliefs of Taoism on sexuality. Here, Lao displays the sensuality of the lines and squares that could mimic the female sexual organ, as a modern reinterpretation of the L’Origine du monde (The Origin of the World) by the French realist painter Gustave Courbet (1819-1877) were the vulva of the female form is graphically represented by the sharp black strokes with a brownish tint of color that can be guessed as the main purpose of their secret tryst.