Guoping Deng 

Professor, Tianjin Urban Construction University, Department of Urban Arts

Everyone would know the symbolic essence of you purchasing a Louis Vuitton bag. Art, on the contrary, is much more complicated than what you can see on the surface. It represents ideas coming from philosophy, aesthetics, politics and more. Therefore, art with its diverse nature is a very interesting subject to study. Unfortunately, its diversity is usually absent from the works by local artists. We have a lot of artists in China, but the homogenisation of their works is problematic.

When I first met Prof. Deng Guoping, I felt that I have come across a very interesting female artist, for her continuous efforts in searching deeply in her thoughts, for the fact that she practices art and life in an almost wild manner.

Cezanne believes that painting does not mean blindly copying reality, it means finding a variety of harmonious relations. To me, being an artist is to exhibit the worlds that are hidden away. In other words, it is to show energy, happiness and all other inner strengths. I’ve always wanted to use the word “regressiveness” to describe Prof. Deng Guoping’s work. It discusses the ontology language of art itself. She mentioned that: “I don’t actually think about complicated things, I wish to be happy like a child. The purpose of my creations is to bring happiness to all.”

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