My Family
1931, oil on canvas, 91×116.5cm, private collection
翻譯:曾建綱
審稿:陳奭璁
校對:曾建綱
What do you notice in a picture with a lot of details? Is it the objects on the table, or the expressions of the people? Or the two paintings hanging on the wall?
In Chen Cheng-po’s art career, this is one of the most important, yet still hardly readable works. The breaking of the principle of perspective, the change of light and shadow, the choice of tabletop objects. Each part of the work may contain a secret. If you were to paint My Family now, what would you present in the picture?
By Emery Chen