A New World
Artist
Long Gao
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions68 x 48 x 1 1/2 in. (172.7 x 121.9 x 3.8 cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineSeattle Public Utilities 1% for Art Portable Works Collection
Born, raised and educated in China, Long Gao now lives in the Seattle area. Goa says of this work This work shows the hope and wonders of the future. The painting portrays Si Chuan's (China's state) far away countryside, there is a place where there is a hundred some drawings of different hands. Till now, nobody understands this mystery. It may be a symbol of all mankind's self understanding and faith. The painting also uses an ancient acupuncture picture of a human foot, to betoken many of the new mysterious moments in life.