LO - TSEN
  • 簡歷 Resume
  • 文章 Articles
    • ​《無言的近身遠處憂患》 -- 黃海鳴 2023
    • "Silent Uneasiness, Far Yet Close" - - Huang Hai-Ming 2023
    • ​《無言的近身遠處憂患》(問篇) -- 黃海鳴 2023
    • ​《洛貞的微視造境》 -- 廖新田 2023
    • "Lo Tsen’s Microscopic Creations" -- Liao Hsin-Tien 2023
    • ​《飄逸・澀華・層洞》 -- 劉永仁 2021
    • ​《渾沌 ── 覺察隱晦的真實》 -- 洛貞 2019
    • "​Hundun – The Perception of Hidden Truth" -- Lo Tsen 2019
    • ​《複弦的迴轉 ── 洛貞的水墨抽象》 -- 蕭瓊瑞 2016
    • "​Swinging Strokes Like Gyratory Multiple Strings ----- Lo Tsen’s Abstract Ink Paintings" - Xiao Qiong-Rui 2016
    • ​《洛貞的詩意空間 —-- 從生命迴盪到陰性書寫》 -- 曾長生 2015
    • ​《從本質延伸,探尋永恆的問題》 -- 方秀雲 2014
    • "Emanating from Essence, pursuing an Eternal Question" -- Lo Tsen 2014
    • ​《悲憫的昇華》 -- 盧怡仲 2009
    • "​Lo Tsen: The Sublimation of Mercy" - Lu Yi-Chung 2009
    • 《冉冉 再生》-- 洛貞 2009
    • "Gradual - Rebirth" - Lo Tsen 2009
    • 《質純 與 真誠》-- 孫立銓 2008
    • ​《流動中的辯證 》談洛貞的藝術 -- 陶文岳 2007
    • "Flowing Dialectic – A Discussion On the Art of Lo Tsen" - Tao Wen-Yao 2007
    • ​《不待記憶消失》 -- 洛貞 2006
    • ​《紀錄生命的困境》 -- 洛貞 2006
    • "Recording the Difficulties of Life" - Lo Tsen 2000
    • ​《羅漢與記憶》 -- 黃海鳴 1998
    • ​《女畫家的現代人生》 -- 林綠 1996
    • "The Modern Life of a Modern Female Painter" - Lin Lu 1996
    • ​《在內心焚燒生命色彩的畫家》 -- 羅門 1984
    • "A Painter Whose Inner World Burns with the Colors of Life" - Luo Men 1984
    • ​《光與彩中的孤寂》 -- 阿曼第斯.葛瑞洛 1980
    • "Bright Colors of Despair" - Amadis Ma. Guerrero 1980
  • 水墨 Ink
  • 壓克力 Acrylic
  • 混合媒材 Mixed Media
  • 油畫 Oil Painting
  • 素描 Sketch
  • 裝置 Installation
  • 雕塑 Sculpture

Lo Tsen

Bright Colors of Despair by Amadis Ma. Guerrero, Times Journal, July 16, 1980

A newcomer on the local art scene, Lo-Tsen Chien is winding up her second one-man show at The Gallery, Hyatt Regency (extended until tomorrow.) On view are some 20 paintings in oil. 

Ms. Chien is Chinese, but this is hardly discernible in her works. Her style and sensibility are thoroughly Western, and her themes are urban alienation, alcoholism, loneliness, and despair. 

The artist works in a semi-cubist, expressionist style possibly influenced by the German expressionists led by Edvard Munch. She also displays a kinship with local expressionists like Onib Olmedo and Danilo Dalena, although she still has to match the power captured by these painters in their works.

Ms. Chien focuses on the human figure, on stylized, simplified nudes who are seeming outcasts of humanity. She has a flair for bright colors and bold patterns juxtaposed against spare, abstract and geometric backgrounds.

Her colors clash with her message, weakening it at times but often generating tension, which is one criterion for a successful work of art. She employs distortion to achieve her effects, and her stark backgrounds include deserts and cityscapes. 

Her primary and secondary colors offer a wide spectrum: deep red, sheer black, apple green, orange, scarlet, violet and blue. The quality of the show is more or less consistent, but two paintings which are dominantly blue are rather weak.

The most impressive work is “Depression,” a seemingly simple composition which best showcases the stark qualities earlier noted. Here, two nudes, interact in a pas de deux of despair, highlighted against a moonlit black and red background.

Chien’s style is by no means original, but she has her own way of handling color and evoking atmosphere. With her heavy themes deodorized by flashy colors, she has an edge over artists who prefer to overlook harsh reality and stick to the bright and pleasant side of life instead.

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  • 簡歷 Resume
  • 文章 Articles
    • ​《無言的近身遠處憂患》 -- 黃海鳴 2023
    • "Silent Uneasiness, Far Yet Close" - - Huang Hai-Ming 2023
    • ​《無言的近身遠處憂患》(問篇) -- 黃海鳴 2023
    • ​《洛貞的微視造境》 -- 廖新田 2023
    • "Lo Tsen’s Microscopic Creations" -- Liao Hsin-Tien 2023
    • ​《飄逸・澀華・層洞》 -- 劉永仁 2021
    • ​《渾沌 ── 覺察隱晦的真實》 -- 洛貞 2019
    • "​Hundun – The Perception of Hidden Truth" -- Lo Tsen 2019
    • ​《複弦的迴轉 ── 洛貞的水墨抽象》 -- 蕭瓊瑞 2016
    • "​Swinging Strokes Like Gyratory Multiple Strings ----- Lo Tsen’s Abstract Ink Paintings" - Xiao Qiong-Rui 2016
    • ​《洛貞的詩意空間 —-- 從生命迴盪到陰性書寫》 -- 曾長生 2015
    • ​《從本質延伸,探尋永恆的問題》 -- 方秀雲 2014
    • "Emanating from Essence, pursuing an Eternal Question" -- Lo Tsen 2014
    • ​《悲憫的昇華》 -- 盧怡仲 2009
    • "​Lo Tsen: The Sublimation of Mercy" - Lu Yi-Chung 2009
    • 《冉冉 再生》-- 洛貞 2009
    • "Gradual - Rebirth" - Lo Tsen 2009
    • 《質純 與 真誠》-- 孫立銓 2008
    • ​《流動中的辯證 》談洛貞的藝術 -- 陶文岳 2007
    • "Flowing Dialectic – A Discussion On the Art of Lo Tsen" - Tao Wen-Yao 2007
    • ​《不待記憶消失》 -- 洛貞 2006
    • ​《紀錄生命的困境》 -- 洛貞 2006
    • "Recording the Difficulties of Life" - Lo Tsen 2000
    • ​《羅漢與記憶》 -- 黃海鳴 1998
    • ​《女畫家的現代人生》 -- 林綠 1996
    • "The Modern Life of a Modern Female Painter" - Lin Lu 1996
    • ​《在內心焚燒生命色彩的畫家》 -- 羅門 1984
    • "A Painter Whose Inner World Burns with the Colors of Life" - Luo Men 1984
    • ​《光與彩中的孤寂》 -- 阿曼第斯.葛瑞洛 1980
    • "Bright Colors of Despair" - Amadis Ma. Guerrero 1980
  • 水墨 Ink
  • 壓克力 Acrylic
  • 混合媒材 Mixed Media
  • 油畫 Oil Painting
  • 素描 Sketch
  • 裝置 Installation
  • 雕塑 Sculpture