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paintings by lu cong
cong’s paintings center around the faces of his carefully chosen subjects.
his style pays homage to 18th century romantics, yet it is unmistakably conceived in and relevant to the contemporary era.
his portraits do not simply capture the physical and emotional state of the subject, rather they beckon to establish the complicated psychological interactions that ensue when one comes face to face with the sensual, the inexplicable, and the unsettling.
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