Zheng Liu, known by the pen name Kuang Chu, is an artist based in Los Angeles, Chengdu, and Beijing. His “Red Balloon” digital drawing series is his personal illustration project and has also been exhibited and sold in galleries as printmaking artwork.
Bright and always rising, the balloon is confronting, at the same time balancing the darkness and depression of the surroundings. Although Kuang Chu doesn’t like a single and concrete interpretation of an artwork, one would not be wrong to say that the red balloon is a symbol of hope or a materialization of high spirit.
In terms of style, the most distinctive feature is the drawing techniques derived from old European engraving works, which conjure the spirit of the Renaissance and Age of Discovery–the curiosity toward the vast unknown in the world.
