Sunflower (2000)

The background of Sunflower was based upon the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the new China-outside the window of the painting is a festive scene. The Sunflower series has adapted a technique similar to cinematic shooting, capturing drastic changes through a small window. Although a lot of Zhu’s works are preceded from his personal experience, which tells a personal and individual description through his “diary” and “narrative”, the artist has not confined his art within a micro-subjective framework. Most of his works take fast-changing contemporary society as their subject matter, which marks Zhu’s art with an anti-ideological attitude—rejecting docility and assimilation. In 2000, Zhu creates works which to a certain extent, react to the celebration of the 50th anniversary, such as Golden Dragon Boat, Joyful Driving, Purple Breathe from the East, Solar Eclipse, South Seas.

《向日葵》（2000年）

“向日葵”创作的背景正值新中国建国50周年，举国欢庆的景象正是画面中透过窗子看到的世界。《向日葵》系列的创作采用了一种类似电影镜头的捕捉手法，透过一个小小的窗口，抓住窗外巨大的变化。朱伟的作品虽然许多是从自我经验出发，以“日记”、“故事”的方式表现出一种强烈的主体意识和“自叙性”，但他从没有将自己的艺术囿于有限的个人天地之中。恰恰相反，他的大多数作品都是以现存社会为对象。他的视角始终对准社会这个变换莫测的大主题，并且以一种毫不留情的批判精神直写出他的判断，正因为如此，他的作品才具有“反意识形态”色彩，在拒绝驯服的同时也拒绝被同化。2000年朱伟创作的诸如“金龙舟”、“欢乐驾驶”、“紫气东来”、“日全食”、“南海”等，都从某种程度上针对50年大庆的社会现象而作。