'Untitled II' by Zhao Bo is an oil on canvas measuring 25 × 25 cm. A figure presses a whole watermelon against their face, both hands splayed across its striped green skin, one wide eye visible between the fingers. The palette is deliberately loud — acid yellow ground, vivid green fruit, magenta-tinged flesh — rendered in the flat, graphic style that aligns Zhao Bo's work with Chinese pop art. Zhao Bo, born in 1976, works at the intersection of pop culture and contemporary Chinese life, describing his subjects as figures shaped by a world that has grown 'sly, untruthful, preposterous.' The compressed square format and cropped composition amplify that sense of distortion: the face is barely legible behind the fruit, reducing the figure to a single, slightly unnerving eye.
Untitled II, 2004
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'Untitled II' by Zhao Bo is an oil on canvas measuring 25 × 25 cm. A figure presses a whole watermelon against their face, both hands splayed across its striped green skin, one wide eye visible between the fingers. The palette is deliberately loud — acid yellow ground, vivid green fruit, magenta-tinged flesh — rendered in the flat, graphic style that aligns Zhao Bo's work with Chinese pop art. Zhao Bo, born in 1976, works at the intersection of pop culture and contemporary Chinese life, describing his subjects as figures shaped by a world that has grown 'sly, untruthful, preposterous.' The compressed square format and cropped composition amplify that sense of distortion: the face is barely legible behind the fruit, reducing the figure to a single, slightly unnerving eye.
What is Modern Realism?
Modern Realism is an art style that depicts subjects as they exist in reality. Emerging after the development of abstract art, Modern Realism combines traditional realistic representation with modern techniques and approaches. Artists in this style focus on painting or drawing everyday life, portraying realistic subjects with a contemporary perspective.
Zhao Bo
Untitled II, 2004
25 x 25 cm









