ILLUSTRATED:

Pierre-Jean Rémy, Chu Teh-chun, Edtions de La Différence, Paris, 2006, color illustrated, p. 268

Back in the early days, Chu Teh-chun had about twenty years of concrete creation experiences, when he was learning in Hangzhou National Academy of Art he was affected by the atmosphere of that era, with the elements from Chinese traditional arts and the irrigation from western art trends, he lined both. Traditional Chinese paintings, classic European paintings and contemporary abstract arts all have affection on Chu's art. Music, colors, calligraphy, and lights are essential elements in his abstract paintings, he skillfully merged all these elements, from traditional Chinese poetic point of view, atoning the stiffness from western art theories, and further creates several cultural and cultivated paintings, not just a picture of a landscape or a form of abstract, Chu pushed art to a brand new region that is lively and mystic. His contributions on abstract expressionism paintings is his using graceful, mild and degage brush strokes, which brings up the life and force of nature, he poured Chinese culture spirits in his own characteristic painting language, vitalized the Chinese painting tradition.

"Mirroir de i'illusion" was created in 2004; Chu adopted convincing lines to paint characteristics from uncertainty, makes illusions perfect, we cannot see western transparency in the picture, but if we view from afar, we may discover certain still spots replacing each other, arranged on a plane of different degrees, Chu cleverly blended the feel of calligraphy onto the canvas, with lights and colors given, made the whole picture look alive.