搓麻将的女人

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纽约艺术博览会上一幅题为“2008-北京”的油画。北京将举办奥运会，即Olympic Games。这幅画中也是Game，却是中国的传统Game--麻将。这些女子，代表着全球化竞技场上的博弈者。

[解读之一]
画的左上角，是一幅标准像，乍看上去，熟悉又不熟悉，那是孙中山的胡子，J介石的光头，毛泽东的五官新组合的标准像。它象征着中国上一百年的历史，或者说是旧民主主义和新民主主义的全部。
画的左面，是一个最天真和最聚精会神打麻将的女孩，她为抓了一手好牌而暗中庆幸。
中间背影的女子，开了一个东风明杠，这象征着当前不可无视的事实--中国在崛起。虽然那女子有些不规矩的小动作。
中间正面女子，似乎有些外来血统。他在打牌之余，另有闲心眺望光源，也即将来。他穿着光鲜，脸上有一些忧虑。
再就是那个外国女郎了，她也来掺合中国的游戏，信心全无，躺在那里，因为她少抓了一张牌，相公，陪打。
右面显然是一个进城打工的农村姑娘，她是使中国掘起的生力军。然而他的脸上有一些不明白，有一些不满意。他手中握着一把亮晃晃的水果刀，这暗示着一种仇富心理，暗示着一种危机。
画的右边，在破旧的建筑的前方，有一条大河，有一些石头，这象征着前景莫测，只是摸着石头过河的现状。
（以上解读来自加拿大的一张报纸，作者自己也引用来发到网上，但并未承认这个解读．）


[解读之二]
中间女子是美国，背后纹着凤凰的女子是中国，侧面正在认真考虑出什么牌的亚洲女为日本，另一个躺着的是俄国．
中国女子碰了东风并不意味崛起，只是表达“做东”的意思．而俄国女郎也并不是信心全无的“相公”．仔细观察一下她的姿态就会发现，很显然，她是在趁日美不注意，和中国女郎偷换牌．这正是换牌的瞬间，所以她桌上的牌少了一张．
而旁边那个拿刀的小女孩，明显发现了这一切．她的视线停留在正准备把牌偷偷塞给俄国女的中国女脸上．美国女人，似乎已从小女孩的表情中发现了什么……
这幅油画很明显是在预示着2008年台海局势。中美日俄博奕。台湾已经突破底线（明显没穿底裤）了，且随时准备武力抗统。美国还羞羞答答（穿着上衣），且 明确和中国是对家。日本夹在中美之间，既要盯上家（美国）又要提防下家（中国）。俄罗斯夹在中美之间，有可能和中国联手，但和美国也插着一腿（看她的手和 脚）。


[解读之三]

左：日本，背对画面的是中国，躺着的是俄罗斯，站着拿刀的小孩是台湾。
　　除了美国之外三方都光着上身，暗示实力弱于美国（不是废话吗）；
　　美国表面上不看牌桌，其实在看她的另一张牌：台湾；
　　日本自鸣得意，就等着摊牌；
　　中国除了明摆着一副东风（“东风”啊），背后还有牌；
　　俄罗斯表面装作不想玩，其实一脚踩美国，一手拉中国；
　　台湾一手握刀，已经快脱光了（仅用水果挡着）。

Artist Lui Liu

Lui Liu was born in March 1957 in North China. He came to Canada in 1991 and has been seen as a fresh new face in the art community of Western world. Lui Liu is known for his entwining of traditional oil painting techniques with a striking contemporary mind set.

Commenting on Lui Liu's paintings, the renowned Canadian writer Barry Callaghan wrote: "The range of his awareness is extraordinary, his mastery of painterly techniques compelling." A note of parody is most noticeable in almost all his works. It's the ambivalence, the tensions between the poles, according to Callagan, that "free Lui Liu so that he can stand alone facing east or west, as he chooses."

Lui Liu is a member of Ontario Society of Artists. He held solo shows at the Karney Gallery in 1992, the Madison Gallery in 1994 and the Meg Gallery in 1996 in Toronto. In the Spring of 1995 he participated in the "Continuity of Talents" show at the Forni Gallery in Bologna, Italy. His works have been presented at the Barcelona's Artexpo'96.

His works have been reproduced in the Canadian art magazine "BORDERCROSSINGS" in 1994 and in the literary magazine 'EXILE" in 1995. Lui Liu has been interviewed by "TOPS" entertainment magazine. His oil paintings have appeared on several book covers and magazines.

Lui Liu's works have been purchased and commissioned by diverse private and corporate collectors in North America and around the world.

Lui Liu graduated from China's most prestigious Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing. As one of the most promising artists of that country, he participated in the famous "China Avant-garde Show" at the National Gallery in 1989 and his paintings were reproduced and reviewed by "ART PRESSE" in Paris as the signature pieces of the exhibition. His works were reviewed in "A HISTORY OF CHINESE MODERN ART (1979 - 1989)".