Surge

Cong Chen
Chinese, born 2001

Surge
2026
Oil on canvas
30 × 40 cm

Desire circulates within a group, passing from one person to another until individual choices begin to converge. As shared expectations accumulate, individual differences are gradually absorbed into a process of social homogenisation.

Oil painting titled *Surge* (2026) by Cong Chen. A dense group of elongated human figures stands together against a dark, atmospheric background. Their faces and bodies are rendered in flowing strokes of yellow, blue, green, red and white, with individual forms gradually blending into the crowd. The composition suggests desire circulating through a group, creating shared expectations and a gradual loss of individual difference within collective identity.
Surge

2026 Oil on canvas 30 × 40 cm

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