DSL Magazine: Issue 13

20 The reflected individuality would be nothing without the multitude i.e. the crowd. Lu Chao's impressive 2013 canvas Where was inspired by his participation in the Notting Hill Carnival. The viewer’s eyes are drawn to the edges of the painting where black and white silhouettes are clumped together, the perspective is forced towards the middle by means of removing their heads. White is implosion, it is the electrical abyss of a world in suspension.