Bathing Couple by Ernst Kirchner Collage-Modern which is precisely Hu's subject:

which is precisely Hu's subject: the way perception filters the world into something more felt than seen

without the mediation of representation

The composition is structured yet lyrical — geometric in its precision

every boundary crisp

here a golden ground and rose-tinted blooms give the delicate grass-and-lavender repeat a sunlit

Bathing Couple by Ernst Kirchner Collage-Modern which is precisely Hu's subject:Ernst Ludwig Kirchner's 'Bathing Couple' places two figures in an outdoor landscape with the raw chromatic force of German Expressionism. The bodies are rendered in angular, simplified forms characteristic of Kirchner's departure from academic naturalism toward emotional truth. Bold outlines contain fields of clashing colour: flesh tones set against vivid blues and greens that pulse with the energy of a summer day, yet carry the underlying tension