LAB ART PRIZE - MILAN 2026
Cheng Man He China Painting

Artwork title : Thunderfire

The inspiration for this oil painting stems from a relentless longing for Truth and the pursuit of it. In the eyes of the creator, Truth never reveals itself lightly. It is tightly wrapped beneath layer upon layer of hypocrisy, pretense, and illusion, like a pearl sealed in a dark core. It must endure the repeated searing of volcanic flames – a fierce, incandescent, and merciless flame that incinerates all vanity and pretence. Only from the remaining embers is a crystalline essence slowly and painfully forged. The molten lame is no tepid simmer; it carries the weight of the wrath of celestial thunder – a profound indignation against all that is false, illusory, and contrived. This wrath shatters the silence and consumes the lies, until, from the canvas’s profoundest depths, the resolute light of Truth bursts forth. A deafening roar proclaims that only pure Truth can illuminate the world. The flames of Thunderfire sit in judgment of injustice and herald the advent of peace.