鄭路自幼即耳濡目染學習書法，自中央美術學院畢業潛心思索如何將傳統中國文字與當代藝術表現形式結合，進而發展出一套將平面篆體文字融合於立體不鏽鋼雕塑的創作手法。從2009年發表的「淋漓」，到2010年凄美的作品「蜉蝣」，和今年的「張弓無箭」、「影」等系列，鄭路的作品不但形體上與文字內容有歷史時空對話，透過鏤空和光影的方式，更降低媒材本身的陽剛沉重，並增加視覺上的層次感，同時演繹了近似道家空靈的概念。 本次展出2011年最新的「張弓無箭」系列，與弓同大小的主角人物以身體為支點向四方拉開弓弦，反應鄭路從2005年以來對於自身經驗的反省和思索。鄭路自比當年為一張張滿卻無箭可射的弓，對生活充滿困惑與無力感，隨著心境轉換，如今回顧過往，已漸能體會道家經典《列子》中「不射之射」的道理：「一般的競技箭術之射在於鎖定贏的目標，偏離便是輸，但是所謂『不射之射』，卻代表領悟生命的手段，沒有輸贏，將自己忘記，將目標忘記。競技弓箭，意味著欲望，追求著刺中命中的滿足。」對於藝術家來說，張弓無箭是理想，器物不是最重要的，重要的是器物擔當的使命。競技弓箭，不是用體力來射箭的一門技術，而是依心靈來射箭的一條解脫之路，這是悟道見性的禪的境界。
The gravity-defying sculptural works of Zheng Lu are deeply influenced by his study of traditional Chinese calligraphy, an art form he practiced growing up in a literary family. Zheng Lu uses language as a pictorial element, inscribing the surface of his stainless-steel sculptures with thousands of Chinese characters derived from texts and poems of historical significance.
To create his metal sculptures, Zheng Lu begins with a plaster base. He then laser-cuts characters into metal, and in a fashion similar to linking chainmail, uses heat to connect the pictographs so that they can be shaped to the support. The resulting works are technically astonishing; their fluid, animated forms are charged with the energy (qi) of the universe, belying their steel composite.
Zheng Lu graduated from Lu Xun Fine Art Academy, Shenyang, with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in sculpture in 2003. In 2007, he received his Master of Fine Arts degree in sculpture from the Central Academy of Fine Art, Beijing, while also attending an advanced study program at The École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-arts in Paris. Zheng Lu has participated in numerous exhibitions in China and abroad, including at the Museum on the Seam, Jerusalem; The Ekaterina Cultural Foundation, Moscow; Musée Océanographique, Monaco; Musée Maillol, Paris; the National Museum of China, Beijing; the Long Museum and the Shanghai Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai. In 2015, the artist had a solo exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei, one of the leading institutions in the region.
