HYBRID BEINGS Chinese sculptor Liu Xue combines a human with an animal, creating a hybrid being. Each being has a human head with animal appendage (or appendages). A man is merged with a pig, a woman with a chicken, a man with a dog, and more.The result is something we haven’t seen before, one that […]
A COSMOPOLITAN ART LANGUAGE Ying Wei: “I have been focused on painting art, film and television animation, digital imaging, visual creativity and the creation of new media and cultural exploration. Interdisciplinary knowledge structure and creative accumulation, formed my unique creative thinking and work patterns. As a Chinese, I hope to create a new, cosmopolitan art […]
DISCORDANT ELEMENTS AND INTERTWINES Illustrator Alice Lin uses watercolor and pigment on rice paper and silk to create intricately detailed worlds. Human and animal figures are enveloped in pastel-toned bursts of swirling flowers, mushrooms, oceans, and rock formations. “It’s about exploring the internal and external, about the relationships between the two; self and surroundings; human […]
WOMEN SMOKING Born in China’s north-east Liaoning province, Liu Baojun has become a rising star in mainland China’s contemporary art scene. Liu Baojun’s work typically features portraits of Chinese women. But if you are imagining “petite” women striking delicate, ladylike poses then you would be very mistaken. The women in these images anything but “petite” […]
AN UNSETTLING FACE TO FACE Lu Cong was born in Shanghai, China. He immigrated to the United States at the age of 11. Between 2003 and 2007, Lu Cong was recognized by a number of art publications as a notable emerging artist. Since then, he has developed a distinctive look that many has regarded as […]
COMTEMPORARY DETAILS IN CLASSICAL STYLE Ma Jing Hu, a Chinese artist based in Nanjing, creates realistic paintings of classical beauty and Chinese political upheaval in contemporary times. His works are not quite hyperrealistic; instead, they recall a realism existent in the flat, brushstroke-free styles of the Neo-Classical and Baroque periods. In addition to his technical […]
