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Contemporary Chinese Artist Yan Peiming Oil Painting Art Appreciation – The Funeral of Mona Lisa
by Administrator on Mar.09, 2010, under portrait oil painting
Yan Peiming Portrait Oil Painting Work – The Funeral of Mona Lisa
Painting Title: The Funeral of Mona Lisa
Artist: Yan Peiming
Painting size: 300*300cm
Media: Fabric, Oil painting
Creation Time: 2001
Most of Yan Peiming’s oil painting works are huge black and white portrait paintings, you will been shocked and have fear at first sight. These characters faces were been painted out wildly and haphazardly, as if they are mummies, as if they are rubber or leather masks which had been stretched out and distorted in S & M games, they were seemed strange and weird, paradoxical, dark, angry, terrible, full of strength as well as sadly.
Yan Pei Ming is specializes in the creation of huge size oil paintings, he like to create two-color paintings, most of his oil painting works are portraits. His oil painting works have participated in the Venice Biennale and other important international art exhibition.
In the evening of February 11, 2009, Yan Peiming held an art exhibition themed “Mona Lisa’s Funeral” in Louvre, France. In this exhibition, Yan Peiming with gray tone, with projection-like manner, celebrated a funeral for Mona Lisa. He extended the mystical background Mona Lisa lived in, dotted with numerous skull heads. On both sides of the Mona Lisa there is the self-portrait of Yan Peiming, the side face to face is his withered aging father, who is witnessing the death of his son.
Chinese artist Yan Peiming is the first modern artist who is still alive and can held an individual art exhibition in Louvre.
About Artist Yan Peiming:
Mr.Yan Peiming, who was born in Shanghai in 1960; In 1980 moved to Dijon, France;
1981-1986: studied at the National Academy of Fine Arts in Dijon, France;
1988-1989: Studied at the Paris Advanced Institute of Plastic Arts in Paris, France;
1993-1994: Studied at France College in Rome, Italy;
1995-now: Act as a professor at the National Academy of Fine Arts in Dijon, France.
Exhibitions:
1988: Studio 88 (Paris Modern Art Museum)
1991: Sports 2 (Pompidou Art Centre)
1993: China Avant-Garde Art (Berlin, Rotterdam, Oxford etc.)
1995: Venice Biennial
1997: Lyons Biennial
2000: Kwangju Biennial (Korea)
2000: Shanghai Biennial (China)
2002: Pusan Biennial (Korea)
2009: Mona Lisa’s Funeral (Louvre, France)
In 2009, Yan Peiming held his individual art shows in China, France and U.S.A. respectively.
During June 19 to October 11, 2009, Yan Pei Ming launched his individual art exhibition themed with “Landscape in Childhood” in Lawrence Contemporary Art Centre in Beijing, with 34 paintings of huge size children portraits, he explained his understanding on poverty, hunger, inequality and war.
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Contemporary Chinese Artist Shi Hu Oil Painting Art Appreciation – No Title, 2
by Administrator on Feb.22, 2010, under Abstract Oil Painting
Shi Hu Abstract Oil Painting Work – No Title, 2
Painting Title: No Title (series 2)
Artist: Shi Hu
Painting size: 120*120cm
Media: Fabric, Oil painting
Creation Time: 2003
Estimated Value: RMB 120,000 -150,000 Yuan
The oil painting work “No Title, 2″ is obvious draw lessons from Cubist painting techniques. However, the work reveals charms of Chinese paintings entirely. This is a fruit created by the artists consciously, as well as exist unconscious factors. The road of East-meets-West, from the modern Chinese science and technology, to politics, to culture, is a common object pursued uninterrupted for generations.
Shi Hu’s art is mainly lies in two aspects of ink paintings and heavy color paintings, sometimes he also created oil paintings and Chinese calligraphy works, but no matter what kind of materials and what type of artworks, his art are composed by two most important elements, namely lines and colors. It was also based on the most basic two aspects, he built his palace of art.
About Artist Shi Hu:
Mr. Shi Hu, who was born in 1942 in Xushui county, Hebei Province, China;
In 1958, Shu Hu was admitted to enter the Beijing School of Arts and Crafts;
In 1960, to enter Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts;
In 1962, joined the army as a soldier;
In 1968, acted as a teacher in Beijing School of Arts and Crafts;
In 1969, began to engage in ivory carving and other craft;
In 1977, incumbent at People’s Publishing House of Fine Arts;
In 1978, visited 13 countries in Africa, when returned his publication of the Art Collections of African Paintings from Nature shortly, and received much attention.
In 80’s, 20th century, artist Shi Hu became one of representatives in Chinese artists, he held a number of art exhibitions successfully. From the 90s in the 20th century, Shi Hu began to achieve great success in overseas art world, and become one of the world’s most influential Chinese artists, whose artworks record breaking high prices in the international market for many times.
His representative work “Yuen Teng Map” (350 × 899cm) with unique heavy colors create a performance of the modern history of Chinese people save the nation from extinction and struggle for survival, the picture is unparalleled resplendent, this work was collected by a overseas Chinese with 8,000,000 HKD in 1995.
In 1996, with the support of Mr. Zhu Dequn, abstract master, Lifetime Art of Academician of French Institute, as well as a number of famous artists in domestic and abroad, Mr. Shi Hu was selected as the President of World Chinese Artists Association.
In 2004, the People’s Fine Arts Publishing House named 20 Chinese painters in 20th century, ,Qi Baishi, Xu Beihong, Liu Haisu, Li Keran and other art masters were selected, and the same time artist Shi Hu is also ranked.
Individual Art Exhibitions: 1982, Nanjing Museum; 1997, Hong Kong; 1988, Canada
Group Exhibitions: China Modern Painting Exhibitions (U.S.A.)
Publications: “Art Collection of African Paintings from Nature (1979); “Shi Hu Paintings Collection” (1985); “Shi Hu Paintings Collection” (1988); “Shi Hu Paintings Collection” (1998, Publisher: People’s Fine Arts Publication House);
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Contemporary Chinese Artist Ying Chaoyang Oil Painting Art Appreciation – Radiation
by Administrator on Feb.03, 2010, under Symbolism Oil Painting
Ying Chaoyang Symbolism Oil Painting Work – Radiation
Painting Title: Radiation
Artist: Ying Chaoyang
Painting size: 200*200cm
Media: Fabric, Oil painting
Creation Time: 2007
Feeling, is a very abstract and very subjective word. We feel that the world exists, feel prosperous lives, and feel the blue sky, everything can be felt by touching. When you feel new things ecstatically, you could not wait to share it with others, someone perform it with music, sculptures, paintings, performance art and so on, while Yin Chaoyang . like to express his feelings in the heart with painting, and describe the feeling out, to express inner perception in the heart, is the practice way of Yin Chaoyang since a long time.
Yin Zhaoyang is one of typical representative of artists who were born in the seventies in China, whose oil painting works has taken an important position in symbolism paintings in the late nineties in China, and the image concept, narrative and kernel of spirit in paintings by Yin Chaoyang are all worth our high attention.
About Artist Yin Chaoyang:
Mr. Yin Chaoyang, who was born in 1970 in Henan province in China, in 1992 was admitted to enter the the Central Academy of Fine Arts and study at the Print Department. since 1996 Yin Chaoyang as a professional painter, currently residing in Beijing. In 2008, Artist Yin Chaoyao was listed on the 21th on “Hurun Contemporary Art List” .
Main Exhibitions:
1999-2000: “Sights of New Prominents – The Generation before 1970s” Art Exhibition
1999: Sights of New Prominent (Beijing International Art Garden Gallery)
2001: 1st Chengdu Biennial Exhibition (Chengdu Museum of Modern Art)
2001: ‘Myth” Oil Painting Exhibition (Beijing Art Musem)
2002: Youth Cruelty Painting” (Shanghai East Daming Art Creation)
2004: Utopia Artworks Exhibition (Art Gallery at Beijing Central Institute of Fine Arts)
2005: “Public Relations” (U.S.A.)
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Contemporary Chinese Artist Zeng Fan-zhi Oil Painting Art Appreciation – Portrait
by Administrator on Dec.22, 2009, under Expressionism Oil Painting
Zeng Fan-zhi Expressionism Oil Painting Work – Portrait
Painting Title: Portrait
Artist: Zeng Fan-zhi
Painting size: 235*160cm
Media: Fabric, Oil painting
Creation Time: 2002
In the classification of expressionist artists, artworks by Zeng Fan-zhi with its rigorous and unique figures, mask symbols, under the pure and quiet background, interprets the spirit status of nowadays people, just as fidget, anxious. Although taken with some cartoon flavor and ridicule taste , they still give people a type of heavy and oppressive sense. Oil painting works by Zeng Fan-zhi use expressionism techniques of metaphor and symbolic, giving vivid impression to viewers.
Zeng Fanzhi’s oil painting works are very attractive, both smart and full of energy. His paintings giving viewers a sense in a scene with constant evolution and changes, but the change is very subtle, endless, elusive.
This varied visual atmosphere make the viewer feel excited, and to stimulate viewers to imagine the infinite tricky hidden in it, and it seemed that there contains endless stories in that world, and extending out to all sides. Just for this, the picture is just like an exploration area, an exploration-oriented map to guide viewers to enter a mysterious and uncharted territory.
The exploration area here is referred the humor revealed by the picture sketch, which is so vivid and intrinsic natural. In other words, with the emotional sketch, the artist showed rich visual effects, while this visual effect was contained in various imaginative, personal appealing space.
About Artist Zeng Fan-zhi:
Mr, Zeng Fan-zhi, who was born in 1964 in Wuhan city Hubei province; In 1991 graduated from the oil painting department at Hubei Academy of Fine Arts, Now Zeng Fan-zhi is acted as a professional artist.
In 1990, “Zeng Fan-zhi Oil Painting Solo Exhibition” (by Hubei Art Museum)
In 1993, organized by Han, “Mask • Zeng Fan-zhi Oil Painting Solo Exhibition” (by Hanart TZ Gallery in Hong Kong);
In 1993 , oil painting work “Concord Triptych” won an excellent award on “90s Guangzhou Biennale”;
In 1994, participated in the “First Critic Nomination Exhibition” (by China Art Gallery).
In 1995, participated in “Chinese Avant-Garde Art Exhibition Since 1979″ (Santa Monica Art Center, Barcelona).
In 1996, participated in the “China Exhibition” (Bonn Art Museum).
In 1997, participated in “The First Contemporary Art & Science Invitation Exhibition” (by China Art Gallery).
In 1998, “Zeng Fanzhi Solo Exhibition (1993-1998)” (Central Academy of Fine Arts Gallery, ShanghART Gallery).
Most of artworks by Zeng Fan-zhi have been collected by cSwitzerland, Germany, Hong Kong and domestic collectors.
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