Escape Into Life
In art the hand can never execute anything higher than the heart can inspire
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Fang Lijun
2009
Artist Bio:
Fang Lijun (born 1963, Handan, Hebei province, China) is an artist based in Beijing. He has shown work internationally in exhibitions including The Next Ones at Alexander Ochs, Beijing, New Work, New Acquisitions at the Museum of Modern Art in New York and at the Pompidou Centre in Paris. He is represented by Galerie am Gendarmenmarkt in Berlin, Thomas Erben in New York, Soobin Art International in Singapore and Hanmo Gallery in Beijing. Fang Lijun is a founder of the Cynical Realist style in China and works often include aggressive, bald figures. (widipedia)
Unique and refreshing in its simplicity, her work often captures young children in moments of endearing expression as they discover their imaginary worlds
I consider it a great gift that I have the ability to create surrealistic imagery and worlds never seen.
I use “oil on water” as a metaphor for Japanese contemporary art and culture upon which the Western viewpoint is floating.
Depicted in bright pastel colors, the disproportioned figures simultaneously show confidence and sickness.
In my most recent work I explore notions of singularity, concepts of time and patterns of change.
Gary Hume is renowned for paintings distinguished by a bright palette, reduced imagery and flat areas of seductive colour.
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