Introducing Lu Yang

Wickedly irreverent, Lu Yang’s punchy practice gives everything a cutesy, if gaudy, makeover.

Painting

Chinese Ink

Full Metal Art

The son of a cruise missile engineer, Liao Yibai grew up surrounded by Cultural Revolution propaganda.

An Imaginary Enemy

As a child, Yibai Liao grew up in a top-secret missile factory in the Chinese countryside.

Photography

Mr Shikumen

Li Shoubai was brought up in Shanghai and at the age of six started to learn paper cutting.

From Formless To Form

“On a weekend afternoon, I leave my studio to go out for a spin. Everyone seems to be in a hurry."

Guys and Dolls

In 1994, artist Wang Xuejun realised his generation was blind to the so-called 'Western worship' trend.

Indirect Conversations

Ziping Wang’s arresting paintings are punchy and overpowering yet subversive.

Studio of Basics

Geng Jianyi was in Hangzhou, the city where he first rose to prominence, when he died.

The Anatomy of Rage

A rising star, Lu Yang participated in the Chinese Pavilion at the 2015 Venice Biennale.

Art is a Message

Zhou Jinhua’s art fuses incompatible views of aerial photography and traditional Chinese painting.

Psychedelic Lucid Dreaming

Dreams, memory, hallucinations, and fantasy have all been the thread through Zhou Fan’s practice.

Mr Shikumen

Li Shoubai was brought up in Shanghai and at the age of six started to learn paper cutting.

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