Oriental Impressionism

One’s artistic development is directly related to their life experiences believes Qiu Shengxian.

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

Mysterious Wonder

Zheng Zhiming travelled to Tibet every year and lived among the people during his visits.

Unbounded Redux

You Si portrays mental comprehension through subtle mediation between shape, form and shade.

Indirect Conversations

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

Full Metal Art

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

Rhythm of the City

Lu Xinjian’s works feature in pretty much every major collection of Chinese Contemporary art.

Naked Ambition

Ren Hang uses the photographic medium to express individualism and existential concerns.

Four Seasons

“I think little in my brain but more relate to the colour,” Qu Fengguo tells me.

Mr Shikumen

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

Art is a Message

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

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