Fu Uxiang’s uses ink on canvas and his works touch on the history of Chinese painting, buddhism, dream and reality and Chinese philosophy. His work questions life and the fate of life.
Zhengli uses acrylic on canvas and his works respond to the social condition, the effects of gentrification and the future. He will be artist in residence at QUAD, Derby, in May-July 2009.
http://www.derbyquad.co.uk/whats-on/exhibitions/ar…
Ren Qian is not interested in technical problems only the idea. Collecting water from rivers from Tibet to London or wearing Tiananmen Square like a crown.
http://blog.sina.com.cn/renqian9
Shen Hua
Paints the local Ban Ban people who are the famous bamboo carriers in Chongqing. In Huanjiaping the Ban Ban are very important in the artist community and can be seen doing anything from carrying huge canvases, posing as life models or moving furniture in artists studios. Mostly, I see them playing cards and smoking in the street, and they always smile at me.
In other areas of the city they do much harder work and not so kindly treated. I saw many lifting huge pieces of concrete and singing songs to keep their spirits up.
The Ban Ban are quite a romantic and popular subject for artists.
Other artists
Mao Yan Yang did a residency at Chinese Arts Centre during Asia Triennial Manchester 08. His work touches on protest and mediation.
www.asiatriennialmanchester.com
Fan You Rong
http://blog.sina.com.cn/fanyourong126
