Trendy take on nostalgic still-lifes
By Wang Jie |
November 21, 2012, Wednesday
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Still-life painting seems quite dated today, but Wang Yuhong employs photography, printing and brush strokes to create nostalgic still lifes in which she assembles blue-and-white porcelain, biscuit tins, vintage comic books and other memorabilia.
A solo exhibition of Wang's latest works titled "Vicissitudes of Seasonal Changes" features her latest canvases, ink-wash and combination works that conjure up old days of decades ago.
Wang depicts old fans, oil lamps, cracked mugs, cartoon books from the "cultural revolution" (1966-1976) and other objects from a familiar yet distant past.
Wang had classical art training at the China Art Academy in Hangzhou.
She has surprised visitors with her latest series on German-made rice-paper. She first photographs a cluster of objects, leaving white spaces for folding fans that she later fills in with her brush work. She prints the photos on German rice paper that is clear and somewhat rigid. She then illustrates the fans with texts, flowers, birds or scenery.
"I always believe what I see rather than other things. I create things that were deeply etched in my memory as I grew," she explains. "I am a proponent of technique, which may go against today's anti-technique trends. In my view, the dividing line between traditional and contemporary is concept, rather than form or time."
Date: Through November 26, 9am-6:30pm
Address: 2/F, Podium of Mirae Asset Tower, 165 Lujiazuihuan Rd, Pudong
A solo exhibition of Wang's latest works titled "Vicissitudes of Seasonal Changes" features her latest canvases, ink-wash and combination works that conjure up old days of decades ago.
Wang depicts old fans, oil lamps, cracked mugs, cartoon books from the "cultural revolution" (1966-1976) and other objects from a familiar yet distant past.
Wang had classical art training at the China Art Academy in Hangzhou.
She has surprised visitors with her latest series on German-made rice-paper. She first photographs a cluster of objects, leaving white spaces for folding fans that she later fills in with her brush work. She prints the photos on German rice paper that is clear and somewhat rigid. She then illustrates the fans with texts, flowers, birds or scenery.
"I always believe what I see rather than other things. I create things that were deeply etched in my memory as I grew," she explains. "I am a proponent of technique, which may go against today's anti-technique trends. In my view, the dividing line between traditional and contemporary is concept, rather than form or time."
Date: Through November 26, 9am-6:30pm
Address: 2/F, Podium of Mirae Asset Tower, 165 Lujiazuihuan Rd, Pudong
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