The Winds of Change

Yunnan-based artist Wu Jun explores the feeling of rootlessness brought by change. I first wrote about his work 8 years ago and now, amidst AI and the surreal political landscape, the reasons are different but the change is the same.

Wu Jun, Chinese contemporaryKatrine Levin4 November 2024Wu Jun, hyperrealism, hyper-realism, symbolism, surrealismComment

Malevich’s Black Square From a Taoist Perspective

Some love it, some hate it, some don’t get it, but we’re still talking about Malevich’s Black Square over a century after it was first exhibited in 1915 in Petrograd. I recently came across an intriguing new way of looking at this famous work - based in the Chinese traditions.

Modern ArtKatrine Levin13 April 2016Malevich, black square, symbolismComment

City Migrators: The Winds of Change

Wu Jun (Chinese, b.1959) explores the feeling of rootlessness and disorientation brought by change. He compares the effect of China’s rapidly changing way of life to the migration of birds, conveying the feeling of weightlessness and roaming, and the need to adapt to survive.