Wang Yuhui (Chinese, b. 1956) powerfully conveys environmental commentary through the media of ink and oil painting.
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This painting of the river Longchangiang by the Chinese contemporary artist Chen Li (b. 1971), is perhaps best described by the words of Langston Hughes, a 20th century American jazz-poet, writer and social activist (1902-1967).
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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.
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Chen Li's swirling lines and harmonious colours convey the magic of a still mountain top, the movement of the wind, the viscousness of heat. For him, it's about searching for and finding a feeling of deep happiness, and expressing it through his work.
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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.
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Cabinets of curiosities (which according to Wikipedia are also known as Kunstkabinett, Kunstkammer, Wunderkammer, Cabinets of Wonder, and wonder-rooms) are collections of extraordinary objects which, in various forms and formats through the centuries, have inspired wonder and the interpretation and re-interpretation of the world.
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