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Shadow & Illusion
of Postmodern Fantasy Self-contradiction, subjectivity are
mentalities of post-80s young generation. Reflected in their art, they
exercise a vigorous, irrational approach with subject matters
ranging from history to presence, reality to sub-consciousness. |
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oil painter Xu Shuo's ironic adventure, outrageous poetry and
absurdity interlace, bursting with raw vigor. His
surrealist disruption of Classic Chinese novel Dream of Red Chamber
is bold and adventurous. |
Half-naked
Fairy Lady in Chinese folktales rides on pink clouds, holding
lily flowers (symbol of female innocence), hidden behind her veiling,
shadiness in her eyes are as confrontational as modern women. |
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Golden Award
Winner of 2006 National Art Academies Graduates exhibition, Jiang
Chuan paints Chinese opera actress against classic landscape paintings
of Song Dynasty (960-1279 A.D.). With an unfocused visual treatment, artist put actress on semi-transparent, illusional surface just like fading ancient mural paintings; the emotion is intensive, sentimental and fragile. |
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| Female artist Zhang ShanShan demonstrates interlaced balance between impressionism and expressionism, her portrayal of intimate female existence is peaceful but bizarre, pleasant whilst striking, which echo the diversity and complexity of modern feminism. |
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| These artists transform history through presence, distort reality with subconscious mirror, and engage themselves in self-indulgent pleasure gazing at the shadow and illusion that are subtle reflection of ideological fragmentation of modern China. |
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