Art Scene Warehouse’s latest exhibition “Get Real!” features the surreal artworks of Du Meng, Du Xinjian, Feng Dakang, Xue Jiye, Zhou Fan and Zhou Weihua.
Du Meng’s absurd compositions feature a tree growing am elephants with a deep-sea diver inside, a deer with a three-headed bird on top with a steam vent and a scuba diver for legs and a Shakespearean-looking man with a box for a body, which contains a rabbit and miniature men performing various activities. Du Xinjian’s reality-looking pieces feature a silent girl standing on a tree-branch and holding an unusual looking fish and a man covering his eyes while a fish is flying in front of him. Feng Dakang’s compositions feature crumbling, yet elegant buildings, constructed at impossible angles while flowers or planes co-exist, abiding by the normal laws of physics. Xue Jiye’s imaginary scenes consist of 2 battling men on separate podiums, unable to reach each other – so one of the men has torn off his own arm in order to use it as a weapon against the other. Zhou Weihua’s positive scenes juxtapose large-sized figures with small ones floating in the clear-blue-sky backgrounds.
What is real? And how can we get real? The artists in this exhibition show us new ways of perceiving reality.