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Microscope: An Insight to 5 contemporary Chinese Artists' mindscape
by Leo Gallery
Location: Leo Gallery Shanghai
Artist(s): GROUP SHOW
Date: 31 May - 17 Jul 2015

I choose to use ‚Microscope‛ as the title of the exhibition as it reflects the current development of Chinese contemporary art. In the past decade, the growing diversity and fragmented development of Chinese contemporary art in many ways are similar to the general development in Chinese society and economy, where artists turned from the ideological narratives and collective expressions to being more individualistic in style, depicting personal experiences from daily life. This newly evolved artistic language which focus on artistic quality and abstract expressions, as well as the depiction of daily narratives and expression of concepts through different medium, can be found is different art genres including painting, sculpture, installation, moving images and mixed media artworks.

This exhibition features works of 5 contemporary Chinese artists of different age and experience: Wen Wu, Ren Zhitian, Li Yiwen, Lin Ke and Hu Weiyi, each displaying their individual aesthetics preferences through diverse flexible works, expressing subtle and philosophical concepts through different mediums.

Wen Wu's work does not prescribe to any specific theory or doctrine. He is merely interested in challenging universal and societal ideas of how art is made and viewed.

Artist Ren Zhitian uses fuel ash residue collected from car exhaust pipes as ink, creating a series of patterned works on silk, reflecting his concerns for the ecological problems. His interesting juxtaposition of beauty and waste,elegance and filth, make this a unique series, showing how the artist pushes the boundaries of the revered traditional art.

The work Electronic music always makes people dancing of Lin Ke is a new media work consisting of a ‘movement of images’ captured from internet and his computer operation system. In this work, Lin Ke wanted to explore new visual aesthetics through his daily work on his computer, where the artist himself is the dream door between the virtual world and the reality.

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