Zhang Xingwang & Yan Renkui’s exhibition “Restless Flesh”
Opening time: 20:00, 6/Sep/2008
Duration: 6/Sep—29/Sep/2008
Artistic Host: Luo Fei
TCG Nordica
Xibalu 101#, Loft(Chuangku), Kunming, China
Tel: 0871-4114962/4114961
On September 6, 2008, we are going to hold art exhibition for two Yunnan young artists, Zhang Xingwang and Yan Renkui. These two artists used to study in The Middle School Attached to Yunnan Art Institute and Art School of Yunnan Art Institute later, and both of them are with solid foundation of academic education.
The paintings of Zhang Xingwang are about inflated or shriveled balloons. Those flesh-feeling balloons are attached by untold desires; or the impulses and desires hidden in flesh are debunked by balloons, and uneasy and anxious desires are uncontrollably burning and outpouring. This perhaps is the motivation and reason for the artist to concern about balloons, which are made to be symbols of art, and a metaphor left by artist for this generation of people.
The paintings of Yan Renkui are about human bodies in closed spaces, flying or struggling, screaming or entertaining, or doing nothing. Most of those human bodies are with strong and tense muscles, exaggerated gestures and rather dramatic effect. The depictions of those human bodies show that the artist has been trained under realism and estheticism since long ago. In those paintings, there are faces on the wall and light smoke coming out of pot, which is a hint of super-reality intervening power. As an enthusiastic man with dreams, how can he get along with himself in such a closed space? Or how can he escape? These are the sharp conflicts deeply felt by the artist at the bottom of his heart.
Two artists have their own rules and principles in handling their brushwork, color, form and tactile impression of paintings, which shows both of their solid realism foundation and aesthetic taste of academism. Though the paintings of those two artists look irrelevant, their spiritual appeals are about human bodies, as individuals. How can people survive and develop in such a complicated, alluring but illusory world? This is the question raised by artists, and also the struggle felt by plenty of people. Their artworks are just like a mirror, standing in our heart.
written by Luo Fei
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