Thinking about the studio visits we made in Beijing, it seems expressionist artists focuses on process to elicit meaning, while academically trained artists conversant in Soviet and Chinese painting and sculpting techniques work with more message-driven meanings. This relates to but is not western; expressionism would relate to mood and musical composition, which can be considered hallmarks of imperial literati tradition; while message might relate to social consciousness and performance, hallmarks of the People's Republic.
Check out the artists below:
Bingyi Huang
http://www.bingyi.info/
http://www.wangqingsong.com/
Yang Qian
http://joannemattera.blogspot.com/2010/12/fair-enough-moola-riffic.html
1 comment:
Bingyi Huang loks like he was influenced by Willem DeKooning, but his image does not look as flat, which was DeKooning's goal. I'd love to see that one in person to soak in the textures.
I am always a sucker for expressionist art.
Ron
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