Painting Strokes, Fei Jia Cun, Beijing, China
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Yang Painting, Fei Jia Cun, Beijing, China
Photograph (c) William Avedon/All rights reserved
Yang in his Studio, Fei Jia Cun, Beijing, China
Photograph (c) William Avedon/All rights reserved
YANG LI MING, a leading painter of abstract art from Cheng Du, the capital of China’s Sichuan Province, studio is in the Fei Jia Cun Artist Village in Beijing, China. Yang’s abstract paintings are constructed of layer upon layer of vibrant, rolling lines, which he creates while listening to Mozart and Bach at deafening volume. Yang explains that the first few strokes of his paintings are the most important, as they determine the success of following layers and the final work. The Fei Jia Cun Artist Village is one of several art communities surrounding Beijing where leading painters, sculptors and photographers from across China work and exhibit. These art villages represent the forefront of China’s Abstract, Pop, and Neo-Realist artists. More China Contemporary Artists Yang Jinsong and Wang Xing. – by William Avedon About Yang Li Ming
A Gutted Fish Painting, Fei Jia Cun, Beijing, China
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Yang Jinsong Painting in his Studio, Fei Jia Cun, Beijing, ChinaYANG JINSONG, a leading Chinese painter from the Chong Qing municipality, in his studio in the Fei Jia Cun Artist Village in Beijing, China. Yang explains his consumerist-critical paintings depicting fish, traditionally a symbol of wealth in Chinese culture, critique China’s construction boom and over-development by depicting bulldozers infesting the fish’s gutted innards. Yang often paints himself with his wife, She Cai, surrounded by emblems such as pollution, electrical appliances, and cigarette butts (2nd image, center painting), symbolizing China’s rapid development and embrace of consumerism.
The Fei Jia Cun Artist Village is one of several art communities surrounding Beijing where leading painters, sculptors and photographers from across China work and exhibit. These art villages represent the forefront of China’s Abstract, Pop, and Neo-Realist artists. – by William Avedon Yang Jinsong WebsiteAn Interview
About Yang Jin Song
Wang Xing, Dragon Sculpture, Fei Jia Cun, Beijing, ChinaPhotograph (c) William Avedon/All rights reserved
Mythical Creature by artist Wang Xing
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Chinese sculptor WANG XING is from China’s He Bei province. Above, Wang Xing was creating a series of nine dragon sculptures for an exhibition in Beijing. Wang’s clay and bronze sculptures are a mixture of Buddhist art, Japanese lacquer, and ancient mythical texts depicting half-human half-animal creatures. He is fascinated by the concept of dragons in Chinese culture as they were traditionally symbolic of the Emperor.
Wang’s studio is in the Fei Jia Cun Artist Village on the outskirts of Beijing, China. Fei Jia Cun is one of at least 10 artist communities surrounding Beijing where painters, sculptors and photographers from across China have come to work and exhibit. These art villages represent the forefront of China’s Abstract, Pop, and Neo-Realist artists. – by William Avedon
Painting Strokes, Fei Jia Cun, Beijing, China
Yang Painting, Fei Jia Cun, Beijing, China
Yang in his Studio, Fei Jia Cun, Beijing, China
