Group exhibition
20/03/2014 - 26/04/2014
In China, a new generation of contemporary artists born in the 1970s and 1980s defines itself as the “Move On” generation.
In China, a new generation of contemporary artists born in the 1970s and 1980s defines itself as the “Move On” generation. Breaking away from the Chinese Avant-Garde, these young creators focus more on personal concerns, in direct response to the economic and social transformations they are experiencing. From committed, complex works shaped by current events (Wu Yiqiang, Li Changlong) to those that emphasize intimacy and the creation of an inner world (Li Chaoxiong, Ma Sibo, Chen Man, Zhao Yutong), the exhibition “70 / 80” reveals the future Chinese art scene.
Opening reception: Thursday, March 20, 2014, at 6 pm
Exhibition: March 20 – April 26, 2014
Late opening until 10 pm: Saturday, March 29, in parallel with the Art Paris Art Fair held at the Grand Palais.
Born in 1970 in Yunnan (southwest China), Wu Yiqiang participated in the 1989 student hunger strike in protest of the events at Tiananmen Square. He will be, that year, the only student from Yunnan to be sanctioned by being expelled from the Yunnan Institute of Arts, where he was training. He then abandoned his artistic … Continued
In research of the meaning of life, Li Chaoxiong (Arx Lee), a genius illustrator, gradually creates different poetic universes where the heroes and dreamers live. Since his childhood, the artist is immersed in the world of superheroes, cartoons and illustration. Developing his style in different artistic disciplines, such as painting, illustration, design, sculpture and photography, Li has gradually found his own language and mastered the codes of literary narration and of plastic and digital composition. Undoubtedly his unique painting style and figurative language are representative of what China has best to offer among the young generation.
Strongly inspired by Impressionism, Ma Sibo likes to paint "fuzzy and imperceptible" landscapes where shadow and light enter into dialogue. His color-graded, layered and retouched works draw viewers into a poetic dream world. The everyday objects that inhabit his paintings specifically evoke the era of the 1990s in China and unfold as a staging of memory, personal but also collective.
Vogue, Elle, Bazaar, Marie-Claire, Cosmopolitan, Officiel, Esquire, Madame Figaro China… none could do without her and her instantly recognizable photos. Chen Man has also produced advertising campaigns in China for Lancôme, Motorola, Adidas, Nike, Max Factor and L'Oréal. Through her unique aesthetic, she now explores contemporary themes, always inspired by traditional elements of China, which allow her to decipher today's society from the inside.
