Fu Wenjun | Between Earth and Heaven

Between earth and heaven, everything is connected.

For more than 30 years, Fu Wenjun has been exploring the innovation of contemporary art. He effectively connects photography with a variety of art media such as ink painting, oil painting, and sculpture, creating mixed media artworks with a unique taste and rich connotations. This original art style is called "Digital Pictorial Photography".

The exhibition selects and presents 15 pieces of artwork from the series “Photographic Narrative” and “Misplacement” that Fu Wenjun produced from 2014 to 2018. They manifest the artist understanding and reflection, after a long period of intensive reading and traveling, on various things related to the Eastern and Western history, culture and humanity. Fu Wenjun explores the inextricable connections between things, and looks at our changing world from different perspectives.

Nepotism, Digital Pictorial Photography 140x175cm (55 1/10 × 68 9/10 in) 2014-2015

Take the Horse Head as Guide, Digital Pictorial Photography 140x175cm (55 1/10 × 68 9/10 in) 2014-2015

Dubai Fish, Digital Pictorial Photography mixed media 100x100cm (39 2/5 × 39 2/5 in) 2017-2018

Flowing Magma Digital Pictorial Photography mixed media 100x100cm (39 2/5 × 39 2/5 in) 2017-2018

City Jungle Digital Pictorial Photography mixed media 100x100cm (39 2/5 × 39 2/5 in) 2017-2018

《城市丛林》数绘摄影综合媒介 City Jungle Digital Pictorial Photography mixed media 100x100cm (39 2/5 × 39 2/5 in) 2017-2018

Come and Go, Digital Pictorial Photography mixed media 100x100cm (39 2/5 × 39 2/5 in)

About the artist

One of the most important artists in China, Fu Wenjun’s artistic practice dates back to the late 1980s. His oeuvre integrates innovatively the visual techniques of East and West art, expanding the boundaries of artistic expression. Fu Wenjun keeps reflecting on various issues related to the Western and Eastern history, culture and humanity, and is good at transforming what may seem to be an inaccessible message into a highly approachable concept.

Fu Wenjun was born in 1955 in Chongqing, and graduated from the Painting Department of Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, Chongqing in 1987. Today he continues to live and work in this city. His work has been presented in numerous prestigious venues worldwide, including National Art Museum of China (2020), Deutsches Museum (2018), Guangdong Museum of Art (2015), Gemeentemuseum Den Haag (2010), Yokohama Art Museum (2009). Solo exhibitions include “Again Enter the Scene --- Fu Wenjun Digital Pictorial Photography Exhibition”, Chongqing Art Museum, Chongqing (2019); “Digital Brush: The Photographic Process of Fu Wenjun”, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong (2019); “Introspection of Soul. Artistic Expression in the Digital Pictorial Photography of Wenjun Fu”, Museu Europeu de Arte Moderno, Barcelona (2017); “Harmony in Diversity --- Fu Wenjun’s Digital Pictorial Photography Exhibition”, National Art Museum of China, Beijing (2017); “Thoughtful Images --- Fu Wenjun’s Abstract Photography Exhibition”, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou (2015); “Graphic Expression of Spirit”, The Old Summer Palace Museum, Beijing (2010); “Show of Formality”, Today Art Museum, Beijing (2010).