PLAY WITH ME CHEN WEN LING
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Front Cover Who Are You? (limited editions of 8) Approx Height 1550mm, Bronze with automoative paint
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This page Peeing Boy (limited editions of 6) Approx 1850 x 300 x 400mm, Bronze with automative paint
Chen Wen Ling is a recognised young sculptor working in China. Born in Anxi, Fujian China in 1969, he graduated from Xiamen academy of Art and completed study in Sculpture Dept, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing China. The Red Boys are innocent and not evil, healthy and not sick. It is well known that the visual arts of the late twentieth century, whether in art, movie and three-dimension cartoon pictures of computer games are full of violence and self doubt and pity. Chen’s Red Boy look like a lotus growing out of mud, satisfying viewers cravings for a new trend of avant garde art, ie. to make a vehicle of the construction of human nature rather than the weapon of criticism of human nature.
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Red Memory - Shower (limited editions of 8) 750 x 180 x 110mm, Bronze with automoative paint
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Smile (Pig Sold, Boy Available) Approximate Height 37 inch , Bronze
His works attracted outsiders, insiders, academics and avant-garde critics alike to appreciate them from their own perspectives. Chen series works of the Red Boys entitled the Red Memory, which have various meanings for different modern art viewers. They may be reminded of a newly born baby (red boy) which symbolizes the innocence of human heart in classical culture, without a feeling of ordinariness. Modern art emphasizes the concepts in a work. It often creates a style of too many concepts, making viewers tired. In contrast, Chen works is simple and true. He does not deliberately create concepts. The naked bodies have nothing to hide. What is left, is a direct communication with the nature and a conversation between the society and the people. The facial and body expressions of the Red Boys are properly exaggerated to enhance the communicative effects. This series of works is a relief of too many concepts. It can also be viewed that there is a concept in the works to curtail the burden of concepts.
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Happy Life Series - Rocking Pig - White 550 x 500 x 450mm, Bronze and Automative Paint
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Happy Life Series - Standing Pig - White Approx Height 500mm high, Bronze and Automative Paint
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Happy Life Series - Handstand Pig Approx 680mm high, Bronze with automoative paint
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