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Act rashly and alert the enemy reflects the full dynamics of his artistic style and means a cautious situation. According to the original text: “stirring grass may alert the snake”—an old Chinese saying, one should check out and clarify every doubt, and then move on; by remembering to do this, one can cast a light on the hidden truth. The image fabricated together with ancients not only gets the significance of the so-called pop, but also possesses a power that has passed from mouth to mouth, from generation to generation, since ancient times. Like Monroe painted by Andy Warhol, this power is a history compared to the present, gaining strength to infinitely extend horizontally and vertically.
Kang Shixin, b. 1985 Act rashly and alert the enemy, 2012 Acrylic on canvas 180 x 180 cm
Zhu Zhe Chi is a well-acclaimed artist whose works have been displayed in numerous prestigious galleries including Beijing’s The National Art Museum of China and the Shanghai Liu Hai Su Art Museum. He has also had several solo exhibitions in Paris, Los Angeles, and New York. Zhu Zhe Chi draws his inspiration from nature, humanity, music, and motherhood. His paintings reflect his vibrant and compassionate personality. Before focusing on painting, he worked as an ice sculptor for more than 10 years and won several international ice sculpting awards. In 2011, Zhe Chi was invited to become a special guest artist member of The International Artists Association of America. Zhe Chi currently shuttles between Shanghai and New York. Zhu Zhe Chi, b. 1968 Sweet Dreams No. 4, 2012 Mixed media on paper 38 x 29.5 cm
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Wu Aizheng, as well as being an avid artist, is also a member of the Shanghai Artists Association, an art museum curator at Ai Shen, the academy vice president at Dianshan Lake, a deputy president for the Qingpu painting and Calligraphy Association, and a Department of Animation course lecturer at Nanjing Arts Institute Vocational Institute. In Wu Aizheng’s view, Chinese painting is the essence of ancient Chinese culture. It is in the methods of transmitting and techniques, through different periods of continuation and development, that a unique Oriental painting language is formed.
Wu Aizheng, b. 1969 Hill Diary Series, 2012 Oil on canvas 80 x 80 cm
Shi Tao, a well-known Chinese painter is the enlightenment mentor for Fan Xueyi. Shi Tao’s landscape works are always freestyle in language but exquisite in form, expressing a fantastic ancient spirit. Calligraphy is an important element in Fan Xueyi’s life. Fan believes that an artist uses calligraphy as background of a painting, using acrylic to paint as well as leaving some space on the original red lines on the paper. This process mixes the spirit of Chinese painting and Western painting methods, to produce a new expression, a way of “Scene out of the scene” and “Image out of the image.” This mixed media work is filled with emotions and tensions with Shi Tao’s classical words as background. In this work, Fan Xueyi wants to show her respect to Shi Tao and to the traditional spirits. Fan Xueyi, b. 1969 Encountering Shi Tao, 2011 Mixed media 60 x 50 cm
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