“The important part is not the paintings and the images themselves, but the subtle emotions and concealed structure created by the adequacy of the images and details … The adjacent images create a kind of montage-narration.” Zhang Yuan’s solo exhibition, “The Concealed Structure” is showing at Platform China in Caochangdi ... Read more »

“I was always fascinated by natural phenomena and changes of the sky. In my paintings I try to express the bond with nature that I feel when I go to the mountains or look the clouds, a kind of echo between the landscape and myself … Each brushstroke and every piece ... Read more »

“I am always trying to observe myself through the leftovers on my plate, the records of my MSN chats, the strands of hair and flakes of skin on my sheets, my health card, my supermarket receipts, my nightly dreams etc. These things all prove that I exist and that I ... Read more »

“I create artwork that features traditional symbols, such as rocks and plum blossoms. My work is in a sense a performance of traditional Chinese culture. The surrealistic figures in my sculptures incorporate shapes commonly depicted in Chinese, such as water rolling over stones. These images express the flow of time ... Read more »

In this photo, Sun Guojuan has covered her own body in sugar. Says the artist, “The sugar that I smear on my body symbolizes love and sweetness. It appears in my work year after year. Growing old will take my life further and further away from that love and sweetness ... Read more »

Wang Zi: “During this period, I was working in SOHO, living a regular life from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. After work I went swimming or to the gymnasium and then enjoyed supper in a canteen. How time flew! Friday evenings came when I, being drunk, headed to ... Read more »

“Among collective memory and individual memory, it is difficult to escape error. Whether or not the accumulation of many individual memories is actually collective memory is difficult to say. Every individual can only remember a portion of his or her self and experiences as that self. The memories then owe ... Read more »

“My paintings are rich but not complicated, simple but not

poor. I use my brush to depict my living surroundings, including old

Beijing lanes and old buildings in the south of China. The buildings in

my paintings give people an especially delicate and vivid feeling, and

can be regarded as ... Read more »

“In 2005, I arrived in China. The blue, white and red striped tarp was a reassuring signal for three French girls lost in the ‘empire of signs.’ This plastic layer draws a mad linear perspective. Now it's the facade of the Perif Gallery. The striped pattern invites the passer-by ... Read more »

“In 2005, I arrived in China. The blue, white and red striped tarp was a reassuring signal for three French girls lost in the ‘empire of signs.’ This plastic layer draws a mad linear perspective. Now it's the facade of the Perif Gallery. The striped pattern invites the passer-by ... Read more »

Wu Mengchun: “The simple and quiet world of Zen is expressed by water. The background is left white to represent Zen’s modest spirit and the colors are guests in it, symbolizing the natural environment. The contrasts, bending and straight lines represent Daoism, which epitomizes the universe. Brown is the ... Read more »

Tu Hongtao: “I am trying to be a director, fantasticly fabricating dolls, violent scenes, materialized beauties as well as erotic pictures which come from the internet, computer games and cartoons, turning them into coquettish, but real theater. I hope to create an experience of randomness, confusion, hope and sadness—all ... Read more »

Liu Baomin: “From the point of view of technique, these works resemble cartoons and caricatures. What I want to express is the alienation experienced by people after stepping into a commercialized society. In a society that is commercialized, human relationships are experienced according to value. In my eyes, this has ... Read more »

Xiong Lijun: “I am free at last to be the person I want to be, the woman I am and the artist I always have been. My body of work embodies human spirit and flaunts unencumbered, child-like, carefree, individual freedom of expression. No longer do we have to endure personal ... Read more »

Benjamin Bozonnet: “Before discovering a country, your mind produces images of it that are often limited and ridiculous. These pictures that China inspired in me will no doubt raise a few smiles from Chinese viewers. Yet which China are we talking about? A country which is not exotic, yet possesses ... Read more »

Cheng Yong expresses through his works a kind of failed communication between two people. Hence, the dots representy a patterned dialogue, overlaying and, in some cases, completely usurping real forms. His artistic project is a kind of Braille language tentatively searching for the next transmission. Check out more of his ... Read more »

In Xu Shuo's work, this half-naked fairy from a Chinese folktale rides on a pink cloud, holding aloft lily flowers, the symbol of female innocence. Hal-hidden behind her veil, her eyes are as confrontational as modern women. Check out more of Xu Shuo works as party of the Postmodern ... Read more »

Marian Heyerdahl: “An army of 57 woman and children sculpted in original uniforms as soldiers, officers and generals symbolize different stories as victims of war. The focus is on the suffering that women endure as a heritage they are forced to experience. Both feminine fragility and strength are integrated in ... Read more »

Cyrus Cornut: “Wandering through China’s major cities, I sought a subjective urban vision. In a situation where all that remains of communism is its authoritarianism, man as a social being is losing his place. The person with an individual future is being lost in the urban ocean. Houses are ... Read more »