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Chen Jing paints or 'advertises' traditional Chinese landscapes within a modern scene. Within her pieces, modern, trendy clothed women hold handbags, which are decorated with traditional Chinese ink paintings of mountains and water. She paints the modern women very attractively, but in black and white so that the focus is squarely on the Chinese ink paintings. Chen Jing also places such traditional Chinese mountain and water ink paintings onto posters at bus-stops or as patterns for clothing, etc. Such juxtapositions of the modern with the traditional indicate that traditional art in China is being used by the contemporary Chinese society in a very commercial way. It’s a double edged sword because on the one hand it’s good to have such artwork being shown to the general public, but on the other hand being used commercially takes away the original purpose of the pieces, commercializes them and makes them somewhat superficial. Indeed, in modern society, many things are being used in commercial ways that disregard their original purpose. Chen Jing is clearly very aware of this and is commenting on it within her work. Should fine art be used commercially?

Contributed by eve2008

2 months, 3 weeks ago

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Artist Chen Jing uses fine art to combine traditional Chinese art with the commercial, contemporary Chinese society. Her works include modern women holding handbags decorated with traditional Chinese landscapes as well as placing traditional Chinese mountain and water ink paintings onto posters at bus stops and clothing.