James Hyman Gallery to host Sun Liang ~ A Painter’s Journey |
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| Wednesday, 13 August 2008 04:32 |
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London - James Hyman Gallery, in association with Contrasts Gallery (Hong Kong and Shanghai) is pleased to announce the first major UK exhibition of paintings by Sun Liang, one of China’s most important artists working today. Sun Liang initially established his reputation as one of the Generation of 85 group, now widely acknowledged as kick-starting the birth of Chinese contemporary art and the beginning of China's cultural transformation. Private view 7 October 2008, 6-8 pm. On exhibition 8 October – 15 November 2008. He was included in the important exhibition China Avant Garde at the National Museum of Fine Arts in Beijing in 1989, and in 1993 was one of the very first artists to represent China at the Venice Biennale.  Although recently, the spot-light has turned on a younger generation of Chinese artists the importance of Sun Liang’s pioneering generation is being increasingly recognised, as is indicated by his inclusion in the opening exhibition, 85 New Wave: The Birth of Chinese Contemporary Art, at the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art in Beijing in autumn 2007.In contrast to the cynical realists of Beijing, Sun Liang is a key figure in the art scene of Shanghai. In common with many of the most interesting Chinese contemporary artists, Sun Liang not only engages with international contemporary art but also with Chinese history and experience. Paintings of the 1980s combine Western and Chinese mythology, allegorical works of the later 1980s have specific Chinese roots yet echo the anguish of Bacon, Basquiat and Baselitz, and his more recent lyrical works have reasserted Chinese techniques as well as imagery. This is evident in Sun Liang’s continuing fascination with the art of calligraphy, scroll painting and brush and ink painting, and is found also in his paintings in which serpents slide and leopards prowl in a highly sexualised world of mutating and mutated mythological beasts. A fully illustrated catalogue, with introductory essay by Philip Dodd, former director, ICA (Institute of Contemporary Arts, London), will accompany the exhibition. James Hyman Gallery - 5 Savile Row - London W1S 3PD - Telephone 020 7494 3857 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it - www.jameshymangallery.com Click on logo below to add this article to your favorite Social Website ~ |
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