Saturday, January 26, 2008

Green Wind Series - Ren Jianhui - b. 1956 (Chengdu)


Base in Singapore, Ren Jianhui graduated from China, Central College of Arts and Crafts (now known as Qing Hua University School of Art) where he was taught by Prof. Wu Guanzhong.

Mr. Ren is now Chairman of Nanyang Artists Society and also a member of China Artists Association in Singapore.



Green Wind Series no.1
oil on canvas
150 x 260cm
(Sold)


Green Wind Series no.2
oil on canvas
190 x 160 cm
(Sold)

Green Wind Series no.3
oil on canvas
195 x 155 cm


Green Wind Series no.4
oil on canvas
184 x 145 cm
(Sold)

Green Wind Series no.5
oil on canvas
184 x 145 cm
(Sold)


Green Wind Series no.6
oil on canvas

184 x 145 cm
(Sold)


Green Wind Series no.7
oil on canvas
184 x 145 cm
(Sold)


Green Wind Series no.8
oil on canvas
175 x 145 cm
(Sold)


Green Wind Series no.9

oil on canvas

184 x 155 cm

Green Wind Series no. 10

oil on canvas

184 x 155cm

Green Wind Series no.11

oil on canvas

184 x 155 cm

Green Wind Series no.12

oil on canvas

184 x 155 cm


Green Wind Series no. 13

oil on canvas

184 x 155cm

Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Terracotta Worriors: Liu Fenghua - b. 1956 (Hebei, China)



Since the terracotta warriors were discovered in 1974 by farmers digging for a well in Xian, this lifesized and lifelike army has become an icon of China's past, instantly recognizable all over the world. The terracotta warriors were the 8,000 strong underground army buried in Emperor Qin Shi Huang Ti's tomb (221 - 207 BC), to protect him in his afterlife.

Li Feng Hua's sculptures is a wry, witty look at his country's history and future post-Cultural Revolution direction. Two thousand years separate China's first emperor and Mao. But Li's modern ceramic warriors can be seen as an artistic statement of the morally complicated legacy of these two leaders - both great revolutionary leaders and yet, both great criminals, who have left a lasting legacy on China.

Liu Fenghua graduated from Central Academy of Fine Arts, China with a Bachelor Degree in Fine Arts

The Simple Life

oil on canvas

200 x 180 cm
(Sold)

Dreams of A Terracotta Warrior - Silkworm
ceramic
110 x 36 x 30 cm


Dreams of A Terracotta Warrior - Albert Einstein
ceramic
110 x 36 x 30 cm


Dreams of A Terracotta Warrior - Lu Xun
ceramic
110 x 36 x 30 cm






Dreams of A Terracotta Warrior - Reflecting on Medicine
ceramic
110 x 36 x 30 cm

Touch Point: Jin Yu - b. 1963 (China)

Jin Yu is a member of Beijing Artists Association of China. He is presently teaching Fine Arts in the Beijing Youth Political College, China.




Touch Point Series 1
oil on canvas
140 x 140 cm

Touch Point Series - 2
oil on canvas

140 x 140 cm


Touch Point Series - 3
oil on canvas
140 x 140 cm

Saturday, January 12, 2008

Wood Lattice: Ren Hui - b. 1957 (Nanjing)

Born in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China in 1957, Ren Hui, a self taught artist started creating works of art in 1977, and a resident writer for , a folk literature publication since 1985. He started painting in 1989.


Me No.5

woodcut
56 x 43cm
(Sold)

Chairman Mao No.1
woodcut
44 x 61cm
Chairman Mao No.2
woodcut
63 x 45cm

Chairman Mao No.3
woodcut
45 x 63cm


My Son No.1
woodcut
42 x 32cm

My Son No.2
woodcut
56 x 50 cm

(Sold)



Dog Unit

woodcut

39 x 97cm

Tuesday, January 8, 2008

Tan Yifeng – b.1960 (Nanjing, China)

Tan Yifeng graduated from China, Nanjing Teaching University with an associate diploma in art. He also obtained a graduate diploma in Canberra School of art, Australia. Presently, he is working in both Canberra and Beijing.
Big Apples
oil on canvas
180 x 80 cm x 3
(Sold)

Tian mangzi – b. 1968 (Shenyang, China)

Tian Mangzi graduated from Luxun Academy of Fine Arts with a bachelor degree and a Master degree graduate from Xi’an Institute of Fine Arts.

Tian started his career as a full time lecturer in Luxun Academy of Fine Arts where he taught oil painting from 1999 to 2002; from then, he settled down in Shanghai as a full time artist.

Presently, he is working in his new studio in Songzhuang village, Beijing.
Red Apple
oil on canvas
170 x 178 cm


Purple Apple
oil on canvas
170 x 178 cm



Blue Apple
oil on canvas
170 x 178 cm

Sunday, January 6, 2008

I Wayan Bendi – b. 1950 (Indonesia)

I Wayan Bendi is a living legend, the leading practitioner of the Batuan style of painting which developed in Bali in the 1920’s-1930’s.

He was born in 1950, in Batuan, a village near Ubud. He still remains rooted to his birthplace, where he has his studio and art gallery.

The Batuan style of painting is very intricate and detailed, crammed with many “stories”. Paintings in this style are tightly crowded with teeming crowds and scenes that depict all the traditional aspects of Bali life, like rice harvests, temple rituals, dancing girls and fantastical theater masks.

A Batuan picture usually has a sober monochrome color palette, because of the initial application of black and grey paint on the canvas surface as base. But Bendi is also an artist with a mischievous streak. For a Batuan artist, he is considered very colorful with his ‘soberly bold’ colors like brick red and light olive. Then there’s his ‘thing’ about helicopters. Bendi usually has one somewhere in his crowded agrarian scenes, and part of the fun is to hunt for it. Another favorite, the t-shirt clad, inquisitive tourist with his intrusive, long nosed camera lens, snapping away amid the water buffaloes and rickety taxis. It’s a Bendi trademark that speaks volumes about his concern for Bali’s relationship with the almighty tourist dollar.

In recent years, Bendi has expanded his focus to capture traumatic events that has impacted Indonesia, from the Bali bombing to the tsunami. Always, Bendi’s witty, observant paintings are like a macrocosm of modern Bali life.

The artist has exhibited in Japan, Netherlands, Belgium and New York.
Golden Harvest
mixed media
72 x 35cm
Barong Dance
mixed media
90 x 64cm
Surfing in Bali
mixed media
100 x 69cm

Pagoda
mixed media
90 x 69cm

Surf Board
mixed media
40 x 55 cm

Tuesday, January 1, 2008

Born in the 80's

Sitting on Clouds
Oil on Canvas
120 x 150 cm
(Sold)
Hobby Horse
Oil on Canvas
190 x 140 cm
(Sold)
Cloud Nine
Oil on Canvas
190 x 160 cm
(Sold)
Shuttle Cock
170 x 140 cm
Oil on Canvas
(Sold)
Spinning Top
Oil on canvas
170 x 140 cm
(Sold)
Hopscotch
Oil on canvas
170 x 140 cm
(Sold)
Marbles
Oil on canvas
170 x 140 cm

Sitting on Clouds 4
Oil on canvas
120 x 100 cm
(SOLD)

Catcher in the Rye ,2007
Oil on canvas
120 x 100 cm
(SOLD)
Playing with Fire-Crackers, 2007
Oil on canvas
190 x 160 cm
(SOLD)

Sitting on Cloud 3, 2007
Oil on canvas
100x80 cm
(SOLD)

Cloud Nine 2, 2007
Oil on Canvas
170x240 cm
(SOLD)
Hobby Horse No.2, 2007
Oil on Canvas
170x140 cm

Made in China No.10, 2007
Oil on Canvas
150x120cm
(Sold)
Sitting on Clouds 2, 2007
Oil on Canvas
150x120 cm
(SOLD)

Cloud Nine, 2007
Oil on Canvas
190 x 160 cm
(SOLD)

Snowball Fight, 2007
Oil on Canvas
190 x 160 cm
(Sold)

Spinning Top, 2007
Oil on Canvas
170 x 140 cm

(Sold)

Tire Loop, 2007
Oil on Canvas
170 x 140 cm
(SOLD)