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Small sculptures by Chen Yanyin
Parents repose high hopes in their children. 2000, bronze, 18 * 31 * 21. Chen Yanyin was born In 1958, Graduated from China National Academy of Fine Arts, Sculpture Department, now works and lives in Shanghai.
Soft sculptures by Ji Wenyu and Zhu Weibing
Refusing to bind himself to a single medium, Ji Wenyu seems to consider art as an exploration with strong imagery, humorous intelligence and formal precision. This truly suggests "integration of art" into the "everyday life" represented by his expressive multiplicity and eclectic approach. In his images and amorphous sculptures (that he collaboratively creates with his wife Zhu Weibing), Ji Wenyu hits on that blend of ingenuous and aesthetic objects that makes his work so compelling all along.
Figure sculptures by Xue Jiye
Xue Jiye, one of China's most important contemporary artists, is a creative surrealist painter and sculptor, full of ideas. "I have too many things in my mind, I just don't have enough time to paint them all," says the artist. The North-eastern Chinese painter and sculptor captivates viewers with his imagination and visionary power.
Stainless steel by Zhan Wang
Chinese garden rocks, also known as "fantastic rocks" for their unusual shapes, are prized for their aesthetic value as well as their symbolic function in Chinese gardens. Traditional Chinese gardens were conceived as microcosms of the natural universe...
Enter by Wang Du
It's a particular experience to wander among this huge installation of oversized figures of blue-haired women in very short skirts. All strike identical, somewhat unnatural poses, looking like they were performing some kind of modern can can.
Wedding Bed by Lu Hao
What's more interesting is the plastic material as the important linguistic element in the works, which Lu Hao employs to express something he has sensed, that is, the plastic signifying modern, but cheap; practical, but fragile; pleasant, but not aesthetic; it can simulate various natural materials, but they always look specious.
Ash Head No.1 by Zhang Huan
Ash Head No. 1 is constructed from incense ash collected from Shanghai temples; a laboriously involved process of weekly gathering and sorting, isolating the vestiges into the indexical categories of texture and pigmentation which Zhang uses to "paint" his images.
Ornamental Rock by Zhan Wang
Zhan Wang's Ornamental Rock No. 71 in a metaphor for the fast changing face of China. Inspired by the public sculpture often found outside Beijing's new office development buildings, as well as the feng shui of traditional landscape gardening, Zhan created his sculpture by moulding a flat sheet of metal to a natural rock formation