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Zhang Xiaoli
In her paintings, drawings, and prints, Zhang Xiaoli (b.1989) transforms classical Chinese mediums to create nuanced, captivating images that are at once playful and contemplative. The pictorial world of Zhang Xiaoli is composed of classically-inspired landscapes, ancient games, science, and its mystical counterparts. Her eclectic choices of subject matter stem partly from her unique experience of double majoring in Fine Arts and Biology while at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. The supposedly opposing forces that are art and science find new harmony in Zhang’s artistic creations, offering holistic ways of understanding the world.
Classically inspired landscapes have remained an essential part in Zhang Xiaoli’s work. From her early project Dialogue Between Pop Culture and Traditional Chinese Painting, where she introduced the visual vocabulary of Lego toys to traditional Chinese landscape paintings, to her most recent project Surrealism in Landscape, landscape provides a nodal point in understanding Zhang’s practice. In Portable Landscape series, it is the bridge that connects tradition with contemporary culture, especially consumerism. Elsewhere, landscapes are elements of a game, an entry point towards Dao, or spiritual retreats during a pandemic. In creating what she calls the “postmodern landscapes” of this era, Zhang Xiaoli signals a pictorial return to nature and classicism, and injects this timeless tradition with a renewed confidence.
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Zhang Xiaoli
A Box of Spring 提盒-春digital print on silk
11 3/4 x 11 3/4 in
30 x 30 cm
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Zhang Xiaoli
Summer Mountain 夏山digital print on silk
11 3/4 x 11 3/4 in
30 x 30 cm
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Zhang Xiaoli
The Gift 禮物digital print on silk 数码绢本印刷
8 5/8 x 10 5/8 in
22 x 27 cm
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Zhang Xiaoli
A box of Winter-Auspicious 一盒冬-瑞雪digital print on silk
11 3/4 x 11 3/4 in
30 x 30 cm
Edition of 99 -
Zhang Xiaoli
A Basket of Autumn 一篮秋digital print on silk
11 3/4 x 11 3/4 in
30 x 30 cm
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Zhang Xiaoli
Infinite Loop 江山无尽digital print on silk 数码绢本印刷
31 1/2 x 17 3/4 in
80 x 45 cm
Edition of 20
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Zhang Xiaoli
Tiger 虎digital print on silk
7 1/8 x 7 1/8 in
18 x 18 cm
Edition of 99 -
Zhang Xiaoli
Monkey 猴digital print on silk
7 1/8 x 7 1/8 in
18 x 18 cm
Edition of 99 -
Zhang Xiaoli
Pig 猪digital print on silk
7 1/8 x 7 1/8 in
18 x 18 cm
Edition of 99 -
Zhang Xiaoli
Rabbit 兔digital print on silk
7 1/8 x 7 1/8 in
18 x 18 cm
Edition of 99 -
Zhang Xiaoli
Mouse 鼠digital print on silk
7 1/8 x 7 1/8 in
18 x 18 cm
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Zhang Xiaoli
Ox 牛digital print on silk
7 1/8 x 7 1/8 in
18.1 x 18.1 cm
Edition of 99
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Lin Yunqian
Lin Yunqian (Q), born in 1989 in Guangxi, China, currently resides and works in New York. In 2019, she earned her MFA from The Savannah College of Art and Design. Lin's artistic pursuits involve a deep exploration of temporal fluctuations. Her inclination towards landscapes and the Earth's innate characteristics is similarly driven by a fascination with the interplay between control and spontaneity, particularly within the dynamic between human engagement and the natural world. Her artistic expression finds its genesis in photography, which she uses as a foundation to explore diverse mediums, including video works and installations, utilizing these mediums to accentuate her fascination with nature and the cyclical patterns of destruction and regeneration.
Lin's work has been recognized as Juror Selection by the New York Center for Photographic Art. Additionally, her inventive work has been prominently featured in various media.
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