ZHONG CHEN
May 19th - June 6th
Since
completing a Masters of Fine Arts from the Chelsea School of Art, London
in 1998, Zhong started a series of paintings called
the ‘pixel paintings’.
The images he uses are influenced by Chinese Folk art, woodblock prints and traditional ink brush painting. By using traditional Chinese inspired images, Zhong conveys a sense of his cultural identity.
In this exhibition, Zhong has been influenced by the 1930s Shanghai advertising posters and his recent trip to Shanghai. Shanghai in the 1930s
was considered the ‘Paris of the East’ with its rich culture and fashion becoming the inspiration for Zhong’s recent paintings.
Here, he combines the process of using traditional images with a contemporary pixilated technology, with the pixel being a symbol of the global modern world.
These pixel paintings let us explore the technology of our time and the contemporary changing place of our society.
the ‘pixel paintings’.
The images he uses are influenced by Chinese Folk art, woodblock prints and traditional ink brush painting. By using traditional Chinese inspired images, Zhong conveys a sense of his cultural identity.
In this exhibition, Zhong has been influenced by the 1930s Shanghai advertising posters and his recent trip to Shanghai. Shanghai in the 1930s
was considered the ‘Paris of the East’ with its rich culture and fashion becoming the inspiration for Zhong’s recent paintings.
Here, he combines the process of using traditional images with a contemporary pixilated technology, with the pixel being a symbol of the global modern world.
These pixel paintings let us explore the technology of our time and the contemporary changing place of our society.
