'Mao' 2008

Ren Zhenyu

Original oil on canvas
150 ⨯ 150 ⨯ 5 cm
ConditionVery good
€ 6.500

Willem Kerseboom Gallery

• About the artwork
  Oil on canvas.
  150x150 cm
  unframed
  
  Ren Zhenyu
  Born in Tianjin in 1976, Ren Zhenyu graduated in 1999 from the Tianjin Academy of Fine Art, where he currently works as a lecturer. His great talent has always been recognised and appreciated by renowned galleries and distinguished collectors throughout China, and increasingly all around the world. He has recently achieved fame in Europe through his distinct portrait series of historical and political icons. In his works, Ren plays with a wide spectrum of colours that are juxtaposed to create a unique expressionist interpretation of famous faces and experiments with texture built on layering to reinforce the portrayal of faces from different perspectives. He adopts a manner closer to Pop Art than to the currently dominant Chinese Neo-Realist style.
  1976 Born in Tianjin, China
  1999 Graduated from Tianjin Academy of Fine Art
  
  ■ Solo Exhibitions
  2008 Ren Zhenyu Solo Exhibition, Drs Willem Kerseboom Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  2007 Solo Exhibition “Looks Just Beautiful”, Joyce Gallery, Hong Kong
  Solo Exhibition, Beijing
  2005 Solo Exhibition, “In The Name of Face”, Beijing
  ■ Selected Group Exhibitions
  2009 “Visible And Invisible”, Galerie Frank Schlag, Essen, Germany
  2008 Another portrait, Willem Kerseboom Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  2007 Another Portrait, Beijing, Singapore and Hong Kong
  Ju Shata –2007 New Elite Award, Beijing
  Amsterdam International Gallery Exposition, Netherlands
  China International Gallery Exhibition, Beijing
  2006 Exchanging Group Exhibition, China, Japan, France
  2005 Guangzhou Modern Art Fair, Guangzhou
  2004 Group Exhibition, 3rd National Oil Painting Exhibition, Beijing
  2003 The 3rd National Oil Painting Exhibition, Beijing, China
  2002 Group Exhibition, “New Changes”- Young artist nomination, Tianjin
  1999 Group Exhibition, 9th National Fine Arts Exhibition
  ■ Art Fair
  2008 Scope Basel 2008 artfair, Willem Kerseboom Gallery
  
• About the artist

  Ren Zhenyu was born in Tianjin in 1976. He graduated in 1999 from the Oil Painting Department at Tianjin Academy of Fine Art where he is currently working as lecturer. Since the beginning of his career his great talent has been recognized and appreciated by galleries and collectors throughout China. More recently he also has gained fame in Europe, especially through his portrait series of two historical icons: Andy Warhol and Chairman Mao.

  In his work, Ren alludes to the profound political changes that have been taking place in China since Mao’s death (the same year the artist was born) and to the constant need for Chinese artists to connect themselves to the past.

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