Peng Wei 彭薇
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Peng Wei is a Sichuan artist who is best known for her Chinese ink paintings executed in a modern style.[1] Peng also serves as a court artist at the Beijing Art Academy. Born in 1974, she lives and works in Beijing.
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[edit] Date & Place of Birth
Peng was born in Chengdu in 1974.
[edit] Education & Development
In 1997, Peng earned her Bachelor’s degree in Oriental Culture and Art from Nankai University, Tianjin, China. She stayed on to receive her MA Degree in Philosophy in 2000. From 2002-2006, Peng worked as the editor of Art magazine in Beijing.[2]
[edit] Art
Delicate and elegant as they are, ancient costumes have always been a symbol of Chinese cultural tradition, as clearly witnessed in the 2008 Beijing Olympics Opening Ceremony. But in the last century, materialism and consumerism has gradually changed Chinese culture–-Western styles widely usurping more traditional ones. By creating a contrast between modernism and traditionalism, Peng Wei attempts to search for the Chinese cultural myth in today’s society.[3]
As one of the younger generation of Chinese contemporary artists who have taken a decidedly modern approach to the use of classical techniques, Peng Wei’s work displays a profound knowledge of the Chinese ink painting tradition, which she insists is still alive and constantly changing. While Chinese robes may have become remnants of a bygone era, they appear in Peng's paintings charged with fresh narratives and contexts-–an indication of the artist’s self-confessed fascination with the ‘lost and beautiful’ items of the past.[3]
[edit] Gallery Affiliations
Peng Wei is represented by Yang Gallery in Beijing, (and Plum Blossoms in New York before their closure).[4]
[edit] Exhibitions
For Peng's exhibition history, please click here.
[edit] References
- ↑ www.artscenechina.com/chineseart/artists/pengwei.htm
- ↑ http://www.artnet.com/Artists/ArtistHomePage.aspx?artist_id=424499042&page_tab=Bio_and_links
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 http://siongchin.com/blog/?p=1439
- ↑ http://oneartworld.com/artists/P/Peng+Wei.html
