H@L III

Christmas joys from H@L.

Holspirit II

A second dose of the joyous garish, thickly impasto paintings of Chinese illustrator and painter H@L.

Halspirit I

The first of two posts featuring the work of Halspirit 著 a Chinese illustrator and painter. These are some of his joyful whale illustrations. 

工作联系

Delicate illustrations telling the story of a stray dog by 工作联系 Xiao Yuhuiguomin.

Dong Xingru

Dong Xingru's wonderful illustrated life cycle of a caterpillar. This Chinese illustrator has some fab projects for you to explore.

Zi Li

One of Zi Li's illustrations, I like the immersiveness of the work that Zi Lee creates, you can think yourself into the picture and float peacefully beneath the fish.

Rita Tu I

Qianwen Tu (Rita Tu) is a Chinese-American illustrator based in Savannah, USA. this is stills from and an animation called 'The Stone' a printed stop motion film about spring arriving in stone land.

Zhang Fan

Zhang Fan was born in 1991, he graduated from the Department of Sculpture at Shandong University of Arts where currently teaches at the Department of Illustration. In 2017 ‘The Flower’ a story about a little boy and his peace flower was awarded the Grand Prix of the Golden Pinwheel Young Illustrators. Zhang's favourite media are coloured pencils and charcoal which you can see he has used in these works.

Sano Yoko

An illustration from Christmas in WWII by Sano Yoko published in 1997 by Akane Shobo. Sano Yoko (1938–2010)  was born in Beijing, China, she studied printmaking in Berlin and settled in Japan becoming a very successful author illustrator of children's books. This work reminds me of Allan Ahlberg's 'The Run Away Dinner' of 2006.

Fu Wenzheng 符文征

Bird illustrations in Red, Black, and White from Chinese illustrator Fu Wensheng. Again I found this illustrators work at Bologna and I am afraid I cannot find her on the internet to link back to further work.

Lisk Feng

I love this illustration, from the novel When Marnie, by Lisk Feng because this is what happens to us every night in the winter at dusk. The gulls glide silently out to the sea over our house no flapping no noise, a quiet perfection. Lisk Feng is originally from China but now lives and works in New York, she is currently one of the nominees of The Young Illustrator Award 2014.

Wangzhe Zhang I

Beautiful, shimmering layers of detail are assimilated into these delicate illustrations by Wangzhe Zhang who completed her MA at Camberwell School of Art last year.

Xia Nan

Last night I went with Freya to catch a glimpse of the wonderful, larger than life Chinese warrior lanterns by Xia Nan are being displayed in Edinburgh for a week until February the 7th to mark the Chinese New Year. The multi-coloured lanterns were created by Chinese artist Xia Nan for the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008. They are very enigmatic, and powerful, lighting up the Old College quadrangle. If you can, brave the weather, and go and see them.

Yangyang Pan I

Yangyang Pan is a painter now based in Canada she works in heavy impasto and intense colours that are exuberant and vivid. "Inspiration comes from antiques, fashion, interiors, landscapes...ANYWHERE WHERE THERE IS COLOR! Sometimes I will see two colors paired together that you would not expect and it makes me want to go start painting. Each painting really comes from a different place." Yangyang Pan

Sanyu II

Some beautiful animal paintings from Sanyu (1901-1966).

Sanyu I

Stunning pale textured paintings from Sanyu (1901-1966). Paintings that have a haze of soft brush strokes that make you want to dive in. 
Sanyu was one of the first Chinese artists to train in Paris after the May the Fourth Movement in China. He never returned to China, falling in love with Paris and its lifestyle. He died aged 65 in obscurity and poverty.

Chen Hangfeng

 

 

 

Yesterday I went on a mini trip to St Andrews with Introduction to Creative Industries students and Furniture students to see an exhibition by Chinese artist Chen Hangfeng an artist who's work in paper cuts is based on long traditions but which at the hands of Chen Hangfeng has absorbed the modern iconography of logos and branding. Chen Hangfeng's work traverses the usual boundaries of art craft and design as he works with film, installation rugs and paper cuts.
In this exhibition I particularly liked the mirrored book forms which expanded his designs, see bottom two images. 

管子天

Today I have been gripped by the photography of  管子天 a Chinese photographer and film maker from Beijing. He has a small series of portraits featuring hands towards the end of his photostream and the rest of this portfolio has lots of treasure and a wonderful humanity.

大脸妞 Darling face II

Last collection of work by 大脸妞 Darling face.