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When
contemporary ink and wash faces the unprecedented dilemma, Zhu Wei still
prefers to use it to express his true feelings. Some curator said Zhu is
a sagacious, humorous thinker and sedulous practicer......On the
problem of how to contemporize ink and wash, I think Zhu Wei is a
successful practicer.
Oriental Art . Master
Vol.147
December 1~15, 2007 |
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According to
the aftermath today, the art from contemporary China is falling behind.
You cannot distinguish its motivation and starting point because it is
just a copy of Western art.
- -
Southern
People Weekly
Vol.104, No.31
December 11, 2007 |
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Human, and as
far as one can get from cynical, these pictures are about the people of
today¡¯s China.
- - Time Out
Singapore
Issue 5
July 2007 |
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Foreign collectors want them. Newly minted local millionaires want them.
The rise and rise of the country's modern artists
¡ª ¡ª TIME Magazine
Vol.168, No.24
December 11, 2006 |
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Art...Needs
Sedimentation
¡ª
¡ª Oriental Art . Master
August
1-15, 2006 |
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Pop?
Oil Painting? Figure Ink and Color on Paper
¡ª
¡ª Southern Weekly
May
4, 2006 |
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International
Auction: The New POWER LANGUAGE of China Contemporary Art
¡ª
¡ª Sanlian Lifeweek Magazine
April
24, 2006 |
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'When
everyone is looking for a better life on the mainland, I am looking for
something simple," says the Beijing artist Zhu Wei.
¡ª
¡ª International Herald Tribune
Saturday-Sunday,
December 3-4, 2005 |
| Speech
by Mr. Tharman Shanmugaratnam |
"Zhu
Wei is one of the leaders in the extremely vibrant world of contemporary
Chinese art."
¡ª
¡ª Mr. THARMAN SHANMUGARATNAM, Minister for education of Singapore
April
8 2005 |
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"As
a leading Chinese artist, Zhu Wei has challenged orthodoxy for many
years."
¡ª
¡ª Asian Art News
Volume
15 Nomber 3
MAY/JUNE
2005 |
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"......
perhaps in an ironic statement about the forced conformity Zhu Wei, Yue
Minjun and Fang Liiun pioneered this style(Cynical Realism)."
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- Insider's Guide to Beijing 2004-05
Shantou
University Press |
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"Most
artists in China's so-called avant-garde circle adopt Western media as a
form of expression. Zhu Wei does not......"
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- YISHU: Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art
September
2004 | Fall Issue |
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¡¡¡¡
"(Zhu
Wei) built his reputation examining the division between the state and
society¡¡"
¡ª
¡ª A SOUTH MORNING POST PUBLICATION
Sunday
Morning Post
Vol.
LX No.135
May
16, 2004 |
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"(Zhu's
works) were powerful satirical commentaries on the suppression of
individuality in China¡¡"
¡ª
¡ª Asian Art News
Volume
14 Number 1
JANUARY/FEBRUARY
2004 |
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"Forget
about the little people¡ªChina's new wave of modern art is all about
portraying the big heads¡¡"
¡ª
¡ª TIME Magazine
Vol.
160 No.18
November
11, 2002 |
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"¡¡Zhu's
work is innovative, provocative and politically explosive."
¡ª
¡ª ASIAWEEK
Volume
27 Number 5
February
9, 2001 |
| Hong
Kong iMail |
¡¡
"'When
I first talked to this generation of artists and found that they didn't
discuss social issues, I thought it was out of fear. Then I
realised it was because they didn't care¡¯"
¡ª
¡ª Hong Kong iMail
Friday,
November 3, 2000 |
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"¡¡his
work has strong socio-political commentary and pretest messages."
¡ª
¡ª The Business Times
Saturday,
October 21, 2000 |
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"Soulless
eyes cast towards the sky, Zhu Wei's recurrent figures are modern
terracotta warriors tinged with enigma, irony and humour."
¡ª
¡ª The Strait Times
Friday,
October 20, 2000 |
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Combining
modern symbolism and classical anecdotes, Zhu Wei captures moments of
triumph and trauma within China¡¯s modern history.
¡ª¡ª
Portfolio
October
2000 |
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"Zhu
Wei is one of the country's rising stars among the young generation. His
paintings through the late 90's has established him a leader among the
so-called post-89 group of cynical realists.¡¡"
¡ª
¡ª CNN
2000 |
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Andy
Warhol¡¯s ¡°Mao¡± and Zhu Wei¡¯s work China
China were used with the articles about Mao Zedong and Deng
Xiaoping, the only two Chinese from People¡¯s Republic of China in the
100.
¡ª
¡ª TIME Magazine
Vol
154 No.7/8
August
23-August 30,1999 |
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"Chinese
paintings are hot, hot, hot. Here are five rules that could make you a
prosperous patron of the arts."
¡ª
¡ª TIME Magazine
Vol
150 No.9
September
1, 1997 |
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"Zhu
Wei¡¯s paintings are an idiosyncratic vision of China¡¯s social and
political life."
¡ª
¡ª ASIAN ART NEWS
Volume
6 Number 5
SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER
1996 |
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¡°If
an artist has something to say which is important, which is symbolic of
his times, and which has been done in depth, then his expression can
become an icon of an age.¡±
¡ª¡ª
Asia Magazine
August
16-18, 1996 |
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"¡¡there
is only one conclusion that can be reached: he is the only person who
could have created these iconoclastic studies of modern China."
¡ª
¡ª EASTERN EXPRESS
November
14, 1994 |
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