He Wenjue
Contemporary Textured Figurative Painting - Water Series No.4
2009

About the Item

textured Figurative painting- Water Series No.4 by He Wenjue Dimension : 30 x 20cm Material :oil on canvas Date: 2009 About Water Series He Wenjue grew up in Hunan province, China, where the tributaries of the Xiangjiang River surround almost every town. Water nurtures life, and life creates prosperity and hope. In the late 1990s, He Wenjue began to paint inspired by the theme of water, initially prompted by its natural beauty and liquidity. Unlike David Hockney’s renowned pool portrait series, He Wenjue’s paintings display endless expanse of water. Although the surface of water reflects the intense blue colour of the sky, it does not conceal the energy of the water flow: the combination of blue and black makes the water surface look like a strong magnetic black hole. This image generates in the viewers a feeling of anxiety and concern for the swimmers. Even though the combative swimmers, depicted by He Wenjue with reference to Lucian Freud’s expressive style, are carried away by the waves and look pale and weak, however, their naked bodies, still illuminated by an obsidian light, rise and fall between the waves. For He Wenjue, water is a symbol of any kind of living space: the dynamism of the water surface and the unstable nature of the water represent the instability of society in a universal sense, while the swimmers who strive forward represent the individuals who face many difficulties when they are looking for their own place and making every effort to pursue freedom. About the artist: He Wenjue was born in 1970 in Hunan Province, China. He received his MA in painting from Jilin Academy of Fine Arts. Member of Chinese Art Association, Member of Chinese Painting Association.The vice-President of Hunan Oil-Painting Association. Research Fellow of Beijing Academy of China Xieyi Oil Painting.He is currently the vice president of Hunan Oil Painting Society, a member of China Artists Association and a member of Chinese Oil Painting Society. His works have been displayed on exhibitions at“Scenery in Map”ShangHai Solo Exhibition、Solo Exhibition, Frank Schlag Gallery, Essen, Germany、Sense of the Sparkle: He Wenjue Singapore Solo Exhibition, Singapore、Water: Senses of Sparkle, Tang Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand、The 9th & The 10th National Annual Fine Arts Exhibition、The first Chinese Freehand Brushwork Oil Painting、4th Jakarta Contemporary Ceramics Biennale, 6th BICMA ,、Painting the Present, Certosa di San Giacomo, Via Certosa 1 - Capri, Capri, Italy、The 2nd Chinese Oil Painting Biennale, The National Art Museum of China、The Xinjiang International Art Biennial 2014、Ethics as the DNA Art: The 9th Florence Biennale、SEA OF PEACE: Japan-Korea Contemporary Art Exhibition, Incheon Art Platform, Incheon, Korea、Faces and Figures, Germany、East side, Michael Schultz Gallery, Berlin, Germany、Vanhaerents Museum Collection, Brussel Belgium、China Welcomes You, Oldenburger Stadtmuseum, Oldenburger, Germany、Lebenslust & Totentanz, Kunsthalle Krems, Krems, Austria、The 24th Asian International Art Exhibition, Kuala Lumpur National Art Museum、The 4th Chengdu Biennial、In a Cosmopolitan City: Group Exhibition of Contemporary Chinese Art, Meridian International Center, Washington, U.S.A、Chinese Contemporary Art 2008, Korea National Art Museum, Seoul, Korea、The 7 th Shanghai International Biennial、Olympic Fine Arts Game 2008, China International Exhibition Center、15 Contemporary Chinese Artists, Art Season, Switzerland、Floating: Contemporary Chinese Art, Korea National Art Museum、Today Art Exhibition, China National Art Museum，Contemporary Chinese Art, Opera Gallery Paris, Paris, London, and received widespread praises. His works are collected by China National Art Museum、Overseas Chinese Museum、Liu Haishu Art Museum、Zhejiang Museum、Siemens Ltd、Madrid National Swimming Center、Meilun Art Museum、Tan Guobin Contemporary Art Museum、Hunan Art Academy Museum、Shanghai Duolun Art Museum、How artmuseum、Vanhaerents Art Museum、Thomas Olbricht Museum、China Olympic Committee Art Museum、Guangzhou Academy of Fine Art Museum、Yu Deyao Art Museum、Ucity Art Museum of GAFA，Guangzhou、Changjiang Museum Of Contemporary Art、Indonicia CP Foundation、Today Art Museu、Chengdu Contemporary Art Museum、Guangdong Art Museum、Chinese Embassy in the United State of America、Swiss POLEDNABOSSKURE、Himalayas Art Museum、Royal Bank of Canada, Hong Kong Branch、Wenshare Art Museum、Whitebox Art Center、The Parkview Museum、Shijiazhuang Art Museum、Hunan Provincial Art Museum、L’Alcora Ceramic Museum、Dalian Art Museum、The wyss international art center，XUANZHI art Museum, The Art Museum of China Central Academy of Fine Arts.

Creator:

He Wenjue (1970, Chinese)

Creation Year:

2009

Dimensions:

Height: 11.82 in (30 cm)Width: 7.88 in (20 cm)

Medium:

Canvas,Oil

Movement & Style:

Expressionist

Period:

2000-2009