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Chen Wenling
Contemporary Surreal Sculpture by New Realist Chen Wenling-Moonlighter

2021

$19,000
£14,402.50
€16,816.36
CA$26,613.59
A$29,958.26
CHF 15,851.39
MX$371,595.45
NOK 195,831.88
SEK 187,295.88
DKK 125,458.37
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The artwork is signed and numbered. Edition 3/99. Chen Wenling is a contemporary Chinese Neo-Realist artist. Through a variety of surreal, often grotesque sculptures—most often executed in a bright monochrome red—he examines the rapid rise of consumerism in modern-day China and the fraught relationship with its more austere Communist past. Among the recurring characters in Chen’s work are emaciated young boys, pig-like humanoids, and obese demons, all of which the artist deploys to create his biting social satire. Born in 1969 in Quanzhou, China to a poor family, he went on to study at Xiamen Academy of Art. He quickly found international critical and commercial success, with his work exhibited both within China and abroad at the Guangzhou Art Museum, the Duolun Museum of Modern Art, and Basel Switzerland. In 1999, Chen won the Venice Biennale’s top prize, the prestigious Golden Lion. He continues to exhibit around the world and lives and works in Beijing, China.
  • Creator:
    Chen Wenling (1969, Chinese)
  • Creation Year:
    2021
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 34.65 in (88 cm)Width: 12.6 in (32 cm)Depth: 7.88 in (20 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Movement & Style:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
  • Gallery Location:
    Beijing, CN
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU2092210831712

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