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Wang ZhiWu Figurative Paintings

Chinese, b. 1984
Wang Zhi­Wu is a Chinese pop artist, whose paintings and sculptures celebrate the life of children via whimsically caricatured animals. Although at first glance, Wang’s heroes delight the viewer with humor and innocent charm, deeper themes lurk afoot. With sophisticated, scumbled brushwork and cold­paint patinas, Wang uses color and texture to allude to global land masses, oceans, seas, mountains, weather patterns, skies, and national borders. The overall effect of his paint handling is to create a sense of geopolitical map­making, rather than that of just mere ‘flesh and fur!’ On close inspection Wang’s seemingly innocent animal protagonists turn out to be subtle referents of power­exchanges between mogul and maid, bad guy and bodyguard, the haves and have­nots ­­ even to an array of geeks, nerds, and n'er­do­wells, seemingly striving to become calm, cool, and collected. Some of his protagonists haplessly go without ­­ the fate of the startled? ­­ while others fancy a social climb! In contemporary China’s topsy­turvy world of instant billionaires, displaced peasants, newly­minted capitalists, sorry slums by luxury condos, and bureaucrats puzzled by the mixed signals of free markets with the old, top­down communist order, it’s no wonder that one of China’s most successful contemporary artists should take on such themes ­­ even if they are ‘masked over’ by his sheer love of ‘cute’ animals and the glorious life of children. (It should be noted that Wang is, indeed, and animal­rights activist in China ­­ an oxymoron, in itself?) Finally, from a recent generation ­­ so saturated by animated, popular media and an exploding global art market ­­ it’s again no surprise that Wang tackles mixing fine­art technique and thematic gravitas with pop characters and ingenuous “cartooning.” SELECTED MUSEUMS & EXHIBITIONS “World Expo,” Shanghai, China “Guangdong Province Fine­Art Exhibition,” Guangzhou Art Museum, Guangdong, China “The Artistic­Process Show,” Shenzhen Art Museum, Shenzhen, China Shanghai Youth Biennial LIU, Haisu Art Museum, Shanghai 4th China International Cultural­Industries Fair, Shenzhen Dubai Museum of Fine Art, United Arab Emirates SELECTED PUBLIC & PRIVATE COLLECTORS Heng Tong Securities, Ltd., Hong Kong, China Shenzhen People’s Hospital The Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corporation, Ltd. Hang Seng Bank, Ltd., Hong Kong The Bank of East Asia, Ltd., Hong Kong Guangdong Development Bank Company The Duchess of Kent Hospital for Children, Perth, Western Australia Macau Tourism & Cultural Activities Center Norwegian International School, Hong Kong
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Artist: Wang ZhiWu
Couple Series, Comic Animals Modern Pop Art, Dog & Cow wedding riding horse
By Wang ZhiWu
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WANG ZHI WU 王志武 1984 China Wang Zhi Wu is well-known by personifying animals in his paintings. Animals in Wang’s paintings have cartoon-liked shapes. Their images mix with differe...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Wang ZhiWu Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Best Friends Series IV, Comic animal modern pop art painting Pig&Chick, In stock
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Located in Kuala Lumpur, MY
WANG ZHI WU 王志武 1984 China Wang Zhi Wu is well-known by personifying animals in his paintings. Animals in Wang’s paintings have cartoon-liked shapes. Their images mix with differe...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Wang ZhiWu Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

A Maker, Comic Animal modern pop art painting on Cow Flying Car wings, In Stock
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Located in Kuala Lumpur, MY
WANG ZHI WU 王志武 1984 China Wang Zhi Wu is well-known by personifying animals in his paintings. Animals in Wang’s paintings have cartoon-liked shapes. Their images mix with differe...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Wang ZhiWu Figurative Paintings

Materials

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