After He Sen graduated from Si Chuan Academy of Fine Arts, he became an important member of Neozoic Artists in 1990s. He Sen is well-known within in the Chinese contemporary art circle for his strong expressive painting style and the “dispirited girl” in his artworks. However, after 2005, He Sen became tired of creating the symbolized conceptual artwork. For that reason, he started a new exploration into creation and, at the same time, he continued to improve his series of girls. Probably, to avoid the noisy reality along with a pursuit of peace and with his natural instinct He Sen tries to create art works with traditional images as the theme. In these works, paintings of Li Shan, Xu Wei, Ma Yuan and other traditional Chinese artists were borrowed and these images were then painted on the canvas. This experiment is like an adventure and, maybe, also the result of Chinese cultural development. It has been thirty years since Chinese contemporary artists began to learn from the west and with a long gap in Chinese contemporary art, a whole new system had to be constructed. The fact is that committing to western standards is not the right way for Chinese art and artists. Chinese contemporary art can borrow from western art form; however, the core spirit must be derived from Chinese traditional culture. Only in that way can it be truly developed and long lasting. Maybe, He Sen is putting this cultural trend into practice. Surely it needs the test of the time.

Organizer: Today Art Museum

Co-organizer: Tengzhong Art

Curator: Lv Peng

Duration: February 12-February 24, 2012 10:00am-8:00pm

Venue: The 2nd Floor and 3rd Floor exhibition hall of building 1, Today Art Museum

ADD: Today Art Museum, No.32 Baiziwan Road, Chaoyang District,Beijing,100022

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