Xiaowei Zhao
China
My art works concerned with physical and mental status of lives. Relying on realism, and incorporated with contemporaneity, modern life circumstances were reflected, with a focus on relationship between human and human, human and nature, inheritances and conflicts of contemporary and tradition, and interpretation of beauty associated with present-day society. Purist painting expressions were aspired.
Chinese classical and ethnical culture is appreciated in my work. Elements of Chinese traditional ethnic were placed in a modern environment. Culture and art from other ethnics were also borrowed to obtain a better interpretation of inheritances and conflicts. Young lady figures within a contemporary natural and humanistic environment, were served as a metaphor of current era and present surroundings, reflecting metropolitan cultural environments and convey visual artistic conceptions.
* This statement has been provided directly by the artist in association to their 15th International ARC Salon entries. This content has not been edited for typos or grammatical errors and has not been vetted for accuracy.
