Chen Haiyan
Chen Haiyan (Chinese: 陈海燕; born 1955 in Fushun, Liaoning[1]) is a Chinese avant-garde[2] printmaker working in etching and woodblock printing. She studied printmaking at the China Academy of Art (then named Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts), graduating in 1984, and later became a faculty member at the school. Her work is influenced by themes of dreams and the unconscious mind, inspired by a dream diary she has kept since 1980. She has used historical Chinese woodblock techniques, including those used in Buddhist sutras.[3][4]
Her artistic approach incorporates elements from Buddhism, Daoism, Western philosophy,[3] and German expressionism.[4] Since 1999, she has expanded her practice to include ink wash painting.[4] She has created large-scale works.[4] Her works are held in museum and gallery collections internationally,[4][5] including in the British Museum; that institution's website states that she is "one of the best known and leading contemporary printmakers in China".[6] In 1993, she was among the artists whose works made up China's New Art, Post-1989, the first major exhibition of Chinese experimental art outside mainland China.[7]
She was featured in the documentary The Enduring Passion for Ink.[8]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Materials of the Future: Documenting Contemporary Chinese Art from 1980-1990" 未来的材料纪录1980-1990 中国当代艺术. china1980s.org (in Chinese). Retrieved 12 April 2025.
- ↑ "Dream I (Chen Haiyan)". The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 12 April 2025.
- 1 2 Sullivan, Michael (2006). Modern Chinese artists: a biographical dictionary. Berkeley: University of California Press. p. 13. ISBN 978-0-520-24449-8.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Davis, Edward Lawrence, ed. (2005). Encyclopedia of contemporary Chinese culture. Routledge. p. 108. ISBN 978-0-415-77716-2.
- ↑ "Chen Haiyan—Biography". Artnet. Retrieved 12 April 2025.
- ↑ "Chen Haiyan". British Museum.
- ↑
- "China's New Art, Post-1989". aaa.org.hk. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
- Yung-Wen, Yao (2 January 2017). "China's modern image – contemporary Chinese art". Journal for Cultural Research. 21 (1): 51–75. doi:10.1080/14797585.2017.1281474. ISSN 1479-7585.
- ↑ Tsui, Karen (24 November 2016). "China's Enduring Passion For Ink: A Project On Contemporary Ink Artists". TheCultureTrip.com. U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved 12 April 2025.
Further reading
[edit]- Johnson, Ken (6 March 2014). "On the Piers, Armory Show Evokes Cut and Paste". The New York Times. Retrieved 12 April 2025.