Chen Wenling (1969) - Horizon 255/999

Sculpture in excellent condition, made in lacquered bronze, provenance from the artist's studio. If sold, the work will be accompanied by an authenticity certificate drawn up by the artist Chen Wenling. Chen Wenling's Horizon work is part of the Red Memory series. Currently Chen Wenling lives and works in Beijing, and is an internationally renowned contemporary artist and sculptor. He graduated from the Xiamen Academy of Arts and Crafts and later earned a Master of Arts at the Central Academy of Fine Arts. He is an Honorary Academician of the Florence Academy of Fine Arts, a Sino-Australian artistic ambassador, Vice President of the China New Ink Painting Academy and of the Luchao Institute of Artistic Research on Gulangyu Island in Xiamen. He teaches as Professor and Master Tutor at the College of Art and Design of Jimei University and is a Visiting Professor at numerous other universities including Fujian Normal University, Huaqiao University and Fuzhou University. He is a member of the Chinese Artists Association. He mainly creates sculptures but also works with installations, painting, photography, contemporary calligraphy and rural art. He is regarded as a visionary artist of magical realism and one of China's pioneers of monumental public sculpture. His works are distinguished by imagination, narrative strength and visual impact. Among his most representative series are “Red Boy” and “Happy Life,” symbols of his ironic, poetic yet monumental approach to contemporary Chinese society. With the work we are sending a complimentary catalog of his recent exhibition in Germany in 2022 at the Osthaus Museum Hagen Kunstraum Villa Friede in Bonn.