Event: 2 exhibits at Eli Klein Fine Art

Eli Klein Fine Art showcases two contemporary Chinese artists. The exhibitions are on view in the gallery from March 22, 2008 until June 17, 2008.

Zhang Hui
Beijing Wawa
2007
Oil on Canvas

Zhang Hui's solo exhibition "Beijing Wawa" includes 15 paintings and three sculptures.

“Beijing Wawa” signifies clichéd young girls searching for identity within a society driven by the commodification of culture. The subject of childhoods lost under Mao is a common one in China, but Zhang Hui is looking at her own generation and at a new loss of innocence stolen by new ideals and vacant dreams. “Beijing Wawa” has particular characteristics that exaggerate her personality such as a heart-shaped upper lip, a peach-shaped baby face, a tiny nose that is slightly upturned, and hair like an angel’s wings. She also often has scar on her forehead, like Zhang Hui herself. “Beijing Wawa” reflects a complex, emotional landscape within the portraits of young girls, there is a presence of power balanced with vulnerability, beauty with scars, and youth with maturity.

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Liu Bolin
China Report 2007 #5
2007
Oil on Canvas

Also on view is "China Report 2007" which features ten new paintings by Liu Bolin.

Liu Bolin chose ten significant photographs from the two official news agencies with the largest circulation in China, “The People’s Daily” and “The Beijing News.”... Liu Bolin took the photographs and transformed them into large photorealistic oil paintings.... He uses his voice to transform the imagery by re- creating these images of real events that have already been edited, framed and approved by the official media.

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Eli Klein Fine Art is located at 462 West Broadway.