Chen Wenji (1954- ) - 2009 Container (Private Collection)
Oil on canvas; 290.8 x 508 cm.
Chen Wenji’s works are synthesized to a very high degree, a formal language of realism and concepts of abstraction have been integrated into one space. The synthesis he demonstrates manifests itself on multiple levels: a synthesis of people and objects, history and symbols, materials and their implications; it also takes as its foundation what Lee Ambrozy calls “duality.” Significantly, Chen Wenji’s works simultaneously display the synthesis of presence and absence.
Taken from “Chen Wenji’s Art and Synthesis” written by Yin Jinan
Chen Wenji (1954- ) - 2009 Container (Private Collection)
Oil on canvas; 290.8 x 508 cm.
Chen Wenji’s works are synthesized to a very high degree, a formal language of realism and concepts of abstraction have been integrated into one space. The synthesis he demonstrates manifests itself on multiple levels: a synthesis of people and objects, history and symbols, materials and their implications; it also takes as its foundation what Lee Ambrozy calls “duality.” Significantly, Chen Wenji’s works simultaneously display the synthesis of presence and absence.
Taken from “Chen Wenji’s Art and Synthesis” written by Yin Jinan