Zhou
Chunya

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With works that could be described as a crossover between Social Realism and Western Modernism, Zhou Chunya is a unique artist, renowned for his nature-centric works, including his most notable Green Dog series. Initially, Chunya was trained to create works that would serve as propaganda during the Cultural Revolution; he also travelled to Tibet around this time and compiled a series of paintings depicting the lives of Nomads within the area.

« The greatest truth lies in simplicity. »
Zhou Chunya

Untitled

Drawing / Watercolor - Charcoal

EUR 11,300

China / male artist / Chinese Contemporary art / Contemporary Art / Gestural

He eventually went on to embrace the outputs of Western art, notably German expressionism – this can be seen in the aforementioned Green Dog series, a collection of paintings depicting his own German Shepherd Dog;

« Color itself has no meaning, and it is meaningful only when people think of it. Then it becomes a symbol. »
Zhou Chunya

the work is known to be borne from a deep love for his pet, and also an expression of Chunya himself – a self-portrait of kinds. Later in his career, Chunya returned to his roots by combining the traditional images of Chinese peach blossoms alongside embracing figures of opposing sexes – a nod to the newly-liberal take on sexuality.

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Zhou Chunya

Untitled, 1988

Drawing / Watercolor

Charcoal

EUR 11,300

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Green Dog #3, 2006

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Green Dog #1, 2006

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Chinese Contemporary art is characterized by a profusion of styles and experimental tendencies. Avant- garde exhibitions in the 1980s were closed by government officials, while 1990s political pop and cynical realism emerged. China’s One Child policy also inspired the individual as subject matter.

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