Yan Pei-Ming

Yan Pei-Ming is a Chinese painter born in 1960 in Shanghai. Since 1982 he has lived in Dijon, France. His most famous paintings are "epic-sized" portraits of Mao Zedong worked out in black and white or red and white. He works with big brushes, and his paintings are brought to life by the rapid brush strokes which structure the picture space. [cite web
title = Yan Pei-Ming
work = 88 Mocca - The museum of Contemporary Chinese Art on the Web
url = http://www.88-mocca.org/index.php?var=artistdetail&artistid=36
accessdate = 2008-03-12]

Personal life

Yan Pei-Ming was born in Shanghai in 1960, and was the second of four children. He grew up during the Cultural Revolution, and started to paint in his spare time. He applied for admission to the "Shanghai Art & Design School", but was rejected due to his stutter.cite web
last = Barboza
first = David
title = Master of the Big Brush Strokes: Yan Pei Ming
work = Artzinechina
url = http://www.artzinechina.com/display_vol_aid357_en.html
accessdate = 2008-03-12] In 1980 he left Shanghai for France, where he enrolled in the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, graduating in 1999.

Work

Yan Pei-Ming has become known for his "epic-sized" portraits, including works featuring Mao Zedong, [cite web
title = India, China to rule New York sale: Sotheby's
work = Thaindian News
url = http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/uncategorized/india-china-to-rule-new-york-sale-sothebys_10021727.html
date = February 27, 2008
accessdate = 2008-03-12] Bruce Leecite web
last = Reyburn
first = Scott
title = Sotheby's Offers $19 Million of Chinese Contemporary Art
work = Bloomberg Press
url = http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=aiY0Ur4xM8kc&refer=home
date = February 27, 2008
accessdate = 2008-03-12] and his father. He has exhibited his work in the Venice Biennale in 2003 and at the Sevilla Biennale in 2006. His first solo exhibition in the US was displayed in the David Zwirner Gallery in New York, May, 2007. [cite web
title = Yan Pei-Ming: You maintain a sense of balance in the midst of great success
work = David Zwirner Gallery
url = http://www.davidzwirner.com/exhibitions/134/
accessdate = 2008-03-12] The Honolulu Academy of Arts and the National Gallery of Australia are among the public collections holding works by Yan Pei-Ming.

References

* "Fabian Stech", J'ai parlé avec Lavier, Annette Messager, Sylvie Fleury, Hirschhorn, Pierre Huyghe, Delvoye, D.F.G, Hou Hanru, Sophie Calle, Ming, Sans et Bourriaud. Presses du réel. Dijon 2007.

* "Yan Pei-Ming", Exécution. Textes de Franck Gautherot, Xavieur Douroux, Astrid Gagnard, Fabian Stech et alli. Presses du réel. Dijon 2006.

* "Yan Pei-Ming", The way of the dragon. Kunsthalle Mannheim. Mannheim 2005.

External links

* [http://www.88-mocca.org/index.php?var=artistdetail&artistid=36 Yan Pei-Ming at 88 mocca]