Chinese
feminist
Art
罗洋
Luo Yang, one of the most notorious artist in the Boom of China's contemporary Art. Best known for her collection GIRLS. Yang's shocking images open the debate of beauty stereotypes. The force in her pictures confront us, question us and her, standing in front of us kind of tell us "This is what we have, so what".
廖逸君
Yijun Liao 廖逸君, better known as Pixy Liao. Born in Shanghai.
Her most notable work is Experimental Relationship, that began in 2007. Her Japanese boyfriend, Moro, is present in her artwork. Liao plays along with the gender roles in a romantic relationship impose by the society
何成瑤
99 Needles, 2002. Picture taken from Tate.org.uk
Generational trauma and family relationships will be the right category for He Chengyao's work. However, placing her in a category box doesn't do justice to how profound and meaningful is the artwork she has created.
肖鲁
Dialogue, Installation 1988.
Picture from xiaoluart.com
Who can imagine a shooting in an art performance a few months prior the Tiananmen Square historical moment? Xiao Lu didn't mean to be political, she just wanted to capture in art her disconnection with men. That's all. But her work represented more than ever the artistic expression in the communist China.
Cao Fei
曹斐
Cao Fei gained international recognition since 2000 with he video installations and multimedia. The technique it is innovative and different. Fei explores mainly the impact of technology and globalization on Chinese Society.
Picture taken from: http://www.caofei.com/
Guo Fengyi
郭凤仪
What would happen if you realised at the age of 40 you realised art is a path to deal with the physical pain? The scrolls of Guo Fengyi produce a visual effect of condensing the essence of the femininity. Perhaos that wasn't the main purpose of Guo Fengyi, but click down if you want to read more about this astonishing scrolls.