Wu Wen

Wu Wen

Wu Wen, a Chinese artist, CO organized an exhibition with mat Humphrey at Modern Art Gallery in London. The theme of the work is "love and death" and the remembrance of the beauty of youth.

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Graduated from Qingdao No.6 middle school in 1997, studied under Meng Guohua, graduated from Academy of fine arts, Tsinghua University in 2001, majored in painting. From 2002 to June 2004, he followed Professor Chen Danqing to study oil painting in his studio. During that time, he was invited to design covers, draw illustrations and publish in Ruili magazine, China children's publishing house. He held a personal painting exhibition in Beijing in July 2004 and went to London in August 2004 to study After studying for a master's degree, three works were selected for the international oil painting exhibition held in London. Wu Wen, who failed to pass the postgraduate examination due to her poor English in China, was admitted to the postgraduate examination in London, UK, which became a special case of Chen Danqing's criticism of today's art education system.

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2008-09-1917:22 source: China times by Li Xintong on September 10, Chinese artist Wu Wen held an exhibition with Matt Humphrey at the modern art gallery in London. The exhibition attracted many art lovers to watch. eight works of Wu Wen are on display in this exhibition. The theme of the work is "love and death" and the remembrance of the beauty of youth. The protagonist in the picture is a beautiful boy in 18th century ancient Greece. According to Wu Wen, this is based on her "second self", a middle-aged man in 18th century ancient Greece. Many of her works are inspired by this. Wu Wen has been drawing since primary school and is very talented in fine arts. Chen Danqing, a famous Chinese oil painter, former professor and doctoral supervisor of Tsinghua Academy of fine arts, was deeply impressed by her and gave her high hopes. When Wu Wen took the postgraduate entrance examination in 2002, Chen Danqing gave her a high score of 90. However, it's a pity that Wu Wen missed Tsinghua because of her one point difference in English and politics. Professor Chen also felt very sorry. The next year, Wu Wen decided to continue to review the postgraduate entrance examination, so she continued to review in Beijing under very difficult living conditions. However, although she passed the political examination, she still failed in English, so she decided to study abroad. She chose Britain, and the Art Department of London Metropolitan University chose her. after Wu Wen came to the UK, the free culture and art atmosphere of the West had a great impact on her and provided her with a lot of creative inspiration. Wu Wen said: "under China's education system, more painters are trained.". Everyone's painting skills are very good, but the works created are relatively single and lack of innovation. " Gretta, the director of modern art gallery satyr, told reporters that she fell in love with Wu Wen's talent when she saw her works for the first time. She felt very happy to hold this exhibition for her. Wu Wen is well known in the British modern art world. In 2007, Wu Wen's works were recognized by the British Arts Festival, and she won the gold medal of the Turner Prize, a famous British Modern Art Award. The exhibition will last until October 1.

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