Chen Wen Ling
Location
China
Mediums
Bronze, Fiberglass, Metal
Artist Info
Started from 1991, his exhibitions were held in local China and overseas, including: First China Art Triennial at Guangzhou Art Museum, China (2002), Chinese Sculpture Masterpieces Exhibition of the Beijing International Biennale at Beijing, China (2003), China-Belgium Contemporary Sculpture Exhibition at Antwerpen, Belgium (2004), Grounding Reality: Chinese Contemporary Art Exhibition at Seoul, Korea (2005), "37th Art Exposition in Basel of Switzerland, Switzerland (2006) and Chen Wenling's Sculpture solo exhibition at Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai, China(2006) etc.
In 1999, Chen Wen Ling received the Venice Biennial International Prize of the Golden Lion in Italy and not long after, he received the Alpert Award in the Arts in the United States. In 2005, he received the award for best installation in the Museum for Inopportune in France. After his impressive display of the Red Memory series in both Cottesloe and Bondi Beach in Australia, Chen Wen Ling was recently invited to return to exhibit in Denmark in 2013 following his extensively well-received 2011 exhibition.
Chen Wen Ling's sculptural works encompass many meanings and revolves around the manifestations of extreme humanity and immaterial images in a consumption society. Many of his works are metaphors of the messages he conveys about his view on society.
- odetoart.com
Spotlight
what you see might not be real
2010
Medium
Fiberglass and painted metal
