“What You see Might Not Be Real” by Chen Wenling

I saw his work when I was in Beijing last time. But this piece is UBER.  That's supposed to be Bernie Madoff---

Making its way around the Web is this photo of Chinese artist Chen Wenling’s new sculpture, entitled "What You See Might Not Be Real." The work, now on display in a Beijing gallery, is said to be "a critique of the global financial crisis with the bull representing the golden bull of Wall Street and the man pinned to the wall representing the jailed financier Bernard Madoff," according to the Associated Press.

more on Chen.

Mr. Chen Wenling is a famous young sculptor working in Xiamen, Fujian Province of China. His works the Red Boys are a series of boys portrayed in scarlet. Red is the color in fashion in the year 2002. From the Red Devil Cheer Team in South Korea to the unusual red uniforms of the European football teams, and to the various red symbols in China, it seems that red is everywhere. The red color in vogue makes the Red Boys natural in their use of color. Throughout Chinese history, Red has been the symbolic and auspicious color in Southern China. In real world, the bodies in red change the works realistic tendency, and stress their unrealistic aspects, which express the sculptor’s negation of the pursuit of money and power, tension, anxiety, fear and cruelty in the adult world. They also convey people common wishes, the nostalgia of their innocent childhood and a questioning of Chinese culture.

Comments

[Dan]

Wow thats amazing!

[The Swede]

That's a good name for the sculpture, it takes a while to get it into perspective

[Purple Race]

What is the bull made of for the thin dust cloud to support it? Or is it attached to the wall?

[herbe]

Hello
hey this is awesome.I must say that its really very good sculptor.Thank you very much for sharing this picture with us.How he had done this that I really want to to know.The bull is in the air by its support.

[Ryan]

That's intresting...soo detailed eh. Must have been cool in person.