Deng Cheng Wen

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About the artwork

Deng Cheng Wen depicts the famous anti-war activist and leader of the Indian independence movement, Mahatma Gandhi, walking barefoot into a wide expanse of space. He is pensive and thoughtful, with gaze cast downward and wrapped in simple clothes. There is a purity to the image, mirroring the non-violent stance of Gandhi in the Indian freedom movement. He neither claimed to be a prophet or philosopher, but focused solely on his cause - influencing generations of individuals thereafter.

About the artist

In 1981, Deng Cheng Wen was born in Guangdong Province, China. He graduated from Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts in 2006 and his works have been exhibited worldwide in places such as Hong Kong, Beijing and Miami. Deng Cheng Wen's "Blind Walking" series captures the collective ambition, ignorance and emotional flurry within the young Chinese of his generation. His works adopt a concept-based approach in order to seek a depth and complexity, at a level that causes some of its viewers to recognize personal truths while standing before the art.