About the artwork
This bronze sculpture depicts a couple holding hands, standing still and upright. Their tall slender bodies stand in juxtaposition to their rounded child-like heads, typical of Wu Qiong’s style of depiction. Wu Qiong’s figures, though they have reached adulthood, have preserved the innocence of children and are able to appreciate the simple pleasures in life.
About the artist
Wu Qiong was born in Beijing, China in 1981. He graduated from the Beijing Shi Fan University in 2001 and Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts in 2006. Both sculptor and painter, Wu creates art that represents the childhood that he and many others of his generation remembered and in doing so, creates touching and amusing portraits of childhood that are distinctly contemporary in the Chinese art scene. Acclaimed both internationally and locally, Wu Qiong has participated in various international art fairs, including Art Miami, Art Cologne and Bridge Art Fair.
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