About the artwork
Wu Qiong has begun to reimagine the whimsical, childlike characters from his paintings as sculptures. In this piece titled 'Dream,' two figures hold hands with mouths agape and eyes shut. They rest on a bed of clouds and are about to ascend into the air in an ethereal, dreamlike state. They are connected and united, in a common dream of the future and better things to come.
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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