Yu Nancheng

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Yu Nancheng's ''Shanghai" echoes his established artistic language, seamlessly blending concept, technique, and colour. He celebrates this national monument and cultural heart of China with a unique contemporary vision. Through layered paint and potent symbolic hues, Yu captures Shanghai's iconic duality: the preservation of tradition amidst relentless modernization. His choice of oil, a timeless medium, reinforces this theme. The city's textured layers, set against a vast grey expanse, evoke the concept of Wu Chi – the 'grand, ultimate space' of boundless potential.

About the artist

Yu Nancheng, born in 1956 in Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, has made significant contributions to the art world over his 40+ year career. Currently based in Shanghai, his works have been exhibited extensively across China and internationally, with collections in the U.S., Germany, Switzerland, France, England, Japan, and various Middle Eastern countries. Yu's innovative use of palette knife application to create layered textures has transformed Chinese oil painting, blending traditional Chinese and Western techniques to define his distinctive style.