Person
Artist
Zhu Yiqing
朱逸清
Date of birth
1973
Place Of birth
Nantong, Jiangsu, China
Biography
Zhu Yiqing and Xue Yongjun are contemporary Chinese artists born in the 1970s, in Nantong, Jiangsu Province. Their upbringing during a time of cultural transformation influenced their exploration of the collision between cultures in their artwork. They use the traditional Chinese seal as a medium for creation. Their subjects encompass political, traditional cultural, and popular cultural images. Their work reflects a tension between East and West, traditional and modern, and handmade and automated. Both artists reside in Beijing and have gained recognition for their thought-provoking contributions to the contemporary art scene.
