OUYANG CHUN : Alter Ego

An Unacknowledged Artist (2008), oil on canvas

130 x 110 cm

OUYANG CHUN : Alter Ego
On Exhibit Now

The Shanghai Gallery of Art is pleased to present Alter Ego, a solo exhibition by Ouyang Chun with a selection of nineteen oil paintings from 2007 to 2009. Alter Ego exhibits a series of oil paintings that speak of the daily frustrations, pain and delight of our existence. Delving into the psychological nuances of a creative individual becomes the subject matter for his self-portraits and depictions of imaginary episodes that are emblematic of the complexity and richness of a generation of young painters currently based in Beijing. For Ouyang Chun, “What I am trying to capture in my paintings are fragments of my life. The meaning does not lie within the artwork but its ability to say something from the heart. What is important is not the painting but an ability to feel one’s life.”

Ouyang Chun was born in 1974 in Beijing. He graduated from the Department of Art Education of Xi’an Academy of Fine Art, Xi’an, in 1995. Considered as one of the most prominent artists of the young generation (the 1970s), Ouyang Chun currently lives and works in Beijing.

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Installation view
Photo courtesy of Shanghai Gallery of Art

Installation view
Photo courtesy of Shanghai Gallery of Art

Text from Shanghai Gallery of Art.