A Chinese visual artist celebrated for his provocative, unique use of digital photography, Fu Wenjun creates art that both reflects and challenges our understanding of the modern world. The Chongqing-born creator trained in oil painting at the Sichuan Fine Art...
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A Chinese visual artist celebrated for his provocative, unique use of
digital photography, Fu Wenjun creates art that both reflects and challenges
our understanding of the modern world. The Chongqing-born creator trained in
oil painting at the Sichuan Fine Art Institute before turning his focus to
photography, where he developed his iconic Digital Pictorial Photography style
as a way to express more complex ideas than traditional documentary style
allowed. Combining aspects of modern Western and traditional Chinese art
through digital experimentation on photographs, Fu Wenjun pioneered the use of
digital technology to stretch the boundaries of photographic art. His Digital
Pictorial Photographs conjure elements of calligraphy, oil painting, and
sculpture ranging from figurative to abstract, simultaneously exploring
tradition and technology’s effects on human life. In 2017, the National Art
Museum of China presented a solo exhibition of Fu Wenjun’s work, titled Harmony in Diversity: Fu Wenjun’s Digital
Painting Photography Exhibition, which included two Digital Pictorial
pieces collected by the museum, Nepotism and Thought Reading No.5, among the
exhibited works. Sought after by top museums and collectors around the world,
from the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum to the Kennedy family, Fu Wenjun’s work
has won numerous prestigious awards, including first prize at the International
Biennial of Contemporary Art in Argentina, “The Best Artist in the World” at
Tour Eiffel La Grande Exposition Universelle, and the International Award
“Lorenzo il Magnifico” of X Florence Biennale. Fu Wenjun continues to cross
boundaries of generation, culture, and geography through his expansive body of
work. He’s currently focused on creating spaces where Western and Eastern
cultures interact, evoking dialogues about how different societies engage with
the changes modernity brings. He is recognized worldwide as one of the leading
minds in contemporary visual art.