Ye Yongqing

Acrylic on canvas
110 x 150 cm. 43 1/4 x 59 in.
Signed in Chinese and Pinyin on lower right
Ye Yongqing
Ye Yong-qing was influenced by Western modernism at an early stage，and changed to an experimental creative style from Southwest landscape painting. Whether they are collages of various materials or graffiti-styled oil painting，Ye’s works seemed to be differentiated from the then popular nativist realism，thus creating a unique artistic language.
Posture，which is created in 2006，is the artistic presentation of Ye’s yet another self-exploration. Its clean，simple composition and interlacing lines remind one of American artist Cy Twombly’s signature series Untitled. As an important power in the ‘85 New Wave Movement’ of art，Ye has been deeply influenced by Robert Rauschenberg （who visited China in 1980’s and held an exhibition） and pop art，and advocated ‘fun above b
Posture has clean，powerful brushes and crisp lines，which are independent yet interlacing each other，faithfully showing the artist’s self-exploration during art creation. This makes Posture a classic ‘back to basics’ piece of work，showing innocence after sophistication，like a future conjured from an ongoing present.