Artists

Shao Fan

Press release

Galerie Urs Meile celebrates one year at Rämistrasse, Zurich with renowned Chinese artists: Shao Fan (b. 1964, Beijing, China) who occupies a special position in contemporary Chinese painting. This is due to two key aspects that are closely linked. On one hand, he uses the classical ink drawing as his painting technique, but without tying himself down to the traditional motifs. Classically, he draws his subjects from Chinese culture like the hare. At the same time, he often zooms in on his subjects and places the beholder in, so to speak, an oversize confrontation with them. The result is an idiosyncratic tension between closeness and distance that is direct and puzzling at the same time. The exhibition is complemented by objects which the artist also realizes using traditional chinese techniques. His work has been exhibited in various museums worldwide, such as Het Noordbrabants Museum, Netherlands; Ludwig Museum in Koblenz, Germany; Suzhou Museum, China; Kunstmuseum Bern and Zentrum Paul Klee, Kunstmuseum Luzern and Kunstmuseum Olten in Switzerland.