Fang Lijun

　　1999.6.1 1999

　　Woodblock prints and ink on 5 paper and fabric scrolls with wooden dowels 490.9 x 606.2 cm

　　One of the leading proponents of the early 1990s Cynical Realist movement, Lijun’s work encapsulates the disillusionment of China's youth; a generation defined by the events at Tiananmen Square and China's internal domestic policies. Constructed around loose narratives Fang's images personalise sentiments of disenchantment, angst, and rebellion; his fictional suggestions conveyed through his illustrative style and re-occurring bald-headed protagonist.

　　Fang Lijun

　　30th Mary 2006

　　Oil on canvas 400 x 525 cm

　　Lijun’s painting 30th Mary evokes his Cynical Realist sentiments with humorous effect.. Reminiscent of European church ceiling paintings, Lijun portrays an order of ascendancy of same-same kewpie figures, each based on his own image. Executed with painstaking hyper-realism, the clouds formulate as a tempestuous funnel rather than a portal of billowing promise. Contrasted with the kitsch palette and pop rendering of the grotesque cherubs, Lijun’s painting approaches the sanctity of ideological assurance with an empathetic cynicism.

　　出处：《picture BY picture guide》，2008.10。