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Artworks
Zhengjie Feng
China 2005 Num. 24, 2005Oil on canvas150 x 150 x 2.5 cm
59 x 59 x 1 in© 2005 Zhengjie Feng / Courtesy Fundación AMMAPhoto: Alejandro PaezFurther images
Portrait of a woman. She appears to be floating in a void or falling gently. The most striking features are the fuchsia and turquoise tones, and her eyes—which have pupils but no irises and gaze in different directions, outward, as if indicating a contradiction in the woman’s mood.
Zhengjie Feng is known for his striking portraits of women, in a style reminiscent of pop culture. He combines this style with certain Chinese artistic traditions, such as 1930s Shanghai poster art or the traditional New Year’s paintings of Mianzhu, from which his use of color derives. Through these elements, he offers a critique of modern China’s rampant consumerism and its beauty standards. The characteristic erratic gaze of his figures reflects the individual’s inner disconnection caused by the artificial outside world.146of 146
