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YING YEFU：SO YOU LOOK LIKE YOU GOT WHAT IT TAKES

[Press Release]

ART LABOR Gallery is very pleased to present the newest solo exhibition of one of China’s most exciting emerging ink painters, Ying Yefu, also known as Shen Zhe Ming Yi. These gongbi ink paintings point the artist in a new direction progressing along from the earlier works that launched him on his rapid career path. They have a brazen bolder tone, an undeniable assertiveness that displays the strengths of a culture, a country and a region, that has risen to prominence.

Ying Yefu, “Mahjong Corporation,” Gongbi ink painting on Chinese bast paper, Left image size: H 131.5 x 59.8, cmMiddle image size: H 131.5 x 72cm, Right image size: H 131.5 x 59.8cm, 2013
婴野赋, “雀氏集团欢乐多,” 工笔画, 皮纸、彩墨, 左一画芯: H 131.5 x 59.8cm, 中间画芯: H 131.5 x 72cm, 右一画芯: H 131.5 x 59.8cm, 2013

The theme is the new Asian hero, and this hero is the everyman. Rather than parroting the worship of celebrity and power, Ying Yefu points out this renewed exuberance owes much to the sacrifice and humility of a generation which devoted everything, and reaped not much but standing room at the back of this immense theatre, while the drama and the future unfolds on center stage.

Few would deny that these are some of the very best ink paintings coming out of the Chinese contemporary art scene today, executed with a skill that is without peer, and ideas that are uniquely his own. Come join us as we share with you an artist with adoring fans worldwide. Dozens of collectors from Mainland China, France, Russia, Australia, the U.K, Canada, Japan and more already know that this is one truly unique artist, this “art worker”, as he prefers it, in an ever growing mass of Chinese talent, but whom stands out and above the multitudes.

Ying Yefu, “Asian Hero,” Gongbi ink painting on Chinese bast paper, D 88.5cm, 2014
婴野赋, “亚洲英雄,” 工笔画, 皮纸、彩墨, 直径88.5cm, 2014

SATURDAY MARCH 15th, 6- 9pm

PLEASE NOTE THE EARLIER TIME THAN USUAL ART LABOR PARTY. ALL WELCOME!

Exhibition: SO YOU LOOK LIKE YOU GOT WHAT IT TAKES
Artist: Ying Yefu
Date: 15 March – 30 April, 2014
Venue: ART LABOR Gallery, #411, Bldg 4, 570 Yongjia Lu (near Yueyang Lu), Shanghai
86 – 21 – 3460 5331
info@artlaborgallery.com
Opening: 6pm – 9pm, 15 March, Saturday

  • Ying Yefu, “Asian Hero,” Gongbi ink painting on Chinese bast paper, D 88.5cm, 2014 婴野赋, "亚洲英雄," 工笔画, 皮纸、彩墨, 直径88.5cm, 2014

    asian hero 亚洲英雄

  • Ying Yefu, “Big Horse Instructionals,” Gongbi ink painting on Chinese bast paper, 127 x 84.3cm, 2014 婴野赋, "马上有步之四平大马," 工笔画, 皮纸、彩墨, 127 x 84.3cm, 2014

    horse stance 马上有步之四平大马

  • Ying Yefu, “Mahjong Corporation,” Gongbi ink painting on Chinese bast paper, Left image size: H 131.5 x 59.8, cmMiddle image size: H 131.5 x 72cm, Right image size: H 131.5 x 59.8cm, 2013 婴野赋, "雀氏集团欢乐多," 工笔画, 皮纸、彩墨, 左一画芯: H 131.5 x 59.8cm, 中间画芯: H 131.5 x 72cm, 右一画芯: H 131.5 x 59.8cm, 2013

    mahjong corporation 雀氏集团欢乐多

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  • Ying Yefu, “The Decisive Battle on China East Fairy Airline,” Gongbi ink painting on Chinese bast paper, 103 x 325.5cm, 2014 婴野赋, "东仙航空决战之图,"工笔画, 皮纸、彩墨, 103 x 325.5cm, 2014

    the decisive battle on china east fairy airline 东仙航空决战之图

  • Ying Yefu, “The Fatal Wind of Gossip,” Gongbi ink painting on Chinese bast paper, 79.7 x 99cm, 2014 婴野赋, "暗气秘诀之图," 工笔画, 皮纸、彩墨, 79.7 x 99cm, 2014

    the fatal wind of gossip 暗气秘诀之图

  • Ying Yefu, “Weather Forecast,” Gongbi ink painting on Chinese bast paper, D 63cm each, 2013 婴野赋, "天气预报之图," 工笔画, 皮纸、彩墨, 每个直径63c m, 2013

    Ying Yefu, “Weather Forecast,” Gongbi ink painting on Chinese bast paper, D 63cm each, 2013
    婴野赋, "天气预报之图," 工笔画, 皮纸、彩墨, 每个直径63c m, 2013