5 Chinese Contemporary Artists To Add To Your Collection

With a tradition spanning thousands of years and an artistic evolution that predates the renaissance in Europe by many hundreds of years, the role of Chinese art in human history is well established. And during the last three decades Chinese contemporary art and artists have also firmly arrived in the art world, often to international acclaim. In many ways China is culturally predisposed to creating great contemporary artists. The Chinese descriptor for artists is a word equivalent to “artisan” which also encompasses creators working across a variety of mediums including calligraphy, lacquers, textiles and painting; such is the bent of contemporary artists. Today Chinese contemporary artists have a lot to say. Globalisation and social media have broken down Western cultural precepts about what contemporary art is and should be and has opened minds to differently cultures and interpretations of Asian art and artists. Here are five Chinese contemporary artists that every collector of contemporary art should have in their collection: <h2>Danful Yang</h2> Chinese designer Danful Yang specialises in the reinvention of traditional Chinese art and craft techniques using modern Western materials. She creates playful and visually dynamic works through an artistic process which reflects her cross-cultural experiences in cosmopolitan Shanghai and abroad. <a href="https://medium.com/@pearl-lam/5-chinese-contemporary-artists-to-add-to-your-collection-f3981bcee482">Website</a>