Los Angeles County Museum of Art
5905 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90036
Los Angeles, CA 90036
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Born 1983. Known for: Surrealist, hyper-real painting.
Chen Fei’s narrative paintings are fantasized, often perverted constructs, in which elements from his personal life are transposed into surrealistic or hyperrealistic pastiches. While he belongs to... Read full biography
Chen Fei’s narrative paintings are fantasized, often perverted constructs, in which elements from his personal life are transposed into surrealistic or hyperrealistic pastiches. While he belongs to the post-1980 generation of Chinese artists raised under the one-child policy, whose overall... Read full biography
Chen Fei’s narrative paintings are fantasized, often perverted constructs, in which elements from his personal life are transposed into surrealistic or hyperrealistic pastiches. While he belongs to the post-1980 generation of Chinese artists raised under the one-child policy, whose overall aesthetics were influenced by mainstream culture (notably manga and anime), Chen Fei is typically concerned with the self rather than with grand history. A remarkably sharp sense of black humor informs his... Read full biography
Chen Fei’s narrative paintings are fantasized, often perverted constructs, in which elements from his personal life are transposed into surrealistic or hyperrealistic pastiches. While he belongs to the post-1980 generation of Chinese artists raised under the one-child policy, whose overall aesthetics were influenced by mainstream culture (notably manga and anime), Chen Fei is typically concerned with the self rather than with grand history. A remarkably sharp sense of black humor informs his vibrant, ego-centered visions. Almost systematically exhibiting his own figure in his work, he satirically diverts the age-old tradition of self-portraiture to revisit Eastern and Western art-historical canons. The highly graphic quality of his lively... Read full biography
Chen Fei’s narrative paintings are fantasized, often perverted constructs, in which elements from his personal life are transposed into surrealistic or hyperrealistic pastiches. While he belongs to the post-1980 generation of Chinese artists raised under the one-child policy, whose overall aesthetics were influenced by mainstream culture (notably manga and anime), Chen Fei is typically concerned with the self rather than with grand history. A remarkably sharp sense of black humor informs his vibrant, ego-centered visions. Almost systematically exhibiting his own figure in his work, he satirically diverts the age-old tradition of self-portraiture to revisit Eastern and Western art-historical canons. The highly graphic quality of his lively compositions, which he envisions as film stills, playfully contrasts with the refinement of his meticulous and detail- oriented style.... Read full biography