Yang Peng

Yang Peng was born in Sichuan, China in 1984, and has grown up experiencing the Chinese integration of modern and traditional culture. In 2012 he graduated from Sichuan Academy of Fine Arts, Chongqing, China with his M.F.A. His work has been widely exhibited internationally in solo and group exhibitions as well as International Art Fairs. Yang Peng lives and works in Sichuan, China. An imaginative artwork stimulates our senses at first with its beauty and the artist’s technical ability. Yang Peng’s art is much more than that, his concept: mysterious, mystical at times, and layered with deeper meaning; forces us to experience the transcendental and extraordinary beauty of life. Many artists are trying to achieve a flawless depiction of the human figure, but Yang Peng uses the human figure, allowing for much artistic freedom of expression, to narrate a story, creating a relationship between the artist and his subject. Yang Peng paints with intelligence and theatricality. At first glance, the subject of his works is simplistic, yet he has a way of instilling in them vigour and energy that hints of deeper rumblings below the surface, experiencing the drama that is about to emerge; and challenging the observers to decipher his messages. His compositional approach in his paintings renders his works timeless, drawing our attention to the deeper human emotions by covering his subjects in plain fabrics or materials and placing them in arrangements connoting ideals of sensual and surrealistic imagery. The oil paintings by Yang Peng portray anonymous female figures in photorealism. There is a consistent disconnect between the figures and the audience: their eyes are closed, covered, or their bodies are completely turned away. The painted figures’ active avoidance of public communication conveys a self-reflective and transcendental state of inner mind.