Red Memory; collected by Alibaba headquarters in Hangzhou
Bronze Painted Red, cm
About the artwork
Chen Wen Ling’s sculptures have been collected worldwide by the National Art Museum of China and Beijing Today Art Museum in China, National Museum of Korea, Seoul National Art Museum, and Doosan Museum of Art in South Korea, and Denver Art Museum and Arox Art Museum in Denmark. This series, Red Memory, featuring his renowned red boys is a relief of overarching concepts that are open to multiple interpretations and analysis of today’s contemporary society.
About the artist
Chen Wen Ling was born in 1969 in China and is recognized as one of the top ten contemporary sculptors in the international art industry today. Since graduating from the Xiamen Academy of Art where he studied in the sculpture department followed by Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing, his exhibitions have been held in numerous prestigious exhibitions all around the world. In 1999, Chen Wen Ling received the Venice Biennial International Prize of the Golden Lion in Italy and In 2005, he received the award for best installation in the Museum for Inopportune in France. He has also held displays of his Red Memory series at ‘Sculptures by the Sea’ for consecutive years, which received high demand and acclaim.