Zhang Jian Long

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About the artwork

In Dudu - Swan Lake, a little boy is shown donning a makeshift tutu and adopting the pose of a ballerina. His expression of enjoyment shows how immersed he is in his dance. This pure satisfaction and sense of fulfilment is something that adults find difficult to achieve with the constraints of work in modern society. There is complete freedom in the boy’s unrestrained choreography, which invokes both wistfulness and a longing for liberation from the grasp of societal responsibilities.

About the artist

In 1982, Zhang Jian Long was born in Lanzhou, Gansu Province, and graduated from the Fine Arts Department of Nanyang Normal University, Henan Province, in 2004. His graduation art piece was published in the 2003 Annual Works of China Fine Arts Academies and he has since exhibited extensively in China. Zhang's paintings attempt to look through a child’s eyes, depicting an ideal world of innocence and joy. Free from the confines of modern society, Zhang's works show us the human spirit's full, unbridled potential while also shedding light on the constraints of modern society and 'adult' life.