HAN YAJUAN
b. 1980, ChinaHan Yajuan belongs to the new Chinese Contemporary Art movement. Her work encompasses oil paintings, VR and video installations. As part of the post-1978 generation, Han is concerned with China’s socio-cultural transformations and new materialistic trends.
Her early work primarily explores the issues faced by the younger generation who grew up during the rapid social transition during China’s opening up and reform. The work examines the conflict between traditional values and consumerism under the influence of globalization, which is expressed in her juxtapositions of Japanese animation and consumerist glamour. In Han’s recent works, she focuses on female identity and self-awareness in the age of information. Han explores the complicated relationship between the real and virtual world through the multidimensions of women’s lives, leading to a new reflection on future ecology and human nature.
Text courtesy The Columns Gallery.
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