PAN JIAN

Having grown up amongst natural landscapes before moving to the bustling metropolis of Beijing, Pan has a different perspective on urbanisation and psychological detachment. With 'defamiliarised images,' Pan challenges the viewer with the sea of loneliness.

Pan creates a sensational, poetic world on canvas with his uninhabited deep forests painted with loose brushstrokes. Pan explores themes relating to anxiety, depression, and sadness, which, to him, is the way to true beauty. The artist uses black, grey and blue to infuse canvas with ineffable melancholy, while meticulously painting the natural sceneries. The prominent aloofness that Pan has towards the depicted scene shows his exploration of rationality and emotions.