WU JUNYONG

Wu Junyong, a third generation media artist in China, majored in new media arts and print making in China Academy of Art, and is actively producing a wide range of works including traditional prints, video, animation and large scale installations. Wu, who had spent his childhood feeling the gap between the inundation of Western capitalism and the radical political changes in China since the Tiananmen Square Massacre, launches a project of torturing images; a game that imposes masochistic pains on the characters, borrowing from the traditional shadow puppet theater. His characters, who are reminiscent of figures in 16th century Flanders paintings such as works by Hieronymus Bosch or Pieter Bruegel, wittily parodies China’s transitional status in which the pre-modern social structure (which was seen as the quintessential evil) changes into envy and anxiety towards the Nouveaux Riche.