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Bernheim is delighted to announce the third solo show of Ding Shilun with the gallery. Titled Spectres in Rehearsal, the exhibition presents four large scale paintings that revolve around theatrical and historical imagery. The show precedes the artist’s forthcoming major institutional solo exhibition at the Song Art Museum opening in May in Beijing, China.
Conceived as majestic tableaux, the paintings unfold throughout the gallery in the tradition of grand history painting - a genre historically regarded as the most elevated form in both Western art history and the Chinese pictorial canon.
Shilun positions himself as a master puppeteer, orchestrating a cast of extraordinary characters as though directing from beneath the stage. He exercises total command over their lives, gestures, costumes and personalities through a virtuoso painterly execution. Drawing on references that range from Goya to Dalí, he interweaves figures from popular culture such as the Cookie Monster,…
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Bernheim is delighted to announce the third solo show of Ding Shilun with the gallery. Titled Spectres in Rehearsal, the exhibition presents four large scale paintings that revolve around theatrical and historical imagery. The show precedes the artist’s forthcoming major institutional solo exhibition at the Song Art Museum opening in May in Beijing, China.
Conceived as majestic tableaux, the paintings unfold throughout the gallery in the tradition of grand history painting - a genre historically regarded as the most elevated form in both Western art history and the Chinese pictorial canon.
Shilun positions himself as a master puppeteer, orchestrating a cast of extraordinary characters as though directing from beneath the stage. He exercises total command over their lives, gestures, costumes and personalities through a virtuoso painterly execution. Drawing on references that range from Goya to Dalí, he interweaves figures from popular culture such as the Cookie Monster,…
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