Huang Yan has been working with the human body over the last decade, drawing from the past in order to comment on and reflect on the present.
By redefining his own body as a canvas and combining imagery of traditional Chinese ink painting with a contemporary setting, Huang Yan creates a new conceptual context.
Very few artists, in expressing the encounter between Chinese traditional culture and the contemporary world, have succeeded in simultaneously capturing the fusion and the paradox that this encounter generates. Huang Yan’s work makes reference to a Chinese cultural heritage that is innate to every Chinese person.

88MoCCA – The Museum of Chinese Contemporary Art