ENTER THE DRAGON: Happy Chinese New Year!

FAIRGROUNDS | by Sean Perry

The Chinese Year of the Dragon has the potential to be mythical.
Gong xi fa ca! Have a Prosperous and Good Year!

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FAIRGROUNDS is Sean Perry’s love letter to the dreamscape of temporary environments. His hand-sewn, limited edition catalog, designed by Jace Graf and published by Cloverleaf Press, include 20 images gorgeously printed in tri-tone with a foreword by curator Clint Willour who writes “... the images linger in the mind; remain in the memory. There is haunting magic here.” Photograph above (c) Sean Perry.

CHINA CONTEMPORARY ARTIST: Wang Xing

Wang Xing, Dragon Sculpture, Fei Jia Cun, Beijing, China
Photograph (c) William Avedon/All rights reserved

Wang Xing, Dragon Sculpture, Fei Jia Cun, Beijing, China
Photograph (c) William Avedon/All rights reserved

Photographs (c) William Avedon/All rights reserved

Mythical Creature by artist Wang Xing
Photograph (c) William Avedon/All rights reserved

Chinese sculptor WANG XING is from China’s He Bei province. Above, Wang Xing was creating a series of nine dragon sculptures for an exhibition in Beijing. Wang’s clay and bronze sculptures are a mixture of Buddhist art, Japanese lacquer, and ancient mythical texts depicting half-human half-animal creatures. He is fascinated by the concept of dragons in Chinese culture as they were traditionally symbolic of the Emperor.

Wang’s studio is in the Fei Jia Cun Artist Village on the outskirts of Beijing, China. Fei Jia Cun is one of at least 10 artist communities surrounding Beijing where painters, sculptors and photographers from across China have come to work and exhibit. These art villages represent the forefront of China’s Abstract, Pop, and Neo-Realist artists. –William Avedon

More China Contemporary Artists:

Yang Jinsong

Yang Li Ming