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About the artwork
Rendering Singapore's most iconic political figure in pop articulate, Ren Zhen Yu beays all convention and creates and evergreen- and yet ephemeral in its composition- portrait of Lee Kuan Yew. Coalescing colour and stroke into a seamless blend of hand and eye, the artist creates a method to the madness, unveiling a striking image of the monumental figure. Taking away from the historic significance of Pop as depicting the common place, Ren Zhen Yu adds his own pop culture twist and creates a work of both measure and memory.
About the artist
Born in Tianjin in 1976, Ren Zhenyu graduated in 1999 from the Oil Painting Department at Tianjin Academy of Fine Art, where he currently works as a lecturer. His talent was recognized and appreciated by renowned galleries and distinguished collectors throughout China, and he achieved fame in Europe through his distinct portrait series of historical and political icons, such as Andy Warhol and Chairman Mao. In his works, Ren plays with a wide spectrum of colours that are juxtaposed to create a unique expressionist interpretation of famous faces and experiments with texture and layering built on to reinforce the portrayal of faces from different perspectives.