Pei-Ming
Yan
Pei-Ming
Yan
Yan
Using large formats and white, grey and black tones, Yan Pei-Ming brilliantly breathes new life into historical painting. He has gained recognition with his portraits of famous people. Bearing witness to his times, he also draws on more personal subjects, especially his family.
Although living in France since the 1980s, Yan Pei-Ming has never lost sight of China, where he was born in 1960. His often figurative works are based on models or photographs. He makes his strokes briskly with a brush and a roller, aiming for an instantaneous effect. "It's alive: I paint, I erase, I change, I become one with the painting," he says. Often political, Yan Pei-Ming has depicted the tragedy of 11 September 2001, painted Mao's portraits and revisited masterpieces of art history, especially those by Courbet.
His paintings in the Pinault Collection were exhibited in 2009 during the “Qui a peur des artistes ?” ("Who’s Afraid of Artists?”) show at the Palais des Arts in Dinard.
Although living in France since the 1980s, Yan Pei-Ming has never lost sight of China, where he was born in 1960. His often figurative works are based on models or photographs. He makes his strokes briskly with a brush and a roller, aiming for an instantaneous effect. "It's alive: I paint, I erase, I change, I become one with the painting," he says. Often political, Yan Pei-Ming has depicted the tragedy of 11 September 2001, painted Mao's portraits and revisited masterpieces of art history, especially those by Courbet.
His paintings in the Pinault Collection were exhibited in 2009 during the “Qui a peur des artistes ?” ("Who’s Afraid of Artists?”) show at the Palais des Arts in Dinard.
