Pan Dehai- An Introduction to His Latest Series: '1956 - 1976'

Pan Dehai, 1956, born in Si Ping City, Jilin province,  China
Graduated from the Fine Art Department of the Northeast Normal University in Changchun in 1982.

  Over the past twenty years, established Chinese Contemporary artist Pan Dehai had been widely known for creating the image of the 'Corn Men' in his works. And for artists who were active in the 1980s, Pan Dehai's name is also associated with an influential group of artists in the history of Chinese Contemporary Art, that is in 'Southwestern Art Group', which came into being after the 'New Age' Exhibition in China.

  For Pan Dehai, an artist who is set to explore the passions of life and the questions in essence, his works judges these aspects from a special perspective, helping us to understand this world more truthfully and get to know ourselves better. In form, the 'Corn Men' are a synonym of affluent materialistic life and various desires; yet in context they are often a synonym of simple-minded people, and the image of these Corn Men is connected with the social, political and life scenes during the red era, these figures dressed in blue uniforms give us a sense of hardly understandable humor and absurdity.  This not only enables us to feel the empty revolutionary ideals in everyone's minds during that period, but also reminds us that there is still a small-peasant mentality and other feudal ideas in our pursuit for materialistic desires today.

  In Pan Dehai's latest series '1956 - 1976', he continues to bring forward this concept but through a more subtle way of expression.

  
'Our everyday life is comprised mainly of petty things and trifling matters. However to 'fuss over' them is not without sense. To observe them carefully can bring some kind of change to ourselves, to experience this change will bring our thoughts and feelings in the stream of our past and present as well as stimulate our potential talents, to allow us to go back to the provenance of art and the departure of life'. - Pan Dehai 2011, Beijing

For a complete list of Pan Dehai's latest available works visit here 

or contact YANG GALLERY: spore@yanggallery.com.sg / +65 6721 8888

 

Pan Dehai's works have been exhibited worldwide and are widely collected by private collectors and several renowned Contemporary Art Museums such as: 

National Contemporary Art Centre, Athens, Greece

Poly Art Museum, Beijing, China

Guangdong Art Museum, China

Shenzhen Art Museum, China

National Art Museum of China

Roman Contemporary Art Museum, Italy

Melbourne Art Museum, Australia

Chengdu Art Museum, Chengdu

Nan Jing Education Museum, Chongqing

Pan Dehai with his wife Dong Xue (beige) and YANG GALLERY staffs, part of YANG GALLERY Beijing 798's Grand Opening 'SPLENDOR: Ten People's Contemporary Exhibition', June 2011.