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Wang Qingsong

While it is hard for me to fully understand the meaning and emotion behind Qingsong's work, due to the fact that my knowledge on the situations in China is very limited, I find his artwork very aesthetically interesting. His use of the human body really draws me in, in the way that he often uses a large amount of people in his pictures, but each person seems to have their own story in the way that they are posed. While this can cause an overload of focus in some of the images, i enjoy the fact that while looking at the image, i am constantly finding new things i didn't notice before, that continue to add onto the meaning of the image as a whole.

Another aspect of Qingsong's work that i enjoy is his use of very interesting settings. Two that especially strike me are Dormitory and Commercial War. The abstract setting of the dormitory full of of nude figures leaves me wondering more about what the motivation/story behind it is. Commercial War was especially interesting to me, because it is a theme that is incredibly relevant in America too. The constant struggle between companies to overpower their opponents in the word of advertising.

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