Qiu Jiongjiong

painted in 2010
marked with one seal of the artist

Star Gallery, Beijing
Private Asian Collection

Overall in good condition. There are round bare areas of paper with rusted pinholes slightly visible at the image corners and midpoints of all sides, evident of pushpins used by the artist during the work's creation. Overall framed dimensions: 125.8 by 95.8 cm; 49½ by 37¾ in.
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Qiu Jiongjiong is an eccentric storyteller whose insightful and witty art works are as eclectic as his formative upbringing in a family of renowned Sichuan opera performers. He abandoned his hometown and a formal education to establish his studio in Beijing and dedicate himself to pure artistic creation unbridled by genre, medium or subject. He draws upon a variety of inspiration ranging from classical literature and fairy tales to art icons Basquiat, Nam June Paik and Botticelli. Qiu is known as an emerging filmmaker and recognized for his odd, literary paintings that often portray characters with mottled faces that are evocative of his fascination with painting textures of cured meats. In his 2010 exhibition catalogue his friend Xie Qi describes Qiu as “articulate and humorous, full of dynamic thoughts embellished with fanciful, unverifiable episodes [of mania]”.¹  

_{¹The 1st Qiu Jiongjiong Art Festival, Star Gallery, Beijing, China, 2010}