Shi Chong

signed in pinyin and Chinese and dated 2007; signed in pinyin and Chinese, titled and dated 2007 on the reverse

Important Private American Collection

Beijing, Bridge Gallery, The Scenery of Desire – Shang Yang and His Students Art Exhibition, September 16 – October 12, 2007
Shijiazhuang, MOCA Shijiazhuang, The Scenery of Desire – Shang Yang and His Students Art Exhibition, October 16 – November 6, 2007

The Scenery of Desire – Shang Yang and His Students Art Exhibition, Bridge Gallery, Beijing, 2007, p. 55, 56, illustrated in colour

This work is in very good condition overall. There is evidence of light wear along the edges of the painting. This work was not examined out of frame.
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Before painting Body in Scenery No. 3, Shi Chong places his model in a special-arranged room and films a video. After creating a detailed image of her, the artist copies the picture with oil paints on the canvas, demonstrating his sophisticated painting techniques here. During the painting process, he revises and improves the work, composing a unique image that a camera cannot render.