Untitled
2004
ink
paper
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
2004
ink
paper
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
Dominant colour
Untitled is a 2004 ink by Fang Lijun, held at Museum of Modern Art.
This black-and-white drawing shows a man standing with his arms outstretched, as if holding up a sky full of floating faces. The faces are all different—some young, some old, some serious, some blank—crowded together in a messy, swirling pattern. The man’s coat is dark, and the background looks like a stormy sky with rough, uneven lines. The faces don’t look real—they’re drawn with quick, sketchy lines, almost like shadows. The artist used shading to make the faces pop against the sky, giving them a ghostly feel. If you like this style, check out cross-hatching to see how artists build depth with lines.
Fang Lijun (Chinese: 方力钧; born 1963) is a Chinese artist based in Beijing. He was born into a wealthy family with a high social status. In the 1990s, there was a cultural movement in China referred to as Cynical Realism…
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