I think this is still going on right now. He’s a small man and he looks like his art. Seriously, I need to get a new goddamn camera. Anyway, yeah, he’s a small little man who doesn’t speak much and has some feminine mannerisms. He’s part of the early 90’s Beijing art movement “Cynical Realism.”
Being there, standing near all this art makes me wonder what will happen to him. I hope he gains more notoriety in the US. I hope he doesn’t become kitschy. Look at the piece below with Garfield and that other comic character, I don’t remember his name. What is that? That piece feels forced and out of place.
I noticed that all his pieces is him in this pink color and with his eyes closed. Maybe I should have waited for him to turn pink. He started drinking alcohol while I was there. But if he’s from Beijing, he probably has high tolerance. Okay, look at the pictures and leave me alone.
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