Displaying paintings from some of the best known 20th century Chinese artists, the exhibitions below vary widely. From both traditional and modernised ink paintings to multi-layered "dual paintings" and works from the avant-garde movement, the exhibitions below provide a wide cross-section of paintings from both renowned and new Chinese artists. Yang Qian’s aim with his series of ‘dual paintings’ is to formally disrupt and go beyond the perceived limitations of 2-dimensional painting. His new work seeks to engage and interact with the surroundings in a way that totally contradicts the expected restraints of painting. His ‘dual paintings’ are classic in style, but also absorb new media, thus creating a new form of art. His new work also involves the concept of kinetic paintings, allowing the viewer to engage and interact with the work in a wholly unexpected manner, breaking with traditional preconceptions of painting. The exhibition as a whole illustrates how the artist seeks to subvert the normal concept, and re-define the connotation and extension of the paintings, through the idiom ‘Only renovation can rejuvenate painting’.  Click here for more information. Pieces of a Broken Mirror features seven artists, that although established in China, have never been seen in London. Their works range from traditional and satirical to political, tender and sexual – all topics which have had a difficult journey in China’s political climate. Their art captures China in a moment of rapid transition in society, where Communism lives in parallel with expanding capitalism. The most established artist in the group, Li Haifeng has been working on a series of Mao Zedong in humble surroundings, clad in a Hawaiian shirt, arm-wrestling his twin. He has succeeded in demystifying Mao making him more human and perhaps allowing his actions if not be accepted, understood.  Click here for more information. He Weimin is a distinguished artist from China who received his higher education in Britain. His work spans a variety of techniques and media, including woodblock printmaking, lithography, ink painting, oil painting and seal cutting. In this exhibition He Weimin showcases 20 ink paintings as well as a number of woodblock prints created between 2003-2007. His works explore the everyday state of existence.  Click here for more information.

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