Kim Wan’s East Portraits

Kim Wan, of Chinese –Malay decent, was educated at Winchester School of Art in 1998. In 2007, Kim Wan won the Bursary award from the Arts Council England and gained a unique opportunity on the East Asian Strategic Training (EAST) initiative. As part of his professional development, Kim undertook to draw the portraits of a cross-section of the individual artists, performers, musicians, writers and participants on the EAST scheme

Kim Wan describes himself as an artist who "makes" paintings, drawings and objects, that imbues with a gestural and authentic finish. These build up over time to create new bodies of work. Through investigation, and personal reflection, a symbiotic process begins and the work takes on its own identity.

For more of Kim Wan's work, please visit his website: www.kimwanart.com

 

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anon Posted 21:45 on 30 April 2009 These are lovely tender drawings, strips away all the non essentials, and brings out the unconscious beauty of chinese-ness; artist and subject!. Reassures my faith that there is great deeper beauty in Chineseness, that every now again a gifted artist or poet can reveal. Reply | Quote

kickass Posted 9:15 on 2 May 2009 I like the vibrant colours of his paintings and his drawings are moody and full of character Reply | Quote

James B - Kim Wan’s East Portraits Posted 21:42 on 10 May 2009 It just goes to prove that simplistic is still the best... Reply | Quote

iscng - Kim Wan EAST portraits Posted 12:59 on 11 May 2009 Simplicity, essence, variety, intensity, thoughtfulness, intelligence, beauty, creativity. How wonderful to capture so many of the facets and faces of what it is to be Chinese! Reply | Quote

Banana Expressionism Posted 22:02 on 11 May 2009 Chinese artists certainly have talent, maybe Chinese artists should form some kind of Avant garde collective or shared arty movement that reflects the postmodernity of today. What do I mean by that poncey term? Themes such as the instability of self and identity that arty BBCs I have meet, spend alot of time in existential cafeland talk about. Also let not ignore the real stuff, the great works itself. Reply | Quote

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