Beijing-based artist Ye Hongxing<\/strong>\u00a0claims that Fusion is her reaction to the \u201cswift change of China\u2019s social system\u201d.\u00a0As a reflection to this rapid\u00a0change\u00a0and how the Chinese culture has been\u00a0influenced by the West over the recent years, Hongxing has created a series of artworks, titled\u00a0 “East of Eden”, <\/strong>that juxtapose traditional Chinese imagery such as Buddhist symbols and tigers with contemporary objects including cars,\u00a0 Hello Kitty, Angry Birds and smiley faces.<\/p>\n

“The rapid changes that are happening in China have a very profound impact on me, sometimes exciting, and sometimes contradictory and confusing at the same time. Bright in color and mesmerizing in the complex compositions that juxtapose traditional Chinese imagery with the joyously psychedelic.”<\/em><\/p>\n

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Hongxing uses\u00a0stickers collected during her childhood to create large-scale collages on canvas. The highly detailed compositions depict\u00a0fictional landscapes, nature, architecture, modern machinery such as helicopters and guns, fantastical figures and religious imagery, Hongxing juxtaposes these elements to create explosions of colour.\u00a0The dense layer of stickers allow the colours and textures to reverberate around the canvas, and new elements are found each time the viewer looks at the work.\u00a0 The effect on the eye is of information overload, reminiscent of our digital age.<\/p>\n

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\u201cUsing stickers is a conscious challenge to traditional and conventional mediums,\u201d <\/i>explains Hongxing. \u201cA sticker has an enormous amount of information in it, they reflect the time we\u2019re living in and they are fragmented and mosaic, so I can give them a new order in the landscape I\u2019m creating.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n

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In previous works Hongxing has depicted the symbol of the Mandala – Sanskrit for \u2018circle\u2019, this ancient symbol of concentric diagrams was traditionally used as a visual tool for spiritual teaching, a focus for meditation and devotion.\u00a0 Hongxing renders these religious symbols with her unique, labour-intensive application of colourful stickers, which highlights the disconcerting fusion between the modern material and the sacred ideology it depicts.<\/p>\n

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Sara Raza, Curator and Asian art historian states that Hongxing\u2019s work presents \u201ca critique into the symptoms of globalisation, where industrial, societal and economic advancements and changes in attitude are moving at such a rapid pace that they are in fact eclipsing culture<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n

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As the rapid pace of change in modern China shapes a new generation of thought and expression, her position as a young artist is very important. She is part of an exciting movement that will undoubtedly mark the history of art.<\/p>\n

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