陈逸飞 (Chen Yifei)

[wushijiao]

The sucessful artist Chen Yifei died (young) a few days ago, too soon. Here are a few articles about it:

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-04/11/content_432946.htm

http://www.artnet.com/artist/18267/Chen_Yifei.html

http://www.monadnock.net/essays/chen.html

On of the essays mentioned above says,

Chen Yifei's work does not fit easily into a "Chinese" or "Western" mold. Perhaps his art can be described as "multi-cultural" — not in the current sense of locking up a person in whatever ethnic group he was born into, but in the sense of combining the best of several cultures.

Others say he was a bit too commercial, especially towards Western tastes, perhaps like Zhang Yimou.

Thoughts?

[39degN]

yeah, his death is too sudden... you know he was so active those years in fashion and art ralated fields!

I'd prefer to consider him a very good businessman! but the facts is, sucessful artists are always good businessman, otherwise they wont be sucessful.

[Vivien]

I saw some of Chen Yifei's paintings. I think those are interesting but not the type of painting I normally like.

I'd prefer to consider him a very good businessman! but the facts is, sucessful artists are always good businessman, otherwise they wont be sucessful

I agree he is a sucessful businessman no matter his art is good or not, but I don’t think the success of an artist will depend on if he/she is successful in business. For example, Vicent Van Gogh could never sell his paintings for living when he's alive, but people remember his name and love his paintings about 115 years after his death. I would say he is a successful artist.