She--White Collar Worker
- Yu Hong, Chinese, 1966
- Born: Xi’an, Shaanxi Province, China
- Work Locations: Beijing, China
Yu Hong is a figurative painter who explores themes of personal experience and effects of Chinese political and cultural upheaval. "She – White Collar" is a triptych. The center panel is acrylic on canvas and the two outer images are photographs, all are mounted on wood. The painting in the center is based on photographs that the artist took of a mother and daughter; the two photographs on either side were taken by the women depicted in the painting. The figure in the photograph on the left side is a young girl in a red kimono-like robe against a grayish cobblestone path. The figure in the photograph on the right side shows a woman in contemporary clothing posing next to a bronze Chinese monument. Yu’s painting shows the two women on a couch in an everyday domestic setting. Together the photos and painting show different views of the same subjects.
Yu Hong is associated with a group of artists known simply as the “New Generation.” She graduated from the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing in 1995 and currently teaches there.
- “Disruption: Works from the Vicki and Kent Logan Collection” — Denver Art Museum, 1/13/2022
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