Ding Shilun
China
There’s something intricately nostalgic about Chinese artist Ding Shilun’s painted worlds, like a beautiful longing for a universe beyond our own. Guangzhou-born, London-trained and now working between both cities, Ding harnesses his heritage, current events and a global history of art to create large and detailed pictorial works that depict the follies of society and daily life, often with a representation of himself imposed into the seemingly homogenous societies. The result? A cross cultural mash-up – part manga comics and part Chinese xianxia, with strong leanings into fashion, even camp.
