qi peng

Location:
Salt Lake City, UT
School:
Yale University
Birthday:
10/07/1976
Artist Inspirations:
"the case of salander" series of paintings analyzes the hoopla of the recent Larry Salander fraud case that paralleled the collapse of the world markets in late 2009. These daringly traditional works are all oil, possibly fraudulent history paintings caused by and dealing with the themes of deception, greed, and the media's attraction to problematic celebrities. I ask the questions, "Should art have morality, even with the artist who can become a magician of deceit and a wizard of image as desired?" This and other ethical questions I pose as a conceptual artist exploring the "fake" academic base of figurative art itself using the techniques of the mirror image to symbolize the reversal of fortune and art world laws as well as gray tones to reflect the not-so-black and white situation of shady characters here. Artistic influences include the following: Gerhard Richter, Alex Katz, Elizabeth Peyton, Matt Jones, Swoon, Banksy, Anselm Reyle, Andrew Wrigley, Johannes Vermeer, Renaissance art, Richard Serra, Cy Twombly, Jackson Pollock, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Andy Warhol, Uta Barth, Aaron Siskind, Francisco Goya, Damien Hirst, Karen Kilimnik, Wendy White, Bill Viola, Criterion Collection DVD's, Akira Kurosawa, Tomma Abts, Henry Darger, Dieter Roth, Ashley Bickerton, Peter Doig, Matthew Barney, Lucian Freud, Jeremy Blake, Nancy Chunn, Ai Weiwei, Maurizio Cattelan, Marcel Dzama, Joseph Kosuth, Marilyn Minter, Elizabeth Murray, Robert Mangold, Brice Marden, Jasper Johns, Julie Mehretu, Alexis Granwell, Richard Prince, Pipilotti Rist, Tom Sachs, Amy Sillman, Franz West, Lori Earley, Shepard Fairey, Barry McGee, On Kawara, Jason Rhoades, Ed Ruscha, Martin Creed, Norbert Bisky, Wade Guyton, Kelley Walker, Robert Motherwell, Ingrid Calame, Mark Lombardi, etc.

Biography:
qi peng was born in Queens, New York in 1976 and received his masters degree at Yale University. He is a conceptual artist who executes “interviews” as a form of collaborative portraits with various art professionals and also uses primary/secondary documents to examine the contemporary art market. Occasionally he does paintings, photographs, and works on paper. The artist’s studio is located near downtown Salt Lake City and he works sometimes in New York City for street art or fine art special projects. He has been exhibited in various places including Aqua Art Miami Art Fair/MyArtspace.com, Central Booking; Dam, Stuhltrager Gallery; envoy enterprises; the Projects Gallery; The Lab at Belmar; modern8 Gallery; James Cohan Gallery/NURTUREart; Claire Oliver Gallery/NURTUREart; Metro Pictures/Visual AIDS; Art Raw Gallery; and Anna Kustera. All images are copyright qi peng / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.