Wang Yuping – The best of his dark comic style paintings

Wang Yuping – Taoist Priest No.06, 2007, oil painting and acrylic, 190x150cm
Wang Yuping – Taoist Priest No.06, 2007, oil painting and acrylic, 190 x 150 cm

Who is Wang Yuping?

Wang Yuping (b.1962, Beijing) is known for his gritty, comic book style portraits of urban life in China. His paintings are playful, feature rough, tough or absurd Beijing characters and seem to spy on life in the inner city as a kind of Wang Shuo of the art’s world. By placing us in intimate spaces with arresting, descriptive personal images, Wang Yuping continues his exploration of urban culture and social change.

Accomplishments

He entered the Central Academy of Arts and Design in Beijing, China, in 1983. Since he graduated in 1989, he has been teaching in the Oil Painting Department of CAFA. In 1997, he participated in the 47th Venice Biennial. His works have been exhibited in various notable exhibitions in China and abroad and have been collected by the National Art Museum of China.

Paintings

Wang Yuping - Eleven Face Guan Yin (the upper part), 2010, oil painting and acrylic, 240x190cm
Wang Yuping – Eleven Face Guan Yin (the upper part), 2010, oil painting and acrylic, 240 x 190 cm
Wang Yuping - Dutar, 2009, oil painting and acrylic, 190x160cm
Wang Yuping – Dutar, 2009, oil painting and acrylic, 190 x 160 cm
Wang Yuping - Eleven Face Guan Yin (the lower part), 2010, oil painting and acrylic, 240x190cm
Wang Yuping – Eleven Face Guan Yin (the lower part), 2010, oil painting and acrylic, 240 x 190 cm
Wang Yuping - Father and Son, 2010, oil painting and acrylic, 200x160cm
Wang Yuping – Father and Son, 2010, oil painting and acrylic, 200 x 160 cm
Wang Yuping - Master Wu, 2010, oil and acrylic on canvas, 200x160cm
Wang Yuping – Master Wu, 2010, oil and acrylic on canvas, 200 x 160 cm
Wang Yuping - Monopolized Marriage, 2009, oil painting and acrylic, 200x230cm
Wang Yuping – Monopolized Marriage, 2009, oil painting and acrylic, 200 x 230 cm
Wang Yuping - Taoist Priest No.02, 2007, oil painting and acrylic, 150x120cm
Wang Yuping – Taoist Priest No.02, 2007, oil painting and acrylic, 150 x 120 cm
Wang Yuping, Taoist Priest No.03, 2005, oil painting and acrylic, 150x120cm
Wang Yuping – Taoist Priest No.03, 2005, oil painting and acrylic, 150 x 120 cm
Wang Yuping - Taoist Priest No.05, 2007, oil painting and acrylic, 150x120cm
Wang Yuping – Taoist Priest No.05, 2007, oil painting and acrylic, 150 x 120 cm
Wang Yuping - Taoist Priest No.05, 2007, oil painting and acrylic, 190x150cm
Wang Yuping – Taoist Priest No.05, 2007, oil painting and acrylic, 190 x 150 cm
Wang Yuping - Buddha's Warrior Attendant Ha (Upper), 2011, acrylic on canvas, 190x240cm
Wang Yuping – Buddha's Warrior Attendant Ha (Upper), 2011, acrylic on canvas, 190 x 240 cm
Wang Yuping - Born in the 70s, 2010, oil painting and acrylic, 200 x 230 cm
Wang Yuping – Born in the 70s, 2010, oil painting and acrylic, 200 x 230 cm
Wang Yuping - Female Soldiers, 2006, oil and acrylic on canvas, 150 x 120 cm
Wang Yuping – Female Soldiers, 2006, oil and acrylic on canvas, 150 x 120 cm
Wang Yuping - Feng, 2010, oil and acrylic on canvas, 200 x 160 cm
Wang Yuping – Feng, 2010, oil and acrylic on canvas, 200 x 160 cm
Wang Yuping - Guest Greeting Pine, 2006, oil and acrylic on canvas, 150 x 120 cm
Wang Yuping – Guest Greeting Pine, 2006, oil and acrylic on canvas, 150 x 120 cm
Wang Yuping - Kroraina Beauty, 2009, oil and acrylic on canvas, 160 x 200 cm
Wang Yuping – Kroraina Beauty, 2009, oil and acrylic on canvas, 160 x 200 cm
Wang Yuping - My Seed, 2011, acrylic oil pastel, 195 x 160 cm
Wang Yuping – My Seed, 2011, acrylic oil pastel, 195 x 160 cm
Wang Yuping - Sharaku Painting No.1, 2013, oil and acrylic on canvas, 100 x 100 cm
Wang Yuping – Sharaku Painting No.1, 2013, oil and acrylic on canvas, 100 x 100 cm
Wang Yuping - Sharaku Painting No.2, 2013, oil and acrylic on canvas, 100 x 100 cm
Wang Yuping – Sharaku Painting No.2, 2013, oil and acrylic on canvas, 100 x 100 cm
Wang Yuping - Sharaku Painting No.3, 2013, oil and acrylic on canvas, 100 x 100 cm
Wang Yuping – Sharaku Painting No.3, 2013, oil and acrylic on canvas, 100 x 100 cm
Wang Yuping - Sharaku Painting No.4, 2013, oil and acrylic on canvas, 100 x 100 cm
Wang Yuping – Sharaku Painting No.4, 2013, oil and acrylic on canvas, 100 x 100 cm
Wang Yuping - Life long Company, 2011, acrylic on canvas, 230x190cm
Wang Yuping – Life long Company, 2011, acrylic on canvas, 230 x 190 cm
Wang Yuping - What a Lovely Bird, 2006, oil on canvas, 120x150cm
Wang Yuping – What a Lovely Bird, 2006, oil on canvas, 120 x 150 cm
Wang Yuping – Self-portrait holding a cat, 2017, acrylic and oil pastels on canvas, 240 x 160 cm
Wang Yuping – Self-portrait holding a cat, 2017, acrylic and oil pastels on canvas, 240 x 160 cm
Wang Yuping - Lao Wang Paints – Lao Wang, 2012, oil on canvas, 75 x 600 cm
Wang Yuping – Lao Wang Paints – Lao Wang, 2012, oil on canvas, 75 x 60 cm
Wang Yuping - Uygur Girl No.3, 2009
Wang Yuping – Uygur Girl No.3, 2009

All images by Wang Yuping unless otherwise noted.

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