Yin Zhaoyang, Secluded Valley, 2023. Oil on canvas, 250 x 200cm. Courtesy: the artist and Vermilion Art, Sydney.

Vermilion Art presents Yin Zhaoyang‘s first solo exhibition in Australia, Soul Mountain. Curated by Dr Geoff Raby AO, this exhibition features landscapes set in the ancient Song Mountain range in his home province of Henan and his most recent semi-abstract portraiture, including several of Yin’s tributes to his greatest inspiration: Vincent Van Gogh.

With maturity and his establishment as a major international figure in Chinese contemporary art, alongside successful solo shows in the West and China, and sales through the major auction houses, his work over the past decade has become more reflective and contemplative, but the subliminal energy remains – almost as if the work is breathing.

Vermillion Art Gallery offers in Australia a rare chance to see recent works from one of the leading figures from China’s 1990s ‘Youth Cruelty’ movement of painters.

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