“She changes the way viewers understand a painting by altering the way it is viewed. The unique painting language she created comes from her understanding and feeling towards things. For her, uniqueness comes from natural expression and it needs not be pursued.”
Huang Du — curator of Chinese contemporary art on Qin Fengling

Qin Fengling has developed her own individual style of painting and found her own artistic language. Ignoring traditionally accepted methods, she creates pieces that can only be described as “sculpture on canvas”. Qin Fengling forms figures by squeezing colors directly from tubes onto her canvas, thereby effectively painting and sculpting her three-dimensional characters simultaneously. The result is paintings which are similar to bas-relief sculptures in their ability to interact with light and shadow. Qin Fengling’s unusual technique gives her work an originality and uniqueness that very few artists can claim. Qin Fengling’s paintings employ a light-hearted and comical tone, often poking fun at man’s desire to conform to the accepted norm. Hundreds of similar characters going about similar tasks fill her canvasses. Qin Fengling’s paintings also touch on a number of social and political issues that affect our lives on a day to day basis.
The current lot, Light, is a wonderful example of Qin Fengling’s unique interpretation of acrylic on canvas. The painting is made up of hundreds upon hundreds of tiny figures, on a golden background, all straining towards a single light source. Through their individual struggles to reach the light, they collectively take on the form of the sun, with rays spreading in all directions. This may be a metaphor for modern city life wherein many individuals going about their seperate pursuits create a greater whole.