What unexpected quirks and fantasies shape an artist’s world? For each issue, we invite an artist to hand-pick from a set of playful and profound questions, pairing their answers with a visual contribution.
The Artist’s Questionnaire:
Zhan Yunyao
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Q: Who was your first art crush and why?
ZY: The Chinese painter of the Song dynasty, Li Cheng. Because this artist’s Chinese landscape paintings enlightened me about what artistic conception is.
2
Q: Goldin is God, Bourgeois is Buddha, Rauch is Ra, you are…?
ZY: I am a drawer. Why are these three artists compared to God, Buddha and Ra?
3
Q: What work would you most like to be remembered for, and what’s its story?
ZY: I hope the work I’m remembered for is the (…)
