| She stood nude before a mirror and liked what | | | | expression is connected to an artist's impression. |
| she saw. She wanted to see more and went | | | | The perspective may or may not be entirely new |
| closer and closer but the dimensions were not | | | | but then, art is an expression and it needs a |
| enough and she could not see too well. So, she | | | | viewer to tune into the artist's being to feel what |
| took a camera and started clicking pictures...of her | | | | the artist feels/felt, to experience what the artist |
| face, her hands, her legs, her body, her | | | | wishes to express. Though Wang Guiquan did not |
| genitals...everything...including close ups from | | | | paint what she saw, perhaps, she saw something |
| different angles.That's Wang Guiquan, a 22-year | | | | that she felt needed to be expressed and she |
| old sophomore at the Chengdu Art Academy. | | | | used a camera to do that. So, what is wrong with |
| Some of those pictures were exhibited at an art | | | | that and why must that be seen as |
| exhibition, 'Experimental Space' in Nanjing, China, | | | | condemnable?She has been widely condemned |
| organized by her instructor at the art | | | | but she has done something few others have |
| academy.Some viewers appreciated her | | | | done. She has broken new ground and though she |
| expression but there were those that tore into | | | | is not well-known, one day she will be.Cheers, |
| her, accusing her of seeking fame and using too | | | | Wang Guiquan! You are not alone! Wipe those |
| much eroticism.Wang Guiquan smiled and cried | | | | tears away and do your thing!Author's note: To |
| alternately. It was bold of her to do what she did | | | | view pictures of Wang Guiquan and one of her |
| and perhaps, some of the accusations were, in | | | | exhibits, please visit my blog.Rajesh Kanoi (Jack) is |
| fact, true. But what stops an artist from seeking | | | | a published writer, now living and working in China. |
| fame. Why must an artist ignore the erotic?Art is | | | | Many of his short-stories, poems and articles have |
| an expression and sometimes the expression | | | | been published, including a book of short-stories, |
| comes from the artist's perspective. And, the | | | | 'From China With Love' (Lipstick Publishing). |