Holly’s Auctions is inviting locals to enjoy contemporary artworks at a free exhibition at MixC World before they are auctioned off in Guangzhou at the end of this month. No sign-up is necessary.

Highlighted artists include Wu Guanzhong (1919-2010), Chang Yu (1900-1966), Wei Guangqing, Zhang Enli and Feng Lianghong.

Wu is widely recognized as a founder of modern Chinese painting. He is considered to be one of the greatest contemporary Chinese painters. His artworks had both Western and Eastern influences, such as the Western style of Fauvism and the Eastern style of Chinese calligraphy. His ink painting “The Pearls in the Wild Rattans” and oil painting “Sisters” will be on display.

Chang is known as one of the most prominent Chinese oil painters who studied in France in the early 1900s. At the exhibition, visitors can observe his portrait of Chinese poet Xu Zhimo.

Wei is known most of all for his “Red Wall” and “Made in China” series. His work adopts a flat and symbolic composition, linking traditional ethics and modern culture. His color palette consists of strong, often complementary colors.

Zhang’s paintings depict the familiar and overlooked everyday objects connected through the artist’s immediate surroundings, often from unusual viewpoints or focusing on seemingly insignificant details. He produces works that invite universal interpretation. He often works in series, such as his paintings that focus on the idea of the container — cardboard boxes, ashtrays, tin chests and lavatories. Other works depict functional municipal structures that populate the streets of Shanghai, such as public toilets and tiled outdoor water features.

Feng produces lush abstract paintings inspired by a mixture of ancient Chinese philosophy, calligraphy, Eastern and Western art history and urban graffiti. He covers his canvases with beautifully complementary passages of color and all manner of marks, including fat, paint-laden brushstrokes; thin, sketchy scribbles; drips; daubs; and splatters. He often begins with a naturalistic landscape, which he then partially obscures with an overlay of his abstract marks. Feng both refuses and accepts categorizations of his work — a Zen-like position that acknowledges our natural inclination to define works of art in concrete terms, while also insisting upon the freedom to approach his practice with originality and without preconditions.

Visitors can also admire toys, sculptures and prints by Jeff Koons, KAWS, Banksy, Hajime Sorayama, Yoshitomo Nara, Takashi Murakami and Moe Nakamura.

Dates: Until Dec. 15

Venue: 6/F, MixC World, Nanshan District (南山区深圳万象天地六楼)

Metro: Line 1 to Hi-tech Park Station (高新园站), Exit A

(SD News)