Man and violence
----------Leng Lin

I very early hear Yang Shaobin this artist's name, although he came Beijing in 1991 to live, but our true understanding was at the end of 1996. I at that time was preparing the first China modern artware the auction, including an artist Fang Lijun size very big print work to need to photograph. Fang Lijun and Yang Shaobin is the very good friend, they graduate from the identical Training school, they are also maintaining in Beijing the close communication, moreover is also the neighbor. , Yang Shaobin just newly had built at that time a big studio, therefore Fang Lijun very natural borrowed this big studio to him to photograph for us. I am know Yang Shaobin in that photograph. He at that time already was a successful artist.
Few Bin gives the my first impression is very direct and simple. He does not have what pleasantries. This point marks in him can also reflect that his picture then very little decorated, the performance was the person and the matter. All characters have filled the exaggerating movement and the expression, these exaggeration's movement and the expression happen to become in the society a special groups life practical reappearance. Few Bin through has not opened the space in the picture to oneself respective community life's reappearance for people's life, but is opposite, constrains people's imagination. In the picture person and the matter probably already were the world existence had the enough significance. This kind of style was he just arrived from 1991 Beijing was admitted to when the Old Summer Palace Huajia Village forms, when saw him to me, he also in very diligently continued this kind of style drawing the creation. This kind of work once with 1994 and another artist Yue Minjun's work first time very regularly in Hong Kong Schoeni decorated corridor success display, what is astonishing, they similarly have also obtained the very big success in the trade. After this, the few Bin's drawing in the world many place displays, and is accepted by more and more widespread collector. This is the Chinese the 90s's achievement. Regarding Chinese modern artistic circles, this point achievement is obtains through the transnational activity, in domestic did not have the market and in the creation incentive mechanism situation, he already participation by the unusual way to one kind of globalized development model.
Because this kind differs from the past the development model, China modern art as if becomes more and more sensitive, artist relative centralism's inhabited area - - Old Summer Palace also becomes unstable; On the other hand, also along with in some artist's commercial success, between artist's differentiation appeared, the artist needed successfully also had the condition which and the foundation for the own construction independent family and the studio desire realized. in 1995, Yang Shaobin along with the artists has moved to the Beijing suburbs Tong County's small fort village together successfully first in Old Summer Palace.
He has bought another Chinese acre square peasant family yard, before dividing the rear court, two row of room, the front-row room housing, the back row room makes the studio. The back row room is the new lid, has 5 meter high. In the roof pinnacle few Bin also puts up a platform with the wood, under the stage is the work land and the bathroom, on the stage may be occupied by the human. I once had several times evening live in here. The few Bin's courtyard was very clean, fills has been tranquil and is warm. Compares with its picture, the contrast is very big. The few Bin's picture has been maintaining the Old Summer Palace at that time life condition, has filled the unstable factor. Few Bin explained its picture is one kind “the violence” description. Perhaps few Bin describes his drawing is like this wants to agglomerate one strength from his picture, one rare strength. Based on this kind of simple understanding and the feeling, few Bin very little displays the woman, perhaps always has not displayed. He always concentrates man's movement, concentrates between the man and man's relations. In his opinion, the man may direct and the strength draws the equal. Some chapter of I go to his studio with the German two picture business to look at the picture, German traditional Chinese painting business asked on the quiet whether my few Bin is a homosexuality, I tell this matter few Bin, we laugh as if by prior agreement, cannot think of “the violence” rightly the description unexpectedly with the homosexuality some kind of relations. I was asking afterward why few Bin does start on the choice “the violence” such way to describe, he said that this question had many people to ask him, he has also looked for the root, because was the reason which was lovelorn creates directly, at that time he wanted to injure the mind which mutually through the picture character false appearance in the balanced life own was agitated. I continue to ask: “but is lovelorn now to you was very already far, why “the violence” has this theme been maintaining?”He answers: “this was very strange, is lovelorn has caused one kind of choice, I detected that its significance already far exceeded me at that time the temporary mood. This significance I want to go to promulgate unceasingly and to consummate.”He then said: “I thought that I compare have the courage and uprightness artist, what I paint pictures mainly depending on is the feeling. I was quite in the past anxious, the brushwork was very obvious; Now I but actually quite relax.”
Few Bin is an inborn sensibility artist, moreover he depended upon this kind of feeling to obtain the success merely in the 90s China modern artistic circles. This not sees. Certainly this benefits in him can superego feel the thing at times. I wanted to cause him at the 90s's individual life to catch one time pulse sensitively, he the instability which established in the picture as if is suggesting our time certain characteristics.
during 1996,1997 years, few Bin has met some troublesome in the trade, he terminates an agreement with Hong Kong Schoeni decorated corridor as a result of the proxy condition question, he can not but start itself facing the market. Makes the comprehensive adjustment already is not only must have the development in the drawing style, moreover must make itself to extricate in one kind of new life from the trouble. Since this period of time, the few Bin's drawing style change has been very big, in the picture character are getting fewer and fewer, the color also starts to change into solely has been red, sometimes the picture presents a head picture, has from the picture nature. “the violence” only turned the brushwork fight, the head picture has become “the violence” performance's best place. Compares with the beforehand picture, these drawing are purer, was more attractive. “the violence” evolved the brushwork from character's movement a beautiful performance. Those who make one be startled again was this batch of pictures has obtained a bigger echo in the society, the display opportunity and the artistic business agent streams, what was worth mentioning was in 1999 his this batch of works is elected by the Swiss nationality famous art moving spirit snow to enjoy gracefully in the high reputation world-class Venice pair of year exhibition. The participation painting by a Switzerland's very active economic man proxy, now is also had many pictures already to enter in some big collector's family. This has hit medicinal preparation cardiotonic without doubt for the few Bin's self-confidence. At present, few Bin is preparing some great sizes the picture, participates in 2000 which holds in the German Hannover world expo.