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- "Water Can Carry A Boat, But It Can Also Sink It."
- Mu Lei
- Jing Daily (JD): Can you tell us a little bit about how you see your own artistic style? What inspires your work?
- Mu Lei (ML):
- JD: As a young contemporary artist and one of China's "post-80s generation," do you think you're more influenced by Chinese artistic elements or Western elements?
- ML
- JD: You worked with Vogue China recently, contributing your artwork "Ambush." Can you say a little about how your collaboration with Vogue, and other collaborations, came about?
- ML:
- JD: More and more young artists are using new technologies in their work, but you stick mainly to painting, trying out new things on canvas. How do you feel about the impact that technology has had on contemporary art in China?
- ML:
- JD: You were one of the young artists whose work was shown at the 2011 Venice Biennale, and your work is currently being exhibited in the US. Are you putting a particular focus on showing your work overseas?
- ML:
- JD: We hear you're going to work with the French jewelry brand Boucheron. What made you choose to work with a jewelry brand?
- ML:
- JD: We've seen a lot of art + luxury, art + fashion collaborations between brands and Chinese artists in recent years. What's behind this? From your perspective, do you think these types of collaborations will affect your artwork?
- ML
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