The masters of surrealism left a strong mark on a whole generation of Chinese painters. And the first names to be quoted as favourite artists among post 80s are very often Dalì or Magritte.
Born in 1971, in the Southern province of Guizhou, Zhong Shan—like many artists of his generation—was inspired by surrealist masters, and a very eclectic sense of experimentation pushed him to explore different languages and address the juxtaposition of imagery through his art. "In my work, there's a constant overlap of images from the outer world and random details from my daily life: the space between leaves the viewer a chance to interpret my artworks in their very own way, and the process gives me a new awareness on what I thought to be random free association," he explains.