Donglai Meng

孟东来

Often inspired by fictional stories, Chinese artist Donglai Meng creates whimsical compositions that explore the connection between psychological spaces and human experiences in the society. The fantastical narratives draw the audiences into dreamlands that are full of wits, movements and imaginations.

中国艺术家孟东来的画作常常围绕着一个个脑中虚构的故事而创造，她天马行空的作品探索心理空间和现实世界的链接。幻想般的构图和色彩散发强烈的动感、幽默感和想象力，立即将观者引入梦境般的世界。

Highlights

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Donglai Meng has held solo exhibitions in Italy, Japan, and the Netherlands. She won the Stipendium Emerging Artists at Mondriaan Fonds in 2020, and received her Artist Projects Grants from Mondriaan Fonds in 2021. In her free time, Meng writes web fictions and has a cult following.

孟东来曾在意大利、日本、荷兰等地举办个人展览。她于2020年获得蒙德里安基金会的新兴艺术家奖，并于2021年获得蒙德里安基金会的艺术家专项奖。在她的空闲时间，孟东来也是一位人气网络小说创作者。

Words from the curator

策展人的话

Donglai Meng’s motifs of “hairy legs” in first appeared in 2019. They are rendered in all shapes and forms - sometimes the center of an intimate interior, sometimes a deity in the shrine, sometimes on a dog, and sometimes a clue in a fictional murder case. The once shameful bushes of hair are now transformed into colorful and humorous protagonists in the artist’s oeuvres.

孟东来的“毛腿”主题第一次出现于2019年。它们形态各异：有时是一副室内画作粗壮的中心，有时是神社中的腿毛神仙，有时长在小狗身上，有时又是悬疑故事中的重要线索。曾令人感到羞耻的毛腿，在孟东来工作中变成了彩色的、幽默的、变化无穷的主角。