NEW YORK, NY.- A highly visible and versatile artist in the first generation of contemporary artists in Mainland China, Yang Qian has been very active in the Contemporary Art scene in China and around the globe. This exhibit consists of “dual paintings,” shredded copies of currency on canvas and shredded magazine media on aluminum plate. Yang Qian’s solo exhibition: Fragment & Identity at Eli Klein‘s New York location and is on view from December 11th – January 16th 2011. Yang Qian’s art is based on artistic imagination, aesthetics, and social interactions. His works challenge the viewer’s perception of what is both familiar and alien. His subject matter includes popular figures and symbols of modern daily living, and his perception of the world shifts from the mundane to the extraordinary. Yang Qian’s new work continues to play with the notion of multi-layered meaning in painting. In his “Bathroom” series, images overlap be