NEW YORK, NY.- Eli Klein Fine Art presents Shen Shaomin’s first solo exhibition in New York. A world renowned conceptual artist, Shen Shaomin pushes unconventional materials to new limits. His art comments on contemporary issues from politics to human nature. This exhibition will feature Shen Shaomin’s new bonsai ink paintings. These delicate paintings on silk are created in the manner of traditional Chinese paintings, yet the subject matter, Shaomin’s tortured bonsai trees, is of great contemporary significance. The exhibition also includes Shaomin’s G8 Summit installation, portraying iconic world leaders. Through seemingly reverent renderings, Shen Shaomin’s distorted framed canvases cause the faces of the public figures to shift, thus revealing the ironic mutability of politicians and their views