User:Butterproduction/gap analysis

Gap Analysis

 * What is the title of the article in which you identified a gap. If no article exists at all, what should the title be?

Ma Yanlin


 * Document the gap you found, describe how you identified it, and analyze its impact on knowledge.

= My interest lies in a Chinese artist, Yanlin Ma (马嬿泠). I have searched on Wikipedia page for Chinese contemporary artist, and her name is not among the few names. Chinese artists nominations are so limited, and there are probably only 20 names when at least hundreds are making art right now. Also, Chinese contemporary art subsection doesn’t specify the medium used by each artist, and it is not as detailed as the different tags for Western Artists. Also, these artists are not linked to any movements or comparable important influences beyond famous artists like Ai Weiwei and Cai Guoqiang. Also Chinese feminist art has a great gap on Wikipedia, and there is not enough coverage for Chinese Female Artists. In the Feminist Art search word, there is no place for global feminism or in depth analysis on feminist art in other nations. Also, under that search name, Feminist Art is an idea stopped around 1980s without on going commitment. Even for preexisted names like Cai Guoqiang, his work or identity as an artist is not connected to any other art terminologies, and they are similar to sole and independent artist who only exists in their own safe cell unlike any other Western Artist that often relate to a bigger movement or influences. =


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= Biography: =

= Ma Yanlin is a Chinese contemporary female artist. Ma Yanlin is born in 1966 in Xiangfan, Hubei province, China. = Education:

She graduated from Xiang fan University Institute of Fine Arts in 1989. She continued studying at the Beijing Film Academy.

= Artwork: =

= Audrey Hepburn Series: =

= Yanlin inspired by Andy Warhol’s work of Marilyn Monroe and Audrey Hepburn, uses Chinese traditional ink to limit the look of Audrey reserving only the silhouette. It is a combination of Western beauty with Eastern technique. =

= Her visual paintings are often influenced by her traditional education, and her fondness towards ancient landscape paintings. =

= Performance Art: =

= In 2004, she produced pictures of her nude performance art called “Package” or “Suitcase” in 2002. The images contain her nude body constricted by ribbons and put into a shelf space or small space. In this particular work, she wishes to discuss the current social status of women especially in China. =

= Some of her artwork is a lot more explosive and controversial. She described during an interview that the piece she made of herself standing in front of Tian’anmen Square with a gun pointing to his head caused quite a stir. She enjoys pieces like such that will create sufficient amount of social topics, and sometimes she make art with her grown-up daughter regarding gender and feminist issues. =


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 * http://www.artinterview.net/ma-yan-ling-393402335927872.html
 * http://site.douban.com/129151/widget/notes/5258418/note/187630715/
 * http://www.whiterabbitcollection.org/artists/ma-yanling-%E9%A9%AC%E5%AC%BF%E6%B3%A0/
 * http://data.art.163.com/artist/mayanling/
 * YOUR SOURCE HERE http://www.artlinkart.com/cn/artist/overview/f69etBs