London Biennale

Yuan Quan

The Age of Intelligence

The Age of Intelligence by Yuan Quan, Tempera on wooden board, 2013

Selected for the 2025 London Art Biennale, China. Tempera on wooden board, 2013. 145x170cm.

Yuan Quan, a graduate of the Central Academy of Arts and Crafts (now the Academy of Fine Arts of Tsinghua University), is good at oil painting and tempera art creation. She has been focusing on aerospace and science and technology themes for many years. Her creation and practice in this field of painting have made her the most influential Chinese contemporary artist in this field.

The era of intelligence has arrived; the age of robots has come. What is the relationship between them and humans? How do humans interact with intelligent machines? Today, humans are fervently manufacturing intelligent robots, but will the humans of tomorrow be squeezed out of living space by the mountains of technological waste?This work is my reflection and worry about the coming of an increasingly powerful intelligent era.