The pictures made by Zhang Wei, a Chinese contemporary artist, combine Qi Baishi's fanciful watercolor figures and voluptuous images of Marilyn Monroe.

　　很有创意的美图，把中国正统的绘画艺术与美国人推崇的性感偶像玛丽莲•梦露完美结合起来。

　　A quaint courtyard out front distinguishes the gallery from many of its more sterile brethren throughout Shanghai. Zhang Wei is a contemporary artist who has dabbled in many forms of media including graphic design and fiction writing. However, this show, curated by Jeremie Thircuir, focuses on a single series called "Qi Baishi vs. Marilyn," which juxtaposes the American sex icon with the master calligrapher and artist, Qi, who worked unrecognized well into his 60s. The style of the series combines a derivation of Qi's fanciful watercolor figures and contrasts this with voluptuous and at times lewd images of Marilyn.

　　Using the digital collage technique, Zhang thrusts together images of the popular and the scholarly¨Cconcepts that we think of as mutually exclusive. Forcing the viewer to reexamine preconceived notions of Western and Eastern icons, Zhang crosses barriers of time, space and culture to create a light and witty, yet thoughtful effect. Using oil on canvas, the artist distances his personal approach from the watercolor world of Qi and from the photography and film that made Monroe famous.

　　And so, even though he combines outside influences, Zhang simultaneously retains his own identity as an artist.