Artworks by Ren Zhe

Uprightness And Vitality 青影寒 by Ren Zhe

220 x 168 x 80cm
Stainless Steel
Edition of 5
2012

Noble Tranquility 云山风度 by Ren Zhe

230 x 170 x 190cm
Bronze
Edit of 6
2012

Sound of the Wood 听柏 by Ren Zhe

88 x 33 x 87cm
Stainless Steel
Edition of 9
2021

White Feather 寻白羽 by Ren Zhe

85 x 75 x 70cm
Stainless Steel & Bronze
Edition of 9
2021

Emergence of the Clouds 升云 by Ren Zhe

83 x 46 x 44cm
Stainless Steel
Edition of 9
2020

The Homecoming Warrior 平原少年 by Ren Zhe

54 x 17 x 19cm
Stainless Steel
Edition of 99
2020

Far – Reaching Ambition 四海心 by Ren Zhe

82 x 49 x 93cm
Bronze
Edition of 9
2014

From the Clouds 坐观云起 by Ren Zhe

163 x 81 x 210cm
Stainless Steel
Edition of 9
2019

Infinite Spirit of Allegiance 望龙亭 by Ren Zhe

298 x 108 x 120cm
Stainless Steel
Edition of 5
2017

Dust 尘 by Ren Zhe

153 x 84 x 156cm
Stainless Steel
Edition of 9
2021

After the Storm 雨霁 by Ren Zhe

98 x 58 x 43cm
Stainless Steel
Edition of 9
Year of Creation: 2020

Tower of Strength 中流砥柱 by Ren Zhe

226 x 183 x 300cm
Stainless Steel
Edition of 5
2017

Vitality 元氣淋漓 by Ren Zhe

147 x 91 x 218cm
Bronze
Edition of 6
2019

Zodiac by Ren Zhe

Average 90cm high
Stainless Steel

Equanimity 定风波 by Ren Zhe

126 x 70 x 110cm
320 x 145 x 250cm
Stainless Steel / Bronze
Edition of 5
2012

Above the wind 峭风 by Ren Zhe

58 x 36 x 90cm
Stainless Steel
Edition of 9
2019

Alicorn 行空 by Ren Zhe

68 x 39 x 86cm
Stainless Steel
Edition of 12
2019

Divinity General – Qin Shubao & Yuchi Jingde by Ren Zhe

Left: 53 x 34 x 99cm (with streamer)
Right: 60 x 25 x 101cm (with streamer)
Stainless Steel

Utmost Wonder 臻妙境 by Ren Zhe

120 x 67 x 85cm
Stainless Steel
Edition of 9
2015

White Tiger 白虎 by Ren Zhe

92 x 86 x 43 cm
183 x 100 x 205cm
Stainless Steel

Righteousness by Ren Zhe

98 x 83 x 42 cm
Stainless Steel

Lei 雷 by Ren Zhe

237 x 82 x 339cm
Stainless Steel
Edition of 6
2017

Soaring Aspiration 凌云志 by Ren Zhe

195 x 160 x 270 cm
Stainless Steel
Edition of 6
2012

Seven Feet Warrior 齐眉 by Ren Zhe

240 x 150 x 320 cm
Stainless Steel
Edition of 5
2018

Vajra Heart 金刚心 by Ren Zhe

200 x 98 x 85 cm
Stainless Steel
Edition of 5
2017

Sky Breaker by Ren Zhe

78 x 35 x 80 cm
Stainless Steel

Soaring on the Air by Ren Zhe

Sculpture Stainless Steel
42 x 20 x 50cm

Ren Zhe

任哲

Ren Zhe was born in 1983

Bachalor’s degree from the Academy of Fine Arts Sculpture Department, Tsinghua University 2005

In the spectrum of contemporary sculpture in China, the sculptures of Ren Zhe exhibit his personal firm faith in art. Ren Zhe shows great respects for the classical spirit in sculpture whereas classical art in China is almost completely disappearing. Ren Zhe pursues the epic and majestic spirit of the classics. It is in the process of the absorption and transformation of traditional cultural resources that he redefines the language of new classical sculpture. His work was shown in several solo exhibitions within China, and in Taiwan and Singapore and can be found in museums across China and in private collections of international companies in China as well as in the Korea art bank.

Ren Zhe’s sculptures take the form of masculine warrior figures, and with their magnificent stances valiantly grounded; or with chest thrusting in mid-air; they provide dynamism to the human anatomy that convey a passionate, energetic existence. Ren Zhe’s sculptures can be described as simple when depicting the intrinsic human values in their purest sense. Taking from Confucian ideology, they would be magnanimity and courage, nobility, gentleness, respect, and truth. Ren Zhe has registered them as part of his cultural heritage, as the ‘spirit’ or ‘essence’ of the Han Dynasty, as well as his own self-reflection.

In Ren Zhe’s new range of stainless steel works, his craft matures to incorporate light as a medium, reflecting and penetrating into and away from them, literally illuminating the details. By observing the viscous drape of a warrior’s cloak, the flex of muscles sensitively exaggerated, the delicacy of sculpted palms resolving the momentum of the piece to a profoundly reflective stillness, down to the rope bound across the warrior’s waist finely carved to perfection, one is enveloped by the exquisite craftsmanship of each piece. His sculptures take on the spiritual nature they were intended to behold. By adopting Asian heroic imagery, Ren Zhe is exposing history through a conversation between his sculptures and the viewers. From his conception that today’s generation is not cherishing the past enough, it is his personal agenda to reignite the spirit of humanism and gain respect for a cultural history that it rightfully deserves.