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Yan Lei: Challenging Conventions Through Hybrid Visual Narratives Yan Lei, born Lan Fang in 1965 in Lanfang, China, represents a significant voice within contemporary Chinese art – an artist deeply invested in interrogating established artistic hierarchies and engaging with the complexities of cultural exchange. His …
A portrait built from yan lei's own colours
Every 1 approved work contributes its dominant tone to a single flowing field. Sorted along the hue wheel, the strip reads as a smooth spectrum. Click any band to reveal its full four-colour palette.
Bands follow the hue wheel; visually identical tones are merged.
Every painting, placed on the hue wheel
Each dot is a work — its angle set by hue, its distance from the centre by saturation. Hover a dot to see the painting.
The signature, in numbers
Where the colour came from
Up to 24 paintings representing the most frequent palette tones — each shown with its dominant colours.