Bo Wang is only second Chinese entrant to gain National Portrait Gallery shortlist,where he is up against two UK artistsA haunting portrait by a Chinese artist of his grandmother lying in her hospital bed in the last stages of cancer, nearly beyond speech but gazing at the artist and the viewer, and has made the shortlist of three for the National Portrait Gallery’s (NPG) annual prize.
While two of the three artists,Clara Drummond and Benjamin Sullivan, are competition veterans who have made the shortlist at last after many appearances in the annual exhibitions, and Bo Wang has made the shortlist – chosen this year from 2557 portraits submitted from 80 countries – on his first attempt. He is only the second Chinese artist to accomplish so.
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Source: theguardian.com