German-based Chinese artist Ren, born to a military family in Nanjing, incorporates Chinese seal characters, paper cuts, shadow puppets, and almost anything incorporates Chinese? into the compositional structures of his works. German master Jorg Immendorff is an artist who used his neo-expressionist/surrealist visual style to portray political developments in Germany, and was a heavy influence on Ren. Another East-West dialogue, or just single-sided Orientalist imagery? Gallery TN (5978 9757)