Feng Mengbo is a contemporary artist who proclaims himself as a “video game artists.” Mengbo is an artist that is referred to as a child of the Chinese Cultural Revolution. Mengbo studied design at the Beijing School of Arts and Crafts, and then took a printmaking course at the department of the Central Academy of Fine Arts. Some people call China’s art reforms in the 1980s the video-game era. Mengbo’s first works reflected this name and showed his childhood obsessions. Much of Mengbo’s work is done on different canvases that portray or are digital screen. Some say that Mengbo’s first work is representative of a Nintendo’s Super Mario, as in reality it is was a depiction of a Red Army character. Mengbo’s most recent work is the creation of video games that depict some of his first characters.

Silkscreen on silver leaf

-This is an example of Mengbo’s work that you can still find for sale. It shows the digital influence that his art is made up of.

Sources:

“Feng Mengbo 冯梦波.” 9 Artworks, Bio & Shows on Artsy. Accessed April 10, 2020. https://www.artsy.net/artist/feng-mengbo-feng-meng-bo.

Mb@Game A Beijing Screensaver pdf sent in email