Mixed-media on Canvas, Foam Cores and Plexiglas, 16” x 96” (41 cm x 243 cm)

This artwork reflects the moving activities of Shanghai’s stock market in the first decade of 21 st century. In collaboration with “The Moving Mountains - Dow Jones Performance in the First Decade of 21st Century”, “Flying Flowers” combines the ephemeral beauty of Flowers (evoking the speculative origins on investment) with a realistic trading line and mass commentary on modern investment sentiments to depict the remarkable power of the emerging market in a world economy and global financial system. In order to convey the complexity of Chinese market and its impact, Gan Yu uses floating images of flowers executed with mixed or even conflicting medium such as Chinese ink on western canvas, canvas on Plexiglas, and Plexiglas on foam cores with handwriting to present a turbulent and transient sentiment. Apart from visually depicting a decade in the history of the Chinese stock market, this painting communicates a new collective interpretation of the Chinese economy from the scattered voices of individuals in every strata of society.