Ma Dan

Transcending reality by sheer dreaming, Ma Dan depicts the country landscape in a simple and primitive style. “Nature” and “Space” are the primary subject matters in Ma Dan’s works in which she builds up an atmosphere of dream-like tranquility. This manner of treating landscapes is reminiscent of the works by Henri Rousseau whose style of work is known as “primitivism”. One hundred years later, Ma Dan immerses herself in a dreamlike space, reminding us of a distant era. The back view of a lonely innocent little girl is not only a self-portrait, but also a key to the entrance of a passage into the artist’s dream, which leads the viewer to Ma Dan’s subconscious realm.