A cultural history of the color yellow In 2016, Berlin-based Chinese artist He Xiangyu (born 1986) began producing an encyclopedic collection of the meanings and functions of lemons and the color yellow. This Japanese-bound monograph collects a number of these writings, presented alongside more than 500 of He Xiangyu’s drawings entitled Research on Yellow .
He Xiangyu (b. Dandong, Liaoning Province, 1986; lives and works in Beijing and Berlin) belongs to a new generation of Chinese conceptual artists who use a variety of media to articulate their cultural and social concerns. His ambitious and provocative works have quickly brought him international renown. This book is He Xiangyu’s first monograph. With essays by Bao Dong, Li Zhenhua, Lu Mingjun, Sun Dongdong, and Wang Minan and a conversation between Li Zhenhua and the artist.