電音禪境 (Zen Temple of Techno), Du Kun (born 1981)

This painting depicts Julia Govor, a Russian-born electronic musician who got her start performing in a small military town in Abkhazia. Now based in New York City, she has emerged as an innovative force of experimental techno music. Working in a series of large-scale portraits, artist Du Kun intentionally renders musicians as deities and monumental structures based on East Asian religious temples. In doing so, he combines his deep love of contemporary music with his spiritual life.