His work is sometimes too much for the artist's homeland because of its deliberately provocative and explicit character. The highly conservative society and its conventional codes in art and communication are not in line with his work and the work of other young artists who are the new generation of the Chinese cultural reawakening.
Therefore Ran's work has banned in many galleries in China. Despite this, he has been exhibited widely in Russia, Italy, France, Sweden, United Kingdom, Austria and China as well.
