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 ang Guangyi (1957 Heilongjiang) is one of the pioneers of Chinese contemporary art movement and the leader of the “Political Pop” movement. Wang has created his own brand of paintings and sculptures based on heroic images borrowed from the Cultural Revolution. In the 1980s, he created a sensation in Beijing by challenging standard portraits of Mao. He painted the Chairman behind a set of grids or boxed lines, hinting at a needed re-examination of the Chinese leader. And in the 1990s, his “Great Criticism” series of Cultural Revolution portraits were hailed as a clever blend of Communist propaganda and western commercialism. By placing some of the world’s most recognizable brand names and logos, like Coca-Cola, Visa and McDonald’s, in Maoist China – Wang Guangyi seemingly mocked the propaganda of both east and west. He has also, in some ways, fashioned a powerful set of new symbols for the world's fastest growing economy, one swept up in the race to become a capitalist country with socialist characteristics. Wang lives and works in Beijing. |
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1994-2001 No. 1/9, 1994-2001, Photograph, 60×106cm
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Materialists-peasant, 2005, cast iron 200×120×80cm 2/3 1000kg
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Radiate Forever No 1, 2003, oil on canvas, 150×120cm
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Materialist, 2001, Fibre glass and millet, 180×80×80
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Mao Zedong, 1988, oil on canvas, 200×150cm
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The Wide World: The Necessary Parade, 1992, oil on canvas, 120×150cm
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Self-Criticism: Fruits, 1992, oil on canvas, 100×100cm
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Secret Advertisement, installation
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Great-Criticism-Art-Museum No
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Great Criticism: Davidoff,1997,oil on canvas,150×120cm
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The History of a Newspaper,2002
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Great Criticism: Cartier,2002,oil on canvas,300×200cm
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Great Criticism: Marlboro,1998,oil on canvas,150×120cm
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Great Criticism: 555,1996,oil on canvas,150×150cm
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Black Rationality: Pathological Analysis,1987,oil on canvas,85×75cm
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Post-Classical: Gospel of Matthew,1986,oil on canvas,120×110cm
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Solo Exhibitions:
2007
Wang Guangyi, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France
2006
Wang Guangyi,Galerie ARARIO,Seoul,Korea
2004
Wang Guangyi,Galerie Urs Meile,Lucerne,Switzerland
2003
Wang Guangyi,Galerie Enrico Navarra,Paris,France
2001
Wang Guangyi, Gallery Bellefroid, Paris, France.
1997
Wang Guangyi, Littmann Kulturprojekte, Basel, Swiaerland.
1994
Wang Guangyi, Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong, China.
1993
Wang Guangyi, Gallery Bellefroid, Paris, Frace.
Group Exhibitions:
2006
‘Jiang Hu’,Tilton Gallery,New York,USA
2005
‘Invitation Exhibition-Opening Ceremony of OCT Contemporary Art Terminal’, He Xiangning Art Museum,Shenzhen,China
‘Plato and his seven spirit’,Beijing,China,”OCAT” Art Terminal
2004
‘Body-China’,Museum of Contemporary Art,Marseille,France
2003
‘ALORS,LA CHINE?’,Pompidou Art Center,Paris,France
2002
‘Paris-Peiking’Escape Cardin,Paris,France
“Take Part Ⅱ”Galerie Soardi,Nice,France
‘Media and Arts’,World Trade Center Exhibition Hall,Beijing,China
2001
‘New Image:20 Years of Chinese Contemporary Art’,National Art Galllery,Beijing,China
‘Polypolis’,Kunsthaus,Hamburg,Germany
‘The Academic and the Non-academic’,Yibo Gallery,Shanghai,China
2000
‘In and Out’,He Xiangning Art Museum,Shenzhen,China
‘Society’,Upriver Gallery,Chengdu,China
1999
‘New Modernism for a New Millennium’,Limn Gallery,San Francisco,USA
1998
‘Made in China,Nikolaus Sonne Fine Arts,Shenyang,China
1997
‘China!’,Kuenstlerhaus,Wien,Australia
‘Magie der Zahl-In der Kunst des 20 Jahrhunderts’Staatsgalerie,Stuttgart,Germany
1996
‘Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art’,Queensland Art Gallery,Brisbane,Australia
1994
22nd International Biennale of Sao Paulo,Brazi
1993
‘China,Avant-garde’Kusthal Rotterdam,Holland
45th International Biennale of Venice,Italy
‘China`s New-Art,Post-1989’,Hong Kong Art Centre,Hong Kong,China
1991
‘Coart’,Bianca Pilat Gallery,Milan,Italy
1990
‘I Don`t Want to Play Cards with Cezanne:China`s Avant-garde’, Pacific Asian Museum,Pasadena,California
1989
‘China Avant-garde’,National Art Gallery,Beijing,China |
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