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Gallery Yang
No.20, East of 798 Originality Square
B District in 798 Art Zone, No.2 Jiu Xianqiao Road
Chaoyang District, Beijing, China   map * 
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GONG Jian biography | artworks | events

Gong Jian, a young artist born in 1978 and educated in Hubei, works in a diverse range of media from painting to installation. Notable for his resistance to the centrism of Beijing via his work from the artistic periphery of Wuhan, he has proven himself to be one of the most interesting artists of his generation. Always willing to forge his own path in terms of stylistic development and social intervention, Gong Jian works in a field of cultural production distinct from his peers in and around the Central Academy of Fine Arts, and the results are fascinating.

In his earlier work, he playfully adapted the vernacular of Chinese folk painting to approach absurdist political and historical themes. Particularly well-developed is his blending of oil materials with the older graphic styles of pre-socialist realism folk painting. His brushwork reflects this variety of influences, while his use of color creates striking visual compositions that draw attention to his subtle and ironic social commentary.

Recently, he has moved towards less playful and more academically informed experiments with discourses of depth and authenticity, examining the relationship between style and content. Throughout his career, the artist has concentrated on the concept of the intervention, in both public space and in art history. His newest oil paintings capture the vibrancy and visual interest of his colorful earlier works while maintaining the academic edge of his conceptually rich recent work.

Solo Exhibitions 

2008 People’s Park, Boers-Li Gallery, Beijing, China       
2007 Unhappy, Fine Arts Literature Art Center, Wuhan, China

Group Exhibitions

2008 Winter Group Show, Boers-Li Gallery, Beijing, China
Notes of Conception, Iberia Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China
Poorism, Boers-Li Gallery, Beijing, China
Time Lag, Magee Art Gallery, Madrid, Spain      
2007 The 2nd Documentary Exhibition of Fine Arts of Wuhan, Hubei Museum of Art, Wuhan, China
Wuhan! Wuhan! Nanjing Square Museum Of Contemporary Art, Nanjing, China
Visual Experiences, China National Art Museum, Beijing, China      
2006 Twelve: Chinese Contemporary Art Awards, Zendai MOMA, Shanghai, China
Satellite 2007, Shanghai, China
The 2nd Exhibition of Fine Art and Literary Art Center's Collection, Wuhan, China
Young Artists' Paintings Exhibition, HANMO Arts Gallery, Beijing, China
Limited & Freedom, Fine Art and Literary Art Center, Wuhan, China
Happy New Year: Young Artists' Paintings Exhibition, Wuhan, China 
2005 WHS+8: Siemens Art Project, Construction Bank Building, Wuhan, China     
2004 Congratulations on Becoming Rich, Red City Art Center, Wuhan, China
Slow Down: Contemporary Art Exhibition, Wuhan, China
Plug and Play: Rooms 302 & 1001, Byzantium Residential Community, Wuhan, China
2003 The 5th System: Public Art in the Age of Post–Planning, Shenzhen, China
Distance, Guangdong Art Museum, Guangzhou
The Minority Subordinate to the Majority, BIZART Art Cenmter, Shanghai      
2002 Chinart: Contemporary Art from China, Kuppersmuhle Museum, Germany; Macro Museum, Rome, Italy; Ludwig Museum of Contemporary Art, Budapest, Hungary; Municipal Gallery, Bydgoszcz, Poland
New Urbanism, Guangdong Art Museum, Guangzhou    
2001 Welcome, Jingsha Center, Wuhan     
2000 Outside of the Site: Water, Pingu, Beijing

 

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