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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, 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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