Jiang Shuo

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Bauhinia Rider , Departure Concourse, MTR Lok Ma Chau Station, Hong Kong , 2010

Jiang Shuo ( Chinese  蔣 朔 , Pinyin Jiáng Shuò ; * 1958 in Beijing , People's Republic of China ) is a Chinese sculptor with Austrian citizenship who lives in Carinthia , Berlin and Beijing.

Life

Jiang Shuo was born in Beijing in 1958 . She began her education in 1978 at the China Central Academy of Arts and Design , now the Art Academy of Tsinghua University in Beijing, where she graduated in sculpture after four years. Jiang Shuo became a master student of Zhen Ke at the same academy and was the first female sculptor to be awarded an academic title after the Cultural Revolution . In 1986, she received a lectureship at the China Central Academy of Arts and Design .

On June 6, 1989, two days after the massacre on " Tiananmen Square ", she, her child and her husband, the sculptor Wu Shaoxiang , were able to leave China with the help of the Austrian embassy. The family settled in Austria. In 1996 Jiang Shuo set up her own studio in Carinthia , and in 2006 she opened a studio in Beijing. In the same year she started a major exhibition tour through Asia. In 2012 she opened a studio in Berlin. Jiang Shuo is one of the most famous sculptors in China. Her works are in private collections and public museums, galleries and sculpture parks in Asia, North America and Europe.

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Jiang Shuo's earlier bronze works have a folkloric quality. These achieved high recognition in China. The sculptures refer to happy childhood memories, who enjoy playing sports, making music and enjoying the embrace of their mothers. Jiang became famous for her iconic Red Guard series, which she started in 2003. These anonymous, open-mouthed warriors who wear the uniform of the Red Guards are cast using the old lost wax technique . The figures from this phase either carry a red flag or the “ Maobibel ” and reflect both Jiang Shuo's personal experience as a young Red Guard during the Cultural Revolution and her observations of China at the time.

After Jiang Shuo experienced firsthand the changes in China, where the formerly hated Western values ​​were now more and more readily accepted by the political elite, her art changed. The Red Guards, who had previously persecuted the " bourgeois " elements of society, had now become successful businessmen and capitalists who fueled China's burgeoning economy. From then on, Jiang Shuo's characters were given symbols of the Western lifestyle instead of the red flags and Mao Bibles . They were singing karaoke , drinking Coca-Cola , ate junk food from McDonalds , drove flashy cars - all based on the lifestyle of wealthy businessmen who lead full with commercial life of luxury. The fun, cartoon-like appearance of these Red Guards brings them closer to our current ideas about beauty that are shaped by pop culture . The subject is serious, but the presentation is entertaining. Jiang Shuo's sculptures make the viewer laugh, but at the same time evoke a complex feeling of restlessness.

Selected solo exhibitions

  • Temptation , Schütz Fine Art-Chinese Department, Vienna , Austria , 2018
  • Cloud Riders , Plum Blossoms Gallery, Hong Kong, 2009
  • Today's Red Guards , White8 Gallery, Vienna , Austria , 2009
  • Monument of Time , Plum Blossoms Gallery, Hong Kong, 2007
  • Red Guards Today , Plum Blossoms Gallery, 2005
  • Red Guards , Plum Blossoms Gallery, Hong Kong, 2004
  • Jiang Shuo , St. Veit City Hall, Austria , 1998
  • Jiang Shuo , Europahaus, Klagenfurt , Austria , 1993
  • Jiang Shuo , Central Academy of Arts & Design, Beijing , China , 1985
Red Guards - Going Forward! Making Money !, Langham Palace Hotel, Hong Kong

Selected group exhibitions

  • Fair for Art Vienna , Schütz Fine Art-Chinese Department, Vienna , Austria, 2018
  • Art Vienna , Leopold Museum , Schütz Fine Art-Chinese Department, Vienna , Austria , 2017
  • Art Taipei , Alisan Fine Art Gallery, Taiwan , 2017
  • Art Beijing , Agriculture Exhibition Hall, presented by Linda Gallery, 2017
  • Art Miami New York , Schütz Fine Art-Chinese Department, 2016
  • Olympia Art Fair , Schütz Fine Art-Chinese Department, Olympia, London , Great Britain , 2015
  • Art & Antique Residenz Salzburg (March and August), Schütz Fine Art-Chinese Department, Salzburg , Austria , 2015
  • 20 years of Schütz Fine Art , Galerie Schütz, Vienna , Austria , 2015
  • Art & Antique Hofburg Vienna , Schütz Fine Art-Chinese Department, Vienna , Austria , 2015
  • Invisible Hand , together with Wu Shaoxiang, Linda Art Center, 798, Beijing , China , 2015
  • Red VS Green , together with Wu Shaoxiang, Werner Berger Museum, Bleiburg , Austria , 2014
  • Dolls and Masks , together with Wu Shaoxiang, Museum of Contemporary Art, Singapore , 2014
  • Image and Concept , together with Wu Shaoxiang, Museum of Contemporary Art, Singapore , 2010
  • Sculpture from China , together with Wu Shaoxiang, Marsvinsholms Skulpturpark, Sweden , 2010
  • Image and Concept , together with Wu Shaoxiang, Indonesia National Museum , Jakarta , Indonesia , 2008

Selected Works

Bauhinia Rider , Departure Concourse, MTR Lok Ma Chau Station, Hong Kong , 2010
  • White Cat, bronze, 48 × 30 × 21 cm, Schütz Fine Art - Chinese Department, Vienna , Austria , 2015
  • Lucky Cat, bronze, 40 × 20 × 19 cm, Schütz Fine Art - Chinese Department, Vienna , Austria , 2015
  • Cat Meeting , 3 bronzes, 16 × 20 × 17 cm, 16 × 18 × 18 cm, 16 × 18 × 15 cm, signed, Edition 8, Schütz Fine Art - Chinese Department, Vienna , Austria , 2015
  • Going for money , bronze, 53 × 52 × 20 cm, Edition 8, Schütz Fine Art - Chinese Department, Vienna , Austria , 2011
  • Dancing , bronze, 51 × 55 × 46 cm, signed, 2/8, Schütz Fine Art - Chinese Department, Vienna , Austria , 2010
  • Bauhinia Rider , Departure Concourse, MTR Lok Ma Chau Station, Hong Kong , 2010
  • Fruit of Paradise , collaboration with Wu Shaoxiang, Schütz Fine Art, Vienna , Austria , 2008
  • Cat Rider, Hai Cheng Art Museum, China , 2007
  • Lion Rider , Hong Kong Museum of Art , 2006
  • Red Guards - Love, Red Guard - Relaxation , The Art Collection of Swiss Bank, 2006
  • Red Guards - Red Ocean, Red Guard - On the Sea of ​​Business 2 , Hong Kong Museum of Art , 2005
  • Red Guards- Going Forward! Making Money !, Langham Place Hotel, Hong Kong
  • Christ , St. Margarethen , Austria , 2004
  • Enjoyable Life , in collaboration with Wu Shaoxiang, County Attendant Center, Moosburg , Austria , 1996
  • Hand (fountain), in collaboration with Wu Shaoxiang, Köck Villa, Velden , Austria , 1992
  • The Sea of ​​Knowledge , The Central University of Finance and Economics, Beijing , China, 1984

literature

  • Jiang Shuo , China Today Art Museum Publishing House, Beijing , 2019
  • Temptation, Schütz Fine Art Chinese Department, Vienna , 2018
  • Invisible Hand, Linda Art Center Beijing, 798, China, 2015
  • Wu Shaoxiang and Jiang Shuo, Indonesia National Museum and Linda Gallery, Jakarta , Indonesia, 2014
  • Camouflage, Plum Blossoms Gallery, Hong Kong , 2013
  • Going for Money, Museum of Contemporary Art Taiwan , 2012
  • Red Cat , Plum Blossoms Gallery, Hong Kong, 2011
  • Jiang Shuo & Wu Shaoxiang , MOCA Singapore, 2010
  • Cloud Riders , Plum Blossoms Gallery, Hong Kong, 2009
  • Jiang Shuo and Wu Shaoxiang , Indonesia National Museum and Linda Gallery, Jakarta , Indonesia , 2008
  • Fruits of Paradise , Art Seasons Lake Zurich Gallery, Switzerland , 2008
  • The Monument of Time , Plum Blossoms Gallery, Hong Kong , 2007
  • Image and Concept , Song Zhuang Art Center Beijing, China , 2007
  • Chase , Linda Gallery, Singapore and Indonesia , 2006
  • Image and Concept , together with Wu Shaoxiang, Song Zhuang Art Center Beijing, China , 2007
  • Chase , together with Wu Shaoxiang, Linda Gallery, Singapore and Jakarta , Indonesia , 2006
  • New Age Cadres , together with Wu Shaoxiang, Plum Blossoms Gallery, New York City , USA , 2006
  • Red Guards Today , Plum Blossoms Gallery, Hong Kong and New York City , USA , 2005
  • Red Guards , Plum Blossoms Gallery, Hong Kong and New York City , USA , 2003
  • Jiang Shuo Sculpture , People's Fine Arts Publishing House, Beijing , 2000
  • Selected Works by Jiang Shuo , Bauer Publishing House, Austria , 1991
  • Sculpture , People's Liberation Army Publishing House, Beijing , 1989
  • Sculpting Skills , People's Fine Arts Publishing House, Beijing , 1987

Web links

Commons : Jiang Shuo  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b MTR> Art in Station Architecture> Bauhinia Rider. Accessed January 28, 2019 .
  2. ↑ ASIA CONTEMPORARY ART | Jiang Shuo. Retrieved February 20, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Jiang Shuo Biography - Jiang Shuo on artnet. Retrieved February 20, 2019 .
  4. ^ The Wu family of artists opens a show in Beijing - oesterreich.ORF.at. Retrieved February 20, 2019 .
  5. ↑ JIANG Shuo Artist Biographies - Ravenel International Art Group Artist JIANG Shuo. Retrieved February 20, 2019 .
  6. ^ IndonesianLuxury: Jiang Shuo | IndonesianLuxury.com. Retrieved February 20, 2019 .
  7. ↑ a b c Jiang Shuo | Artworks, exhibitions, profiles & content. February 20, 2019, accessed February 20, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Jiang Shuo - Art History Grrrls. Retrieved February 20, 2019 .
  9. ↑ a b Alisan Fine Arts. Retrieved February 20, 2019 .
  10. ↑ white 8 Gallery Dagmar Aichholzer. Retrieved February 20, 2019 .
  11. ^ Exhibition "Jiang Shuo: Red Guards Today", Vienna, Jiang Shuo, white8 GALLERY. Retrieved February 20, 2019 .
  12. ↑ Fair For Art - Catalog .
  13. ↑ Fair for Art Vienna art fair Vienna. Retrieved February 20, 2019 .
  14. ↑ "Invisible Hand - Exhibition by Jiang Shuo and Wu Shaoxiang" _german.china.com. Retrieved February 20, 2019 .
  15. ↑ Red versus Green - Wu Shaoxiang & Jiang Shuo. Retrieved February 20, 2019 .
  16. ↑ 2014. Accessed February 20, 2019 .
  17. ^ Wu Shaoxiang & Jiang Shuo. Retrieved February 20, 2019 .
  18. ↑ Parliament Austria: Foreign Policy Report 2008. Accessed on February 20, 2019 .
  19. ↑ Schütz Fine Art - Search. Retrieved February 20, 2019 .
  20. ↑ Schütz Fine Art - Search. Retrieved February 20, 2019 .
  21. ↑ Schütz Fine Art - Search. Retrieved February 20, 2019 .
  22. ↑ Schütz Fine Art - Search. Retrieved February 20, 2019 .
  23. ↑ Schütz Fine Art - Search. Retrieved February 20, 2019 .
  24. ^ Art Duo's Exhibition Seeks Authenticity - All China Women's Federation. Retrieved February 20, 2019 .
  25. ^ Asia Art Archive: Camouflage: New Works from Wu Shaoxiang & Jiang Shuo. Retrieved February 20, 2019 .
  26. ↑ Asia Art Archive: Wu Shaoxiang & Jiang Shuo: Fruits of Paradise. Retrieved February 20, 2019 .
  27. ^ Asia Art Archive: Red Guards Today: Jiang Shuo. Retrieved February 20, 2019 .
Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Chinese. Jiang is the family name here, Shuo is the first name.
personal data
SURNAME Jiang, Shuo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Chinese-Austrian sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH Beijing