Yan Lei

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Yan Lei ( Chinese  颜 磊 , Pinyin Yán Lěi ; * 1965 in Langfang ) is a Chinese artist . He lives in Beijing and Hong Kong .

In 1982, Yan graduated from the Hebei School for Arts and Crafts . Subsequently, he studied at the Chinese University of the Arts in Hangzhou until 1991 .

Yan's works cover a wide spectrum, he has already worked with performance art , photography, painting, sculptures and installations. He uses these means to "mock and question" the role of the artist.

Yan's works have been featured in group shows in France, Italy, China, Belgium, Brazil, South Korea, Switzerland, Finland, the Netherlands, and the United States. There are also solo exhibitions, for example in the Aspen Art Museum (2008) and the Galerie Loft (2002). He also took part in documenta 12 and dOCUMENTA (13) .

In 2002 he received the Chinese Contemporary Art Award .

literature

  • Super light: Yan Lei and his work. In: Lee Ambrozy (ed.): Have no illusions about me - AI WEIWEI - The forbidden blog . Verlag Galiani, Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3-86971-049-5 , pp. 191-194.

Web links

Commons : Yan Lei  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Yan Lei at artfacts , accessed March 28, 2013
  2. ↑ Hong Kong Art Archive: Yan Lei , September 6, 2012, accessed March 28, 2013
  3. ↑ a b Nataline Colonnello: Yan Lei ( Memento from December 15, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on March 28, 2013
  4. ↑ a b Ullens Center for Contemporary Art: YAN LEI: SPARKLING (UPGRADED) , accessed on March 28, 2013
  5. ↑ Yan Lei: About ( Memento March 28, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), accessed March 28, 2013
  6. ↑ a b dOCUMENTA (13): Yan Lei , accessed on March 28, 2013
  7. ↑ documenta 12: Page no longer available , search in web archives: Yan Lei , accessed on March 28, 2013@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / archiv.documenta12.de
Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Chinese. Yan is the family name here, Lei is the first name.
personal data
SURNAME Yan Lei
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 颜 磊 (Chinese); Yán Lěi (Pinyin)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Chinese artist
DATE OF BIRTH 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH Long catch