Zheng Guogu
Zheng Guogu (* 1970 in Yangjiang ) is a Chinese artist.
Life
Zheng was born in 1970 as the son of an instrument maker and musician in Yangjiang and studied at the University of the Arts in Guangzhou . He works with photography, installation, painting and sculpture. Modern China and its society is one of his favorite subjects. Often his works are mixed with calligraphic characters. He often arranges photographs like a storyboard . His works can be found in important collections such as the collection of Charles Saatchi. In 2007 he took part in documenta 12 .
Zheng lives and works in Yangjiang.
Awards
- 2006: Chinese Contemporary Art Award
Exhibitions (selection)
Solo exhibitions
- 2006: Zheng Guogu Exhibition, Shanghai, China
- 2005 Puzzle — It is from Yangjiang, Grace Alexander Contemporary Art Gallery, Switzerland
- 2004: Zheng Guogu-My Home Is Your Museum, Vitamin Creative Space, Guangzhou, China
- 2003 Photo works 1997–2000, ShanghART, Shanghai, China
- 2001 Zheng Guogu — The Compressing World Yangjiang Guangdong, China
- 2000: Zheng Guogu - More Dimensional in Shanghai, BizArt Space, Shanghai, China
- 1998: Sixteen of the Ten Thousand Customers and other Works Beijing Photo Gallery, Beijing, China
Group exhibitions
- 2016: Chinese Whispers, Kunstmuseum Bern
- 2011: Shanshui - The Landscape in Chinese Contemporary Art, Lucerne Art Museum
- 2010: Morality ACT VIII / ACT IX Witte de With, Rotterdam
- 2010: Seconde main Musée d´Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
- 2010: The State Of Things. Brussels / Beijing Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels
- 2009: 10th Biennale de Lyon 2009 Biennale Lyon
- 2007: Brave New Worlds Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
- 2007: documenta 12 , Kassel
- 2007: China welcomes you, Kunsthaus Graz
literature
- Jean Marc Decrop (Ed.): Zheng Guogu . Map Books, 2008, ISBN 978-9889839512
Individual evidence
- ^ Short biography , accessed September 1, 2011
- ^ Zheng Guogu - Tang Contemporary Art. In: tangcontemporary.com. Retrieved December 30, 2018 .
- ↑ Zheng Guogu 郑国 谷 ( Memento from August 2, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zheng, Guogu |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Chinese artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1970 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Yangjiang |