"Pig" 2008

Chang Xugong

Textile
120 ⨯ 100 ⨯ 5 cm
ConditionVery good
€ 4.500

Willem Kerseboom Gallery

• About the artwork
  Chang Xugong (China,1957)
  Embroidery 120x100 cm
  
  Chang Xugong
  1957 Born in Tangshan , Hebei Province, Chian
  1980 Graduated from Tangshan Normal School, Majoring in Fine Art
  1994 Member of the Yuan Ming Garden artist village
  Solo Exhibition
  2003 Chang Xugong, Sydney Opera House, Sydeny , Australia
  1998 Chang Xugong, Beijing Modern Art Gallery, Beijing, China
  Group Exhibition
  2006 Mahjong-Contemporary Chinese Art from the Sigg Collection, Humburger Kunsthalle, Humburg
  Attending contemporary art exhibition in China- Italy Culture Exchange Year
  "Bothers" Exhibition held by Xin Dong Chen Space for contemporary Art
  YUM CHA exhibtion held by Ray Hughes Gallery
  2005 Mahjong- Contemporary Chinese Art from the Sigg Collection, Museum Bern , Switzerland
  2002 Something like China Pop, Hughes Gallery, Sydney , Australia
  2001 Lucerne Art Show, Lucerne , Swizerland
  2000 The New Face of China , Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney , Australia
  Our Chinese Friends, ACC Galerie & Galerie der Bauhaus- University Wermar
  Germany ( Cooperation with Galerie Urs Meile)
  Cologne Art Fair, Cologne , Germany
  1999 Cologne Art FAir, Cologne , Germany
  1997 The Urban Personality Artistic Documentation EXhibition, China
  1996 Colourful Life, Yun Feng Gallery, Beijing , China
  1993 Boya Oil- Painting Competition held by Wu Guanzhong and received a prize forexcellency, Beijing
  1992 Guang Zhou Biyearly Art Exhibition, Guangzhou , China
  
  In many important collections and musea.
• About the artist

  Chang Xugong, born in 1957 in Tangshan, Hebei Province, China, is a prominent Chinese artist known for his unique approach to contemporary art. He graduated from Tangshan Normal University in 1980. ​

  In 1994, Chang moved to the Yuanmingyuan artist enclave near the Old Summer Palace in Beijing. This community of radical young artists sought social and artistic change, which had a significant impact on Chang's artistic development. ​

  Chang is often associated with the Gaudy Art movement, a term coined by critic Li Xianting. This movement criticized the "get-rich-quick" mentality that emerged in Chinese society in the 1990s following Deng Xiaoping's economic reforms.

  Chang's embroidered portraits of figures from both the upper and lower social strata reflect this critique, evoking the gaudy advertisements of the period and referencing the bright colors of folk arts such as embroidery and woodcuts.​

  His work has been exhibited internationally, including in 'Mahjong: Contemporary Chinese Art from the Sigg Collection' in Bern, Switzerland, in 2005, and in solo and group exhibitions in China, Germany, and Australia. Chang currently lives and works in Beijing.

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