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 u Dexin (1962 Beijing) is perhaps the most avant-garde and radical of China’s leading contemporary artists. Although he did not formally study art, Gu Dexin quickly made a name for himself in the late 1980s with his strange, colorful portraits of alien beings and provocative experiments altering and reshaping plastics and other materials. In 1989, his work was already being shown in the Pompidou Centre in Paris. And since then this eminently uncollectible artist has broken every conceivable convention by using blow torches and other tools to reshape plastics, raw meat and fruits and vegetables. Decay is a central feature of many of his works. And some critics say he is showing the ugliness behind lofty ideals. His installations also sometimes feature sex objects carved out of meat and what appear to be piles of debris or reshaped plastics filled with dye. Experts say Gu Dexin’s art is a provocative statement about vulgarity and decay in the modern world; and that his works are a rejection of standard ideas of art. He is one of the few Chinese artists who avoids Chinese symbols. And he probably does the least to explain or market his works. |
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Parse, 1989, Concept Art (cooperate with Wang Luyan, Chen Shaoping)
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Feeling 1-5， 1988， Concept Art (cooperate with Wang Luyan)
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Sep.16th, 2003, Installation (Portable Radiol)
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The-site, 2006, Installation
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2002.2.17, 2000.2, performance, photo
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Solo Exhibitons:
2007
Shanghai Gallery of Art,Shanghai
2006
"March 04, 2006", Galerie Urs Meile, Lucerne, Switzerland
2005
"Gu Dexin: 2005.3.5", Shanghai Gallery of Art, China
2000
"Gu Dexin 1.8.2000", Loft, Beijing, China
1993
"Gu Dexin 10.6.1993", Galerie Arnaud Lefebvre, Paris, France
1986
"Gu Dexin's Works", International House, Beijing, China |
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