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 ang Jianwei (1958 Sichuan) is a prominent video and installation artist who acts as a kind of sociologist or anthropologist. Wang's video works often include him as a participant-observer. In one piece, "Cycle-Growing" (1993-1994), Wang records his year-long stint plowing and harvesting in the fields. In "Living Elsewhere" (1999), he documents how farm land is being usurped and how farmers migrate to the big cities. Wang also explores why Beijing's high-rises were built as they were, by recording the lives and conversations of residents, developers, contractors and government regulators. Wang often inserts himself into the works, challenging the division between art and real life. The artist lives and works in Beijing. |
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A Flying Birds Does Not Move, 2006, Video, photo
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A Flying Birds Does Not Move, 2006, Video, photo
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Spider-2, 2005, Photograph, 120×150cm×3pcs 3/8
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Answer to a Riddle, 2005, video
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Le Miroir de la Production, 1997
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Solo Exhibitions:
2008
Wang Jianwei,Zendai Museum of Modern Art,Shanghai
2007
Wang Jianwei,ARARIO Gallery,Beijing
Wang Jianwei,Shanghai Gallery of Art,Shanghai
2005
Relativism: A Flying Bird is Motionless, Chambers Fine Art, New York, USA
2004 :
Giant Steps , Asia-Australia Arts Centre, Sydney, Australia
2003 :
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, USA
1994 :
Circulation-Sowing and Harvesting, Sichuan Province, China
1992 :
Hong Kong Art Center, Hong Kong
1991 :
Cultural Palace of Nationalities, Beijing, China |
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