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 iu Jianhua (1962 Jiangxi) is one of the country's up and coming sculptors and installation artists. He started out working in porcelain factories in his native Jiangxi province, in the city of Jingdezhen, world famous for its porcelain production. Later, he studied sculpture and now he is known for his interpretations of China's emergence as the factory floor of the world. His sculpture and installation often recreates assembly lines, piles of electronic waste and broken porcelain figures. China makes goods for the world and the garbage left over from those goods often gets sent back to China. Liu collects some of it and packages it together for his installations, which sometimes show goods spilling out of crates, boxes and trucks. His ceramic and porcelain and plastic works are centered on China's modernization.
Liu Jianhua graduated from the Fine Arts Department of the Jingdezhen Pottery & Pocelain College, Majored in Sculpture in 1989. He now is an associate professor of the Scuplture Department of the Fine Arts School of Shanghai University. The artist lives and works in Shanghai. |
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Unreal Scene, 2008, Mixed media, Installation, variable sizes
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Crown of Desire, 2008, Stainless steel, cheap jewelries, 45×55×55cm
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Untitled, 2008, Porcelain, Variable sizes
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Exit –Cargo Transshipment, 2007, mixed media, Installation, variable sizes
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Exit –Cargo Transshipment, 2007, mixed media, Installation, variable sizes
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Floating Object (Detail), Crystal, porcelain, 60×26×12cm, 2006
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Yiwu Survey, Mixed installation, Dimensions variable, 2006
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Can you tell me? (6 of 50 pieces), Stainless steel, Dimensions variable, 2006
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Dream, Fragmented porcelain, Installation with DVD projection,1200×900×80cm, 2005-2006
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Dream, (Detail), 2005-2006
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Dream, (Detail), 2005-2006
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Transformation of Memories (Detail), Bluish-white porcelain, Dimensions variable, 2005
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Unreal Scene, Photo, 2005
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Tao Huiying's, the donated, letter for Shanghai charity foundation, 2004
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Sustainable Trapezoid Scenery (Detail), Bluish-white Porcelain, wood, consumer products, 450×500×80cm, 2003
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Sustainable Trapezoid Scenery, Bluish-white Porcelain, wood, consumer products, 450×500×80cm, 2003
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Interior Space, Bluish-white Porcelain, 450×250×20cm, 2003
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Reflection in Water, Bluish-white Porcelain, 2002-2003
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Transformation of Memories (Detail), Bluish-white porcelain, Dimensions variable,2005
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Daily•Fragile (Part), Bluish-white Porcelain, Dimensions variable, 2001-2003
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Daily•Fragile (Part), Bluish-white Porcelain, Dimensions variable, 2001-2003
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Daily•Fragile (Part), Bluish-white Porcelain, Dimensions variable, 2001-2003
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Where are we today?, Photo, 2000
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Play, Porcelain, 56×56×9cm, 1999-2000
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Merriment, Porcelain, 56×56×9cm, 1999-2000
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Obsessive Memories, Porcelain, 58×55×40cm, 1999
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Obsessive Memories, Porcelain, 58×55×40cm, 1999
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Disharmony, Mixed media, 270×140×130cm, 1993-1997
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Solo Exhibitions:
2008
Dream in conflict,Continua Gallery,Italia
Untitled, Beijing Commune ,Beijing
2007
Daily•Fragile—— Tomb, King’s Lynn Art Center, King’s Lynn, UK
Daily•Fragile , Oxburgh Hall ,King’s Lynn, UK
Liu Jianhua, ARARIO SEOUL, Korea
Export -- Cargo Transit, Shanghai Gallery of Art at Three on the Bund, Shanghai
2006
Anomalous Thoughts, Galleria Continua, Beijing
2004
Liu Jianhua, Red Mansion Foundation, Hamiltons Gallery, London
2003
Do You Really Know about It?, ShanghART Gallery, Shanghai
2002
Liu Jianhua, Hanart Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan, Art Foundation
2001
Delight and Illusion, ShanghART Gallery, Shanghai
Porcelain - Like Skin, Hanart Gallery, Hong Kong
1990
Liu Jianhua, Yunnan Arts Institute, Kunming |
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