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 hao Fan(1964 Beijing) is a painter, sculptor and designer. His clever inventions and redesigns of ancient Chinese furniture was considered innovative. Ai Weiwei and Shao Fan, once close friends, both claim to have first done reconstructive furniture. He is one of the first Chinese artists to explore the boundaries between visual art and design. Born into a renowned Beijing artist family in 1964, Shao Fan excelled in art, especially in painting. He received his first painting instruction during the Cultural Revolution, from parents who were university art professors assigned to paint Mao Zedong propaganda. Shao Fan graduated from Beijing Art and Craft College in 1984. He lives and works in Beijing. |
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Ming Style Turd #1, 2007, Chicken wing wood, 15x42x42cm
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Ming Style Eyebrow, 2007, sandalwood, 25x125x21cm
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Ming style Bamboo Fragment, 2007, Myrsine wood, 31x212x25cm
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Work No. 2, 2006, Acrylic, elm, 171x90x89cm
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Ming Ladder, 2006, Chicken wing wood, sculpture, 215x81cm
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Work No.3 of year 2005 – Reclining table, 2005, wood
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Five Pointed Star, 2005, wood, 1500×1500×835mm
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Project No.1 of 2004，Chair，2004, Acrylic, catalpa and elm wood, sculpture
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Restrict, 1997, wood, 575×605×739mm
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Out, 1996, wood, 603×468×770mm
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Moon, 1996, wood, 555×440×1370mm
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King, 1996, wood, 1070×525×1080mm
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Xian, 1995, catalpa, elm, Sculpture, 96.5x66.8x52.5cm
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Guan, 1995, catalpa, elm, Sculpture, 108x73x48.5cm
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Solo Exhibitions:
2008
I Dream, I Seek My Garden, Chelsea Flower Show, London, UK
2005
“Ten Years Ago?” Contrasts Gallery, Shanghai, China
2000
NEOTU Design Gallery, Paris, France
1996
“Chairs About Chairs,” Gallery in Central Academy of Fine Arts,
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