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Wang Guangyi

Wang Guangyi (b. 1956) is best known for his work that explores the Chinese Cultural Revolution through the lenses of propaganda. The Chinese artist knows how to marry a juxtaposing couple, politics with commercial ingenuity, which makes him an eminent figure of the "Political Pop" movement. Guangyi´s main work is “Great Criticism”, a series of paintings that explore commercial society and comment on the invasion operated by imported Western commodities on the traditional Chinese culture. His oeuvre blends together the aesthetics of revolutionary images and consumer logos and becomes an unmistakable commentary on the narratives of political, economic, and social policies as well as an ideological criticism of globalization. While it is true that Western influence is a reality in contemporary Chinese art, it is equally true that Guangyi´s style keeps an instinctive distance from Western art, whose motives are incorporated while "Chinese". As an artist, he also felt himself to be entrusted with a mission: to bring his country on the international art scene - an ambition that soon made his name part of the history of contemporary Chinese art.

“ Becoming an artist was the only thing I wanted to do; it was my only hope—so I persevered. „

Wang Guangyi

Wang Guangyi's
available artworks

No Time (from Rhythmical Dichotomy Portfolio)

2007-2008

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Art and People (from Rhythmical Dichotomy portfolio)

2007-2008

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October Pop (from Rhythmical Dichotomy Portfolio)

2007-2008

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Mao Zedong: Red Box (from Rhythmical Dichotomy Portfolio)

2007-2008

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Olympic I (from Rhythmical Dichotomy portfolio)

2007-2008

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Art News (from Rhythmical Dichotomy Portfolio)

2007-2008

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Pop-Art (from Rhythmical Dichotomy Portfolio)

2007-2008

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Cartier 18K (from Rhythmical Dichotomy Portfolio)

2007-2008

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Swatch No (from Rhythmical Dichotomy Portfolio)

2007-2008

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Fedex No (from Rhythmical Dichotomy Portfolio)

2007-2008

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Mao Zedong Waving with Black Square (from Rhythmical Dichotomy Portfolio)

2007-2008

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Alpha and Omega (from Rhythmical Dichotomy Portfolio)

2007-2008

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Art and Politics (from Rhythmical Dichotomy portfolio)

2007-2008

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WTO (from Rhythmical Dichotomy portfolio)

2008

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Wang Guangyi No (from Rhythmical Dichotomy Portfolio)

2007-2008

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Art and Power (from Rhythmical Dichotomy Portfolio)

2007-2008

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Image and Power (from Rhythmical Dichotomy Portfolio)

2007-2008

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Coca-Cola No Coke (from Rhythmical Dichotomy portfolio)

2007-2008

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Beuys (from Rhythmical Dichotomy portfolio)

2007-2008

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Olympic-Cipmylo (from Rhythmical Dichotomy portfolio)

2008

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