Wu Shaoxiang
King and Queen (Gold, Small)
150x231x80cm
Bronze
Unique Piece
2010

"Artist: Wu Shaoxiang, Title: King and Queen, Dimension: 150x231x80cm, Media: Bronze, Edition: Unique Piece, Year: 2010

Wu Shao Xiang___ (b 1957)
Wu Shaoxiang was born in Jiangxi Province, China, in 1957. Following the Cultural Revolution, he studied sculpture at the Jingdezhen Ceramics Institute and later completed a postgraduate degree at the Central Academy of Arts and Design in Beijing.
A prominent figure in ChinaÕs New Wave art movement, Wu also lectured at the prestigious central academy and was named one of ChinaÕs top ten most influential avant garde artists. WuÕs work and reputation came to public attention and affirmation through the commissioning of several modern abstract sculptures in prestigious locations sited in a Beijing Park, The Theatre of the Chinese Association of the Arts and the Central Academy of Science.
Wu Shaoxiang is one of the earliest avant-garde artists who attempted to use Pop and Ready-made methods in China. The usage of signs and symbols becomes the main strategy in WuÕs later works. Since the 1990s, he chooses coin and banknote as the fundamental formal sign. It is due to the experience that he realized the core value of capital and money in the capitalist society when he lived in Europe. Adopting currency symbols, the most basic signs of the modern world, Wu explores the development trends of humanÕs spiritual world.
Active in the Chinese modern art circle, Wu has always advocated to promote and lead Chinese art from China into the international art arena and the incorporation of contemporary ideas and modern symbols is clearly prevalent and evident in his works. Compared to his contemporaries, Wu was often more daring and advanced in addressing topics of sexual or political connotations in his works
In 1989, Wu and his family immigrated to Austria, where he established a studio with his wife, the sculptor Jiang Shuo. Having exhibited extensively in Asia, Europe and America, WuÕs works are widely collected by important museums and prestigious institutions worldwide.

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