About Shi Jinsong – A Chinese Artists
Shi Jinsong was born on 1969 in Dangyang county Hubei province China. He lives and works in Wuhan and Beijing China. Through his razorsharp sculptures and related works Shi Jinsong initiates a dialogue at once menacing and ironic between the forms of mythic Chinese culture and modern day globalization. Na Zha is here recast as the brand name for an outrageously unsafe line of baby products. Meticulously assembled in stainless steel from intricate mechanical drawings they include a deadly Carriage; a sadistic Cradle; a sinister Walker; and a malicious multipart Toy complete with needletipped pacifiers and dismembering abacus. Baby Boutique confronts its shopper with a radically strange and seductive product lethal luxury designed to reveal the forces that dominate our lives in unimaginable ways.
Born in Danyang County Hubei Province in 1969 Shi Jinsong enrolled at the Hubei Academy of Fine Arts in 1994 majoring in sculpture and mastering a gamut of traditional techniques. Under the influence of three powerful stimuli radical sociocultural change in China; a reading of Foucault’s Madness and Civilization; and the birth of his first daughter the artist began to investigate ideas of transformation and control. Featured in Alors La Chine a groundbreaking survey of contemporary Chinese art mounted at the Centre Pompidou in 2003 his sculptural installation A Life of Sugar 2001 consisted of aspirational material objects made of sugar. Designed to melt over the course of the show the impermanence of the objects served up a delicious critique of disposable consumer goods.
EXHIBITIONS
2006
Na Zha Baby Boutique Chambers Fine Art New York
2005
Renovation Relations of Production Long March Beijing China
Second Chengdu Biennale Chengdu China
Shanghai Cool: Creative Reproduction Shanghai Duolun Museum of Modern Art Shanghai China
One Beginning Two Ends He Xiangning Art Museum Shenzhen China
Sleight of Mind TS1 Art Center Beijing China
Young Chinese Contemporary Art Hangar7 Salzburg Austria
Case Study: Five Contemporary Chinese Artists Today Art Museum Beijing China
Mahjong Kunstmuseum Bern Bern Switzerland
2003
Too Much Flavour Chambers Fine Art New York USA
Alors La Chine? Center Pompidou Paris France
Artificial Respiration Sanhe Art Center Beijing China
Open Sky Shanghai Duolun Museum of Modern Art Shanghai China
2002
Run Jump Crawl Walk The East Modern Art Center Beijing China
2001
Style of Paris vs. China Paris France
ReShuffle Shenzhen Sculpture Academy Shenzhen China
2000
The 2nd Exhibition of Chinese Sculptors Xihu Art Museum Hangzhou China
Gig Torino 2000: Biennial of Emerging Artists Torino Italy
1999
China 46 HuokeArtGallery Shanghai Taipei and Melboume Australia
The 2nd Annual Contemporary Sculpture Exhibition He Xiangning Art Museum Shenzhen China
Conclusions:
Shi Jinsong had already established his own style and the impact of the work had won him a strong reputation in Chinese art circles.
What to Do Next…
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