| Red Guards Today | |
| - Recent Sculptures by Jiang Shuo | |
| May 11 - 21, 2005 | |
| Venue:
Plum Blossoms Gallery G6 ChinaChem Hollywood Centre Hollywood Road Central Hong Kong (opposite Central Police Station) Gallery Hours: |
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| Monday ¡V Saturday 10:00 ¡V 6:30 pm | |
| Sunday and public holidays closed | |
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The Red Guards work follows in her folk art style but with the injection of a political theme to grab people's attention. The almost faceless guards with their wide-open mouths recall that period of turmoil in China when the spouting of slogans and mindless indoctrination was the path to survival. The sarcasm continues for the material desires that those guards criticized during the Revolution, have now become their goals to be pursued today. Portrayed with cola cans, french fries, mobile phones¡Kthe guards have now engaged in trade and could hardly withstand the indubitable influence of popular culture. While examining that cultural juxtaposition faced by her generation she has challenged herself as a sculptress to work with variations of scale and technique in order to enable her practice and fulfill her vision. Recently she has created a pair of 2.6 metre and 2 metre tall Red Guards commissioned by Hong Kong's Great Eagle Hotel Group for their landmark Langham Place Hotel in Hong Kong. In "Red Guards Today", not only the original small sculptures are on display, there are also some larger in size. Moreover, she has collaborated with her husband Wu Shaoxiang, also a famous sculptor, on a wonderful sculpture "To be Rich is Glorious". |
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Born
in 1958 in Beijing, Jiang Shuo studied sculpture at the Central Academy
of Arts and Design, which is now under Tsinghua University. Jiang, as
the first female sculptor in China, completed her master degree in 1985
and started her career in teaching sculpture at the Central Academy until
1989. Jiang, with her husband Wu Shaoxiang, emigrated to Austria and worked
at their joint studio there. Jiang's works have been widely exhibited
around the world, especially in Europe, and are regularly sold in Beijing
through The China Guardian auction. |
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