VA Gallery will present “Made in China —— Fang Lijun, Sui Jianguo” exhibition with opening on 8 Sep, 2012. This exhibition showcases the typical works from prints of Fang Lijun and series of sculpture from Sui Jianguo. The works of this exhibition are definitely the representative notion from the two artists.
They are the most significant artists of Chinese Contemporary art. Fang Lijun, as the most critical role in the Post 89 China new artistic current, has created a series of works since 1988 —— “The Bald Popi” image became a classic semiotics. Sui Jianguo, as known as “the Sculptor of Conceptual Direction go the earliest and furthest”, he maneuvers between the official position of the form and historical perception. Simultaneously, he brings sculpture into a fully heart-searching of China Modern Artistic practice with an implication of the symbol of the times.
Fang Lijun was born in Handan, Heibei in 1963. He was graduated from the Printmaking Department of Central Academy of Fine Arts in 1989. Sui Jianguo was born in Qingdao in 1956, he was graduated from Postgraduate Course, the Sculpture Department of The Central Academy of Fine Arts.
The exhibition will be ended on 9 October.