THE RED REVOLUTION 2 HUANG GANG
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Front Cover Women Soldiers Bronze
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This page HAO HAO HAO (Good Good Good) Bronze
Huang Gang was born in Beijing in 1961. He spent his childhood and teen years under the rage of China’s Cultural Revolution. Influenced by his father, a well known professor of Chinese art history, and his mother, an archeology analyst, he was brought up with Chinese traditional art and soon started practicing calligraphy. Gang attended Central Academy of Art & Design for his art and design studies. Meanwhile, China was in an early stage of development and it’s society was facing significant revision after the Cultural Revolution.
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Woman Solders III Bronze
In 1991, he was awarded his masters degree in Art & Design and then stayed on tutoring. After open market and economic policy changes, China was influenced by the materialistic civilization of Western lifestyle. This had a great impact on China’s artists. In this revolutionary era, Gang kept his focus on how to hold the Chinese cultural values and still retain its uniqueness. Therefore, during the 90’s, Huang created a series of works with Chinese calligraphy and Tibetan motif. 4
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Chinese calligraphy is the essence and representation of Chinese traditional culture. With his traditional calligraphic works, he gives it new meaning. He has omitted the recognizable writing style and strengthened more of the drawing characters. From the structure of his work, the rhythmic action of the lines, the speed, the power of the brush stroke, he creates the experience of the “Zen” atmosphere of calmness. There is harmony with logical, structural and poetic enthusiastic substance.
In the 1980’s, Gang became interested in Tibetan culture, religion and art. In many of his works he uses traditional Tibetan Buddhist scripture wood cuts, as well as hand written scripture and Tibetan religious patterns, such as the Mandala. He uses the colors of Tibetan paintings. Black is elegant, white is pure, gold is supremacy and scarlet is life.
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Mao Seating On Chair (Smoking) Approximately 50cm high, Bronze
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Mao Seating On Chair (Clapping) Approximately 50cm high, Bronze
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