Zheng Guogu is an artist based in Yangjiang

Yangjiang

Yangjiang , historically known as Yeungkong, is a prefecture-level city in southwestern Guangdong province, People's Republic of China. It borders Maoming to the west, Yunfu to the north, Jiangmen to the east, and looks out to the South China Sea to the south. It is famous for being the base of...

 in the Guangdong province of China

China

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Zheng was born in Yangjiang

Yangjiang

Yangjiang , historically known as Yeungkong, is a prefecture-level city in southwestern Guangdong province, People's Republic of China. It borders Maoming to the west, Yunfu to the north, Jiangmen to the east, and looks out to the South China Sea to the south. It is famous for being the base of...

. He makes work in different media including photography

Photography

Photography is the art, science and practice of creating durable images by recording light or other electromagnetic radiation, either electronically by means of an image sensor or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film...

, installation

Installation art

Installation art describes an artistic genre of three-dimensional works that are often site-specific and designed to transform the perception of a space. Generally, the term is applied to interior spaces, whereas exterior interventions are often called Land art; however, the boundaries between...

, painting

Painting

Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...

 and sculpture

Sculpture

Sculpture is three-dimensional artwork created by shaping or combining hard materials—typically stone such as marble—or metal, glass, or wood. Softer materials can also be used, such as clay, textiles, plastics, polymers and softer metals...

. His photographic work questions the post-Cultural Revolution

Cultural Revolution

The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, commonly known as the Cultural Revolution , was a socio-political movement that took place in the People's Republic of China from 1966 through 1976...

 generation’s attitudes to the world around them and has used of contact sheets to make storyboard

Storyboard

Storyboards are graphic organizers in the form of illustrations or images displayed in sequence for the purpose of pre-visualizing a motion picture, animation, motion graphic or interactive media sequence....

-like images.

Selected exhibitions

2006

Through Popular Expression, The University of Central England in Birmingham, UK

Take Down, Beijing

Kunstmuseum Bern, Switzerland

2005

Out of Sight, Amsterdam

Puzzle—It is from Yangjiang, Grace Alexander Contemporary Art Gallery, Switzerland

Millennium, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo

2004

A l’ouest du sud de l’est, Center of Contemporary Art, Sète/Villa Arson in Nice, France

From China, ICP International Center of Photography, New York

My Home Is Your Museum, Vitamin Creative Space, Guangzhou

2003

50th Biennale di Venezia, Venezia, Italy

2002

Paris-Pekin, Espace Pierre Cardin, Paris

Are You Going to Enjoy Calligraphy or Measure Blood Pressure? Shanghai

2000

More Dimensional, Caaw, Beijing

2001

Hamburger Bahnhof Museum für Gegenwart , Berlin Art Forum

External links

• Zheng Guogu on ArtNet.com
• Zheng Guogu at 88MoCCA: The Museum of Chinese Contemporary Art on the Web
• Further information, texts and images from the Saatchi Gallery
• Additional information on ChinaArtNetworks.com