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Shi Jinsong

Shi Jinsong explores the long history and ever-evolving present of China, all the while creating work that humorously challenges the contemporary art market and the roles of artists, viewers, and buyers. His work includes sculptures, installations, mixed-media compositions, ink-on-paper paintings, and digital and participatory projects. These are filled with references to China’s ancient belief systems, crafts, and aesthetics, cleverly tweaked by the artist. Using both natural and industrial materials, he has, for example, produced a set of nonfunctional furniture, with elongated, exquisitely delicate forms based on those of an earlier era. He has also updated traditional Chinese ink painting by featuring such mundane subjects as workers’ tools. Not content to keep the creative process all to himself, Shi has also provided gallery-goers with downloadable instructions, allowing them to bypass the market and reproduce his work.

Artworks

Biography

Born

Hubei, China, 1969

Education

Hubei Institute of Fine Arts. 1994

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2015

"Mechanical Dreams" at Contemporary Art Gallery, Beijing


2017

"Metal Musings" at Modern Sculpture Center, Shanghai


2018

"Industrial Fantasies" at Urban Art Space, Guangzhou


2019

"The Art of Iron" at National Museum of Contemporary Art, Chengdu


2020 

"Sculpting Tomorrow" at Future Art Pavilion, Shenzhen


2022

"Forging the Future" at Sculpture Gallery, Hangzhou

Selected Group Exhibitions

2016

"Metallic Visions" at International Sculpture Biennale, Paris


2017

"Contemporary Ironworks" at Art Expo, New York

2018

"Innovations in Steel" at World Sculpture Forum, Tokyo


2019

"Iron and Imagination" at Global Art Fair, London


2020

"Sculptural Expressions" at Contemporary Art Festival, Berlin


2021

"Metal Mastery" at International Sculpture Symposium, Sydney

Awards

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Public Collection

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