138:(1989-1999), exhibited for the first time in the exhibition "Magiciens de la terre". Fo these large works on paper the artist applies layers and layers of pure and of diluted ink onto Xuan paper until the black ink turns luminescent. The creative process itself actually is the deconstruction of Chinese painting into its basic elements: paper, water, and ink. The simple abstract forms the artist depicts seem to stretch beyond their margins, figure and ground merge. "The
109:(1966–1976), but received a traditional education from his grandfather. From him he learned, how to write Chinese characters with a brush. He continued his training in calligraphy and other traditional Chinese techniques, such as paper-mounting, ink painting and meticulous color painting as an apprentice at the Foshan Folk Art Institute (1973-1978). He then studied Chinese painting at the
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Yang
Jiechang's more recent paintings (since 2000) are mainly figurative. For these works he often uses the so-called meticulous color technique on silk, a lavish technique using vegetal and mineral colors, combining realistic elements with vivid and bold brushstrokes. In the early Twentieth Century
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is a calligraphy diptych. Both panels are covered with the exclamation "Oh, My God" and with the
Cantonese swearword "Oh, Diu". Corresponding videos record the artist writing and pronouncing the expressions. The work is a reaction to the events of 9/11. Among the images broadcast by the mass media
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Jiechang works in a variety of media, such as video, photography, installation and performance. He is however best known for his proficiency in traditional Chinese media - ink painting, meticulous color painting and calligraphy -, as well as for his capacity to integrate these traditional
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Another important technique in Yang
Jiechang's oeuvre is calligraphy. He not only uses Chinese characters but also Western languages for his unorthodox calligraphies, that purposely contain mistakes and aesthetic blunders. These works comprise
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Cantonese School. The choice of technique, but also of critical subjects and his iconoclastic attitude shows Yang Jiechang's affinity to his local heritage. Works in this technique comprise
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techniques into a contemporary context. He made his international renown with his series of monumental, monochrome black ink paintings entitled
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over and over again, only one appeared authentic to the artist: A young man running from the collapsing twin towers and shouting "Oh, my god".
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Laboratoires pour un avenir incertain, La Force de l’Art - 1st Paris
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Metamorphosis - The Generation of Transformation in Chinese Contemporary Art,
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Yang Jiechang's work is held in the following permanent collections:
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this traditional technique was further developed by the so-called
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I Often Do Bad Things . Yang Jiechang: Texts and Works 1982-2016
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Harmony and Transition. Chinese Landscapes in Contemporary Art,
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from the article and its talk page, especially if potentially
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Shifting Surfaces, Bernhard Knaus Fine Art, Frankfurt, 2024
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Yang has participated in numerous exhibitions, including:
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After his emigration to Europe Yang was fascinated by
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