Yang Maolin () is a noted contemporary
Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...
ese artist.
Born in 1953 in Changhua,
Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...
, Yang studied painting at the Chinese Culture University in Taipei. He co-founded several artists groups linked to the Transavantgarde movement in Taiwan: 101 and the Taipei Group in the 1980s, and Hantooshe in the late 1990s. He is chiefly known for his politically charged paintings of the 1980s, and his decade-long investigation into the political, the historical and cultural aspects of Taiwanese identity during the 1990s. After the turn of the millennium he started to explore sculpture, blending buddhist iconology with manga icons.
[Schoeber, Felix: "Yang Maolin and Taiwanese Identity, agonistic democracy and clash of global powers", in: ''Yang Maolin, Temple of Sublime Beauty, Made in Taiwan'', Taipei, Venice 2009, pages 81-86.]
Beyond numerous museum shows in Taiwan and Asia, he participated three times at the
Venice Biennale
The Venice Biennale (; it, La Biennale di Venezia) is an international cultural exhibition hosted annually in Venice, Italy by the Biennale Foundation. The biennale has been organised every year since 1895, which makes it the oldest of ...
: in 1999 he took part in the collateral event ''VOC- Handle with Care'', in 2009 he staged his solo show ''Temple of Sublime Beauty, Made in Taiwan'' and in 2011 he participated at ''
Future Pass''.
See also
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Taiwanese art The artistic heritage of Taiwan is extremely diverse with multiple major influences and periods.
History
Stonecutters of the Changbin culture began to make art on Taiwan at least 30,000 years ago. Around 5,000 years ago jade and earthenware w ...
References
External links
Yang Maolin´s Temple of Sublime Beauty, Made in Taiwan exhibition in Venice 2009''Yang Maolin, Temple of Sublime Beauty, Made in Taiwan'', exhibition catalogue, Taipei, Venice 200953. Biennale Länderpavillions, Taiwan: Yang Maolin, ''Temple of Sublime Beauty''''Halleluja: Temple of Sublime Beauty, Made in Taiwan'', catalogue, Taipei 2009Yang Maolin. Future Pass - Part 1
Yang Maolin at the Future Pass exhibition in Venice 2011
Yang Mao-Lin official website
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Living people
1953 births
Taiwanese artists