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SELECTED WORKS BY Shi Jinsong



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Shi Jinsong

Na Zha Walker

2005
stainless steel

54 x 59 x 66 cm

In Chinese lore Na Zha is the militaristic child god of pranks renown for his penchant for violence and cunning mind and revered for 'power dressing' with his flaming trousers and fireball feet; he is now most widely associated as the patron saint of lotteries, gambling, and the high life, and as the star of a children’s animation series. In Shi Jinsong’s Na Zha series, this dubious character is humorously reinvented as the new face of Mothercare with a range of deadly baby products. With its executive stainless steel design the Na Zha Walker offers everything a little tot needs for a future in negotiating a global economy: an early appreciation for the aesthetics of industry, razor sharp 'bargaining' skills, multi-functional switch-blade gadgetry, and it’s narrow enough to race through any doorway.



ARTIST INFORMATION




Shi Jinsong's BIOGRAPHY



1969
Born in Dangyang county, Hubei province, China

Lives and works in Wuhan and Beijing, China


SELECTED EXHIBITIONS


2006
Na Zha Baby Boutique, Chambers Fine Art, New York

2005
Renovation – Relations of Production, Long March, Beijing, China
Second Chengdu Biennale, Chengdu, China
Shanghai Cool: Creative Reproduction, Shanghai Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai, China
One Beginning Two Ends, He Xiangning Art Museum, Shenzhen, China
Sleight of Mind, TS1 Art Center, Beijing, China
Young Chinese Contemporary Art, Hangar-7, Salzburg, Austria
Case Study: Five Contemporary Chinese Artists , Today Art Museum, Beijing, China
Mahjong, Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern, Switzerland

2003
Too Much Flavour, Chambers Fine Art, New York, USA
Alors, La Chine?, Center Pompidou, Paris, France
Artificial Respiration, Sanhe Art Center, Beijing, China
Open Sky, Shanghai Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai, China

2002
Run, Jump, Crawl Walk, The East Modern Art Center, Beijing, China

2001
Style of Paris vs. China, Paris, France
Re-Shuffle, Shenzhen Sculpture Academy, Shenzhen, China

2000
The 2nd Exhibition of Chinese Sculptors, Xihu Art Museum, Hangzhou, China
Gig Torino 2000: Biennial of Emerging Artists, Torino, Italy

1999
China 46, HuokeArtGallery, Shanghai, Taipei, and Melboume, Australia
The 2nd Annual Contemporary Sculpture Exhibition, He Xiangning Art Museum, Shenzhen, China

 


Other artists in THE REVOLUTION CONTINUES: NEW CHINESE ART

Zhang Dali | Zeng Fanzhi | Wang Guangyi | Zheng Guogu | Zhang Haiying | Zhang Hongtu | Zhang Huan | Qiu Jie | Xiang Jing | Shi Jinsong | Fang Lijun | Yue Minjun | Li Qing | Wu Shanzhuan | Shen Shaomin | Li Songsong | Zhan Wang | Liu Wei | Zhang Xiaogang | Zhang Xiaotao | Cang Xin | Shi Xinning | Li Yan | Bai Yiluo | Zhang Yuan | Yin Zhaohui | Feng Zhengjie
 

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