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Guo Jian on his Tiananmen Square stand: ‘I’m so proud of what I did’

The Chinese-born Australian artist on the day he was detained and later deported from Beijing for daring to make art about China today

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China deports artist Guo Jian in Tiananmen crackdown

By Tom Mitchell in BeijingAuthor alerts

Beijing deported a prominent Chinese-Australian artist on Monday, capping one of China’s most severe crackdowns on dissent in recent years.

Guo Jian, 52, was detained on June 1 for an alleged visa violation, according to China’s foreign affairs ministry. Continue reading

Five Chinese Dissident Artists Who Aren’t Ai Weiwei

The Huffington Post | By Mallika Rao
Posted: 06/10/2014 9:21 am EDT Updated: 06/10/2014 10:59 am EDT
It’s easy to think Chinese political art stops at Ai Weiwei, the embattled provocateur who is arguably the art world’s most famous living figure. Continue reading

Tiananmen: China to deport Australian artist Guo Jian

This portrait photo taken by Chinese artist Guo Jian, shows him in his studio

Guo Jian was studying art in Beijing before he took part in the 1989 student protests

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Guo Jian’s installation

May 30, 2014 6:23 pm

The Chinese artist and Tiananmen protester’s recent pieces include a landscape painting created with small pieces of litter and a diorama of Tiananmen Square with minced pork

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Australian artist detained by Chinese authorities ahead of Tiananmen anniversary

June 2, 2014

Philip Wen
China correspondent for Fairfax Media
Beijing: Prominent Australian artist Guo Jian has been detained in China amid a heightened security operation in central Beijing aimed at preventing the commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre. Continue reading