The Chinese-born Australian artist on the day he was detained and later deported from Beijing for daring to make art about China today
• Guo Jian: detained for refusing to abide by mass amnesia of Tiananmen Continue reading
The Chinese-born Australian artist on the day he was detained and later deported from Beijing for daring to make art about China today
• Guo Jian: detained for refusing to abide by mass amnesia of Tiananmen Continue reading
Guo Jian on his Tiananmen Square stand: ‘I’m so proud of what I did’已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, June 4th Commemoration
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
China deports artist Guo Jian in Tiananmen crackdown已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, June 4th Commemoration
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
Five Chinese Dissident Artists Who Aren’t Ai Weiwei已关闭评论
Posted in Culture
Tagged Chen Guang, Guo Jian, Liu Yi, Yan Zhengxue, Zhao Zhao
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
Tiananmen: China to deport Australian artist Guo Jian已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, June 4th Commemoration
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
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
Australian artist detained by Chinese authorities ahead of Tiananmen anniversary已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, June 4th Commemoration