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Born 1955 Shanghai, China. Known for: Sculpture-installation, conceptual.
Known as the "hair artist," Wenda Gu has that association because human hair is his signature material in his installation sculpture and because of his trademark hairstyle that is a shaved crown and... Read full biography
Known as the "hair artist," Wenda Gu has that association because human hair is his signature material in his installation sculpture and because of his trademark hairstyle that is a shaved crown and a thick black mane that hangs below his waist. In fact, hair is the fiber weaving together his... Read full biography
Known as the "hair artist," Wenda Gu has that association because human hair is his signature material in his installation sculpture and because of his trademark hairstyle that is a shaved crown and a thick black mane that hangs below his waist. In fact, hair is the fiber weaving together his ambitious series "United Nations--an Ongoing Global Art Project for the 21st Century," begun in 1993. Gu is credited as being the father of conceptual Chinese ink painting, a genre that remained static for... Read full biography
Known as the "hair artist," Wenda Gu has that association because human hair is his signature material in his installation sculpture and because of his trademark hairstyle that is a shaved crown and a thick black mane that hangs below his waist. In fact, hair is the fiber weaving together his ambitious series "United Nations--an Ongoing Global Art Project for the 21st Century," begun in 1993. Gu is credited as being the father of conceptual Chinese ink painting, a genre that remained static for centuries. What he did was to use these stylized characters loaded with symbolism as a referent but create his own characters full of intriguing design but devoid of meaning. He was born in Shanghai, China and is one of the many emerging Asian... Read full biography
Known as the "hair artist," Wenda Gu has that association because human hair is his signature material in his installation sculpture and because of his trademark hairstyle that is a shaved crown and a thick black mane that hangs below his waist. In fact, hair is the fiber weaving together his ambitious series "United Nations--an Ongoing Global Art Project for the 21st Century," begun in 1993. Gu is credited as being the father of conceptual Chinese ink painting, a genre that remained static for centuries. What he did was to use these stylized characters loaded with symbolism as a referent but create his own characters full of intriguing design but devoid of meaning. He was born in Shanghai, China and is one of the many emerging Asian artists working in the United States. In China, his parents were both punished during the Cultural Revolution for their work in theater and... Read full biography
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Keywords (13)
Art Method
- •Conceptual
- •Installation Art
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art Media
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Abstraction Specialty
- •Oriental Specialty
- •Sculpture Specialty
Ethnicity of Artist
- •Asian
- •Chinese