Sui Jianguo, born in 1956 in Qingdao, is a Chinese sculptor and long-serving professor and department chair at the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing, known for working in hard, heavy materials such as granite and steel through processes of binding, sealing and hammering. His Mao Jacket series, begun in 1997, reimagines Mao Zedong's signature suit as a hollow, oversized bronze form and remains his most widely recognized work, alongside his Jurassic-themed Made in China dinosaur sculptures examining Chinese export manufacturing.
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Both of his parents were factory workers and were largely absent during his early childhood due to the workload imposed on them by the Mao government.
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Sui Jianguo (Chinese: 隋建國), professor and ex-chairman of the Department of Sculpture in Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing, is a contemporary Chinese artist.
Early life
His studies and practice gave fruit to his first true work: a traditional Chinese landscape painting, which he completed in 1976 after the death of Mao.
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Sui Jianguo (Chinese: 隋建國), professor and ex-chairman of the Department of Sculpture in Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing, is a contemporary Chinese artist.
Practices: Sculpture, Lead sentence
Sui Jianguo (Chinese: 隋建國), professor and ex-chairman of the Department of Sculpture in Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing, is a contemporary Chinese artist.
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