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Huang Yong Ping

© Fondation Louis Vuitton / Luc Castel

Huang Yong Ping

Born in 1954, in Xiamen (China)

Died in October 19, 2019 

A major figure of the Chinese avant-garde and the founder of the Xiamen Dada movement in 1986, Huang Yong Ping rose to international prominence through the "Magiciens de la Terre" exhibition held in Paris in 1989. 

At the boundary between East and West, his installations and sculptures combine Buddhist and Taoist symbols, and references to Christianity, the history of art and Western philosophy. Often using animals in his works, both living and stuffed, he creates allegories about society, the future and the hybridisation of identities.

Selected Bibliography

Loisy, Jean de. Empires : Huang Yong Ping : Monumenta 2016, [Grand Palais, Paris, du 8 mai au 18 juin 2016]. Paris : Réunion des musées nationaux-Grand Palais, 2016.

Hou, Han ru ; Melandri, Giovanna ; Bonami, Francesco... [et al.]. Huang Yong Ping : bâton serpent : [esposizione, MAXXI, Museo nazionale delle arti del XXI secolo, Rome, 19 dicember 2014 - 24 maggio 2015]. [Milan] : Mousse publishing, 2015. 

Moinard, David ; Le Voyage à Nantes ; Knight, Anna... [et al.]. Les mues : [oeuvres de Huang Yong ping] : [exposition, Nantes, HAB galerie, 27 juin-2 novembre 2014] = Moultings [Work of Huang Yong ping] : [exhibition, Nantes, HAB galerie, 27 june-2 november 2014]. [Paris] : Dilecta, 2014. 

Thierry, Raspail ; Emmons, Deirdre ; Chong, Doryun... [et al.]. Huang Yong Ping, Amoy-Xiamen : [exposition], Musée d'art contemporain de Lyon, 15 février-14 avril 2013. Lyon : mac Lyon ; [Paris] : K. Mennour, 2013. 

Tiberghien, Gilles A. ; Loisy, Jean de ; Le Gouriérec, Frédéric... [et al.]. Huang Yong Ping : Myths : [expositions, chapelle des Petits-Augustins de l'École nationale des Beaux-arts, Paris, 23 octobre - 1er décembre 2009 ; Galerie Kamel Mennour, Paris, 23 octobre - 19 décembre 2009]. Paris : Kamel Mennour, 2009. 

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