Jin Wang Sold at Auction Prices

b. 1962 -

b. 1962, Datong, Shanxi. Performance, installation artist. After gaining admission to the China Art Academy in 1983, Wang graduated in 1987 with a specialization in traditional figurative painting. He began teaching at the Beijing Institute of Fashion Design, quitting in 1992 to start a career as an independent artist. From the very beginning, his works focused on social change as reflected by China’s course towards market reform, commenting on the effects of massive commercialization in Chinese urban life by means of performance art. His first work, Wall (1992), proved to be his most powerful visual trope and critical vehicle.