UTOPIAN MACHINE & THE GOOEY GENTLEMAN
Utopian Machine: Employing the format of a Chinese TV newscast, this claymation epic dramatizes a series of diverse local and global events.

The Gooey Gentleman: Using bare human torsos as the ground on which animated figures are drawn, this imaginative work moves through a series of humorous episodes


ABOUT THE ARTIST
Lives in Beijing and Changzhou

1960
Born in Changzhou, Jiangsu province

1989
Graduated from the Sichuan Academy of Fine Arts

Selected Exhibitions

1996
In the Name of Art, Liu Haisu Museum of Art, Shanghai

2000
Shanghai Spirit: The Third Shanghai Bienniale, Shanghai Art Museum

2001
Living in Time, Hamburger Bahnhof Museum of Contemporary Art, Berlin
Non-Linear Narrative, Gallery of National Academy of Fine Arts, Hangzhou

2002
Art in the Generals 4th Annual Video Marathon, New York
Reinterpretation: A Decade of Experimental Chinese Art, 1990-2000, The First Guangzhou Triennial, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou
Too Much Flavor, 3H Art Center, Shanghai

2003
A Strange Heaven--Contemporary Chinese Photography, Rudolfinum Art Museum, Prage

2004
Fly Utopia!, Transmediale '04, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin



Utopian Machine & The Gooey Gentleman
8:03 and 4:37, China, 2002
Program: InterActions
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