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杨小健
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biography
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1960
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Yang
Xiaojian, which literally translated means " strong athlete "
was born in Taiyuan,
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capital of
the Chinese province of Shanxi, into a very sports orientaded
family.
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His father, Yang Shuiyin, head book-keeperat the Zhongyan glass
Company in Taiyuan, |
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was one of the first official table tennis umpires in the
Républic of China. |
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His mother, Yang Yueying, acknowledged by the
authorities as a " national athlete " |
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beat the table tennis world champion three
times. |
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1964
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As a child, he spent hours playing with colours, and drawing on
the floor using red brick. |
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His mother taught art art a primary school, and gave him
pictures to colour, and calligraphy |
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to copy. |
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1967
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He started at
the Haibianjie primary school in Taiyuan. Here, he was able to take part
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in a
variety of activities, and in the evenings he helped his mother
to make copies
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of the
newspapers, in order to earn some pocket-money. His written works
was often
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shown to
others as an example.
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1969
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He attended
Nanhajiie school and helped illustrate the wall
news.
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1970
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His mother
was sent to the village Guxian. He accompanied her there and had a taste
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of hard
agricultural work.
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1972
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He went back
to school, where he showed a keen interest in
reading.
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IIt was here
that he first met Yie Qing who later became his
wife.
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1976
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He joined the Army, PE Special Forces. In his spare
time, or while he was on standby, |
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he spent his time doing calligraphy, on the floor,
using a stick. |
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When this was noticed, the Army offered him the job of
doing the lettering on military maps. |
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However
Yang
Xiaojian wanted to learn more, and in order to get hold of more
calligraphy
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books, he
wrote a letter which was published in the China Youth newspaper. As a result,
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he
was sent hundreds of books, including one by Li Zhengshi
李正時, a teacher
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in Huangshi,
whose calligraphy particularly impressed
him. From that moment onwards,
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he could only
think of one thing : that he wanted to
study.
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1981
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He had to wait another year
before being demobilised and enjoying a taste of
independence. |
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He worked on different styles of ancient calligraphy
with different teachers : |
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The Han
dynasty, with Yuan Xulin 袁旭臨
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Li style with
Yan Jun 閻俊
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Cursive style with Tian Shuchang
田樹萇
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1984
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He married Ye Qing |
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1985
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Birth of his
daughter : Xibei
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1989
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He
took part in a calligraphy competition for the first time, and won
first prize; he then entered competitions on a regular basis, and the following
year he won the gold medal
in Sanya, and third prize in
Beijing. |
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1993
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Birth of his
second daughter : Jiayuan
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1994
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His lenghthy
discussions with professor Wang Yong 王鏞, the calligrapher,
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Zhao Lengyue
赵冷月 the well known artist,
and Liu Jiu'an 劉九庵 of the Palace Museum,
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helped him
make progress not only with his painting but
in his way of thinking.
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1998
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After the death of his
father, he decided to travel to Hong Kong, Macau and Thailand
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with his mother. |
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1999
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He bought an appartment west of Shanghai in Kanghong
Garden. |
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2000
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He travelled to Korea
and to China : to Sanya and the Yunnan, Lijiang, to the mountains
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of Yulong
Snow and to Shangri-La, gathering ideas for paintings.
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He reads a
great deal, and was interested in the painters Motherwell, Dubuffet, Sulerque,
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De
Kooning, De Pierce. His work was becoming more
abstract.
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2005
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In Shanghai,
he set up his second studio " Base of Ink" at 50 Moganshanan Lu,
and put his work on display.
He took part in a number of collective
exhibitions of calligraphy and contemporary art, in Beijing, Seoul, Hong-Kong,
Macau and Shanghai.
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2006
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Exhibitions of his
work were held in Japan, at the Soukoku gallery in Kyoto and the North Kamakura
gallery in Tokyo. |
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2007
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The Kyoto city Museum
held an exhibition of his work. |
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Danièle
Sicard
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works
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exhibitions
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solo exhibitions
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Autres
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1992
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Japan
Kobe
Kyoto Osaka
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2005
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Beijing Contemporary Gallery
Yang Xiaojiang - Wei
Ligang
Picture of Triturate The Ink |
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Shanghai Base of Ink |
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2006
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Japan
Kyoto Soukoku
Gallery
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Japan
Tokyo North
Kamakura Gallery
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2007
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Beijing Twoline
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Japan
Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art
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France
Paris
Julie et Hélène
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collective exhibitions
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South
Korea |
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1993
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Beijing
International Famous
calligraphers
in 20th century
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1998
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Beijing China Art Gallery
7th exhibition
of calligraphy and Seal cutting
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1999
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Beijing
China Art Gallery
3rd exhibition for couplet
writing
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2003
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Taiyuan
1st
exhibition for Youngs and Mi-aged calligraphers'works in Shanxi
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Seoul
International
Famous Calligraphers
exhibition
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Nanjing
Art Museum
Fifteen Nominated Famous
calligraphers
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2004
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Beijing
Jinri Art Museum
2nd
National exhibition for fashionable Writing style
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2005
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Hong Kong Art association
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Seoul
International
Modern Calligraphy exhibition
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Shanghai
Great Theatre
Gallery
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Beijing
O.C.Space
exhibition
of contemporary Art
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Beijing To Day Arts Museum
Construct The
Ink Map
Yang Xiaojian & Wei Ligang
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2006
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Beijing Shang-Shang
Museum
exhibition of contemporary Art
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background
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It's the friend. Who knows how to reveal the intelligence of
black.
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Clouds dissolved by the breeze, torn apart. Absorbed by the
paper.
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The
destruction of writing to make it speak. Evidence.Which shows its
viscera.
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No aestheticism. Abstraction pure, precise, sensitive, monumental.
Where
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sometimes blankness is painted white.
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Xiaojian has mastered all the media, covering all the
possibilities.
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His
painting beats the chamade. Today, Xiaojian reflects the
heartbeat of the world.
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1989
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60 Poems of
Xi Murong
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Pen Calligraphy
collection
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1990
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300 Tang
Poems
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Pen Calligraphy
collection
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1991
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Wonder of Pen
Calligraphy
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Pen Calligraphy
collection
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2005
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Picture of
Triturate the Ink
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Modern
Calligraphy collection
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Construct the Ink Map
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A joint exhibition of Contemporary Calligraphic paintings by : |
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Yang Xiaojian & Wei Ligang |
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29 cm x 24 cm
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219 pages |
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isbn : 962 85723 9 3
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2006
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My Empire of
the Sun
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Pen Calligraphy
collection
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Monograph of
the works 1998 - 2006 by Yang Xiaojian
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29,5 cm x 25 cm in chinese and
english
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Forewords :
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Fan Di-An :
From Calligraphy to Scripting
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Liu Xiao-Chun :
A Calligrapher ink-brushing
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in Beijing and Shanghai
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Tang Feng : The Wash-Ink
Nietzsche
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many
reproductions |
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350 pages |
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isbn : 962 86523
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2007
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MY 我的 2007
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The photography of Yang
Xiaojian |
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21,5 cm x 23 cm
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Presentation : Makang -
Men Cong |
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isbn : 978 988
17 150 2 9
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2011
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Black Sight 黑視力
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Collection of personal works |
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26,5 cm x 24,5 cm
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Foreword : From Rebellion to Creation; Yang Xiaojian's journey
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in Calligraphy par Fan Di'an
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The Edges of Darkness par David Paskett |
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Sinking into the Blakness par Tang Feng
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Works : My classic My calligraphy My landscape Albums
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My Ink Base My Experimental Plant My Hardedge Blacksight |
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My Photography |
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Artist Biography |
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many reproductions |
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357 pages |
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isbn : 978 988 19274 3 9
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