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1949
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Wang Keping was born in Hebei province, near Beijing, in China.
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1978
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First, he was an actor, then a factory worker and he wrote screenplays.
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CAs they are always rejected by the censure, he turned to sculpture
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to express his revolt, and began to use the salvaged wood.
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He joined the group Xingxing, Stars,* first vanguard atistic movement in China.
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1979
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He participated in the first unauthorised exhibition on the fence of the parc
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adjoigning the National museum of Beijing. The exhibition was soon repressed
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by the police
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His provocative sculptures are noticed by the public, including,
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Idol representing the face of Mao on the Buddha.
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Silence, head seeing only one eye, and mouth closed, will be
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on the front page of the New York Times ( 19.10 1979 ).
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1980
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The group is given the right to expose in
the Huafangzai pavillon.
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1984
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La répression revenant, he left China for France. He moved to Paris.
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He continued to work in wood according to its natural forms, but he abandoned
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subjects of a political nature for a major theme : the female body.
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1986
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First exhibition at the Zurich gallery in Paris.
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Therefore his fame is international: China, USA, Europe, Japan,
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Taiwan, exhibiting his works.
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2010
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The Zadkine Museum in Paris, exhibited la chair des forêts.
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He lives and works in Paris.
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* The main members of the Stars group
were : Huang Rui, Ma Desheng, Yan Li, Qu Leilei,
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Mao Lizi, Bo Yun, Zhong Acheng, Yang Yiping, Ai Weiwei; Li Shuang
and Wang Keping,
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Danièle Sicard
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