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1954
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Yan Li was born in Beijing China. |
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His family is from Ninghai, Zhejiang Province.
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1968
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He spent his childhood with his grandparents in Shanghai.
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When his grandfather, a doctor and art collector, was incarcerated, he returned
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to Beijing.
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1973
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While working in a tool machine factory, he began to write poetry.
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Friend with Bei Dao and Mang Ke, he joined their poetry group Misty.
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Their poems were published in the unofficial magazine : Jintian Today
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He also started painting and became an active member of the Xingxing Stars group*
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the first avant-garde Art movement in China.
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1979
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He participated in their first wild exhibition in Beijing on the fences of the park outside
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the National Museum of China . The exhibition was quickly repressed by the police.
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1980
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The group was allowed to exhibit at the Beijing National Art Gallery.
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1984
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His only solo exhibition in China took place in October at the Gallery of the People's
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Park, in Shanghai. |
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1985
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He moved to the United States, studied English at Hunter College in New York for
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a yearn and a half and became an independent artist.
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He participated in the exhibition Avant-Garde Chinese Art :
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1986
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24.07 30.08 City Gallery New York
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07.11 08.12 Vassar College Art Gallery New York
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1987
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He founded Yi-Hang, First Line, a trimestial journal featuring contemporary poets
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Chinese and translations of American poems.
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1993
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Back in China, he settled in Shanghai where he created his studio.
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1995
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He published an anthology. |
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2011
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He divides his time between China (Shanghai, Beijing ) and the United States
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( New York ).
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* The main members of the group of stars were Huang Rui, Ma Desheng, Wang Keping, Yan Li,
Qu Leilei, Mao Lizi, Bo Yun, Zhong Acheng, Yang Yiping, Ai Weiwei and Li Shuang.
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Danièle Sicard
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AVANT-GARDE CHINESE ART
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1986
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中国前卫艺术
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Beijing /New York
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Ai Wei Wei . Li Shuang . Ma Desheng .Xing Fei .
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Yan Li .Yang Yiping .Yin Guanzhong .
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Zhang Wei. Zhao Gang . Zhu Jinshi
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Text : Michael Murray
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In ENGLISH
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17,8 cm x 20,3 cm
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