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biographie
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1960
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Yang Xiaojian 杨小健 literally the strong athlete, was born in Taiyuan, capital of Shanxi
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Province, in a family of sportsmen.
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His father, Yang Shuiyin, head book-keeper at 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 books
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with calligraphy, 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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It was here that he first met Yie Qing who later became his wife : Yie Qing
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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 in Huangshi,
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whose calligraphy particularly impressed him. From that moment onwards, he could only
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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 Yie Qing |
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1985
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Birth of his second 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
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entered competitions on a regular basis, and the following year he won the Gold Medal. |
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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 calligrapher, Zhao Lengyue
赵冷月
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the well known artist, Liu Jiu'an 劉九庵 of the Palace Museum, helped him make progress
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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.
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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
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his work on display.
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He took part in a number of collective exhibitions of calligraphy and contemporary Art,
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in Beijing, Seoul, Hong-Kong, Macao, 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
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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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He lives and works in Shanghai China. |
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Danièle Sicard
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Solo exhibitions selection
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1992
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Kobe Kyoto Osaka Japan
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2005
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Picture of Triturate The Ink Yang Xiaojiang - Wei Ligang Contemporary Gallery Beijing China
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2005
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Base of Ink Shanghai China
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2006
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Soukoku Gallery Kyoto Japan
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2006
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North Kamakura GalleryTokyo Japan
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2007
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Twoline Gallery Beijing China
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2007
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Municipal Museum of Art Kyoto Japan
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2007
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Julie et Hélène Gallery Paris France
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Collective exhibitions selection
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1993
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International Famous calligraphers in 20th Century Beijing China
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1998
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7th exhibition of calligraphy and Seal cutting Galerie China Art Beijing China |
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1999
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3rd exhibition for couplet writing Galerie China Art Beijing Chine
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2003
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1st exhibition for Youngs and Mi-aged calligraphers'works in Shanxi Taiyuan China
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2003
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Fifteen Nominated Famous calligraphers Nanjing Chine
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2004
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2nd National exhibition for fashionable Writing style Jinri Art Museum Beijing China
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2005
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Three artists Hong Kong Art association Hong Kong China
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2005
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International Modern Calligraphys Seoul Korea
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2005
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Great Theatre Gallery Shanghai China
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2005
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exhibition of contemporary Art O.C.Space Beijing China
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2005
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Construct The Ink Map Yang Xiaojian & Wei Ligang To Day Arts Museum Beijing Hong Kong
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2006
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Exhibition of contemporary Art Shang-Shang Museum Beijing China
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60 Poems of Xi Murong
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Pen Calligraphy collection
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1989
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300 Tang Poems
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Pen Calligraphy collection
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1990
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Wonder of Pen Calligraphy
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Pen Calligraphy collection
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1991
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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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2005
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A collective exhibition of contemporary
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calligraphic paintings
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Yang Xiaojian & Wei Ligang |
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29 cm x 24 cm
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219 p |
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isbn : 962 85723 9 3
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My Empire of the Sun
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Pen Calligraphy collection
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Monographie des oeuvres 1998 - 2006 Yang Xiaojian 2006
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Foreword : |
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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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numerous reproductions |
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29,5 cm x 25 cm
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in chinese in english
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350 p |
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isbn : 962 86523 7 0
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MY 我的 2007
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2007
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The photography of Yang Xiaojian |
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Presentation : Makang - Men Cong |
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21,5 cm x 23 cm
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isbn : 978 988
17 150 2 9
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Black Sight 黑視力
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2011
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Collection of personal works |
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Foreword : From Rebellion to Creation;
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Yang Xiaojian's journey in calligrzaphy by Fan Di-An
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The Edges of Darkness by David Paskett
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Sinking into the Blakness by Tang FENG |
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Woks :
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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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numerous reproductions |
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357 p |
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isbn : 978 988 19274 3 9
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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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Michel Nau
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