Yang Maoyuan is a Chinese Asian Modern & Contemporary artist who was born in 1966. Numerous key galleries and museums such as HdM Gallery, Beijing have featured Yang Maoyuan's work in the past.Yang Maoyuan's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 161 USD to 217,106 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 2006 the record price for this artist at auction is 217,106 USD for Untitled, sold at Poly International Auction Co. in 2016. Yang Maoyuan has been featured in articles for Frieze Magazine, Ocula and CAFA Art Info. The most recent article is Painting Xinjiang written for e-flux in August 2023.
The exhibition Painting Xinjiang: Xinjiang-Focused Art Since the 20th Century aims to present signature artworks from 20th century China that have Xinjiang as their subject matter.
Conceived from the theme 'Sharing', Gallery Weekend Beijing (28 June–3 July 2022) returns for its 6th edition across the 798 Art District and the city.
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.. Unlike the purely conceptual nature of philosophy, Yang Maoyuan’s images with archaeological tones tend instead towards a cultural history existence...
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..By explore in the remains of ancient Loulan city, whose demolishment is still a mystery, the disappeared civilization inspired Yang’s magnificent imagination...
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..By way of objectification, Maoyuan combines elements of his personal experience with the concepts intrinsic in these works so to provide a journey through his artistic experience...
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..By altering and modifying, the artist not only mines the complex and mixed emotions of his academy years, but also reaches towards something new and profound...
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