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2002
(Brothers) Gao
Photography
120 x 142 cm
C–print
The central theme of the Gao Brothers' photography is the representation of a partitioned space that more or less comfortably accommodates man, with his desires, frustrations, suffering, dreams and nightmares. This space, described as "narrative", takes the form of a cupboard, a building abandoned while under construction, a beehive whose many cells interlock, or a completely digital building whose identical windows have a Kafkaesque aspect. However, the space is always a place in which man is alternately moved, waiting, abandoned, lost, excluded, compressed, suffocated and never completely free, but, curiously, never completely unhappy either. It's as if each time man is trapped by his own buildings.
The central theme of the Gao Brothers' photography is the representation of a partitioned space that more or less comfortably accommodates man, with his desires, frustrations, suffering, dreams and nightmares. This space, described as "narrative", takes the form of a cupboard, a building abandoned while under construction, a beehive whose many cells interlock, or a completely digital building whose identical windows have a Kafkaesque aspect. However, the space is always a place in which man is alternately moved, waiting, abandoned, lost, excluded, compressed, suffocated and never completely free, but, curiously, never completely unhappy either. It's as if each time man is trapped by his own buildings.
(Brothers) Gao
China
Born in 1956
Gao Zhen born in 1956 in Jinan, China.
Gao Qiang born in 1962 in Jinan, China.
They live and work in Beijing, China.
For more than 20 years the Gao Brothers, Gao Zhen and Gao Qiang, have formed a brilliant artistic family duo whose rich work has sought to describe all the paradoxes of China during this period of profound change. They were born in Jinan, in Shandong province, in the north of China and studied art together. They now produce a virtuoso multimedia ensemble on the international scene that includes video, photography, theatre, performance, painting and sculpture, along with numerous critical essays on society and art and the exhibition commission with other artists.
Gao Qiang born in 1962 in Jinan, China.
They live and work in Beijing, China.
For more than 20 years the Gao Brothers, Gao Zhen and Gao Qiang, have formed a brilliant artistic family duo whose rich work has sought to describe all the paradoxes of China during this period of profound change. They were born in Jinan, in Shandong province, in the north of China and studied art together. They now produce a virtuoso multimedia ensemble on the international scene that includes video, photography, theatre, performance, painting and sculpture, along with numerous critical essays on society and art and the exhibition commission with other artists.
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(Brothers) Gao
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