Made in Asia Catalogue
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Qi Zhilong (b. 1962)<br />
Qi Zhilong, one of the lead<strong>in</strong>g figures of Gaudy Art <strong>in</strong> Ch<strong>in</strong>a, was born <strong>in</strong> Hohhot, Inner<br />
Mongolia, Ch<strong>in</strong>a. In 1992, four years after he graduated from the Central Academy of F<strong>in</strong>e<br />
Arts, Qi moved <strong>in</strong>to the Summer Palace Artist Village <strong>in</strong> Beij<strong>in</strong>g, where Political Pop and<br />
Cynical Realism just started ga<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g popularity. With the <strong>in</strong>tention to revolt aga<strong>in</strong>st the Political<br />
Pop movement, Qi started his consumer icons series, us<strong>in</strong>g oil and pa<strong>in</strong>t to commercialize<br />
the idealistic icons created by Political Pop, as well as the icons that it was try<strong>in</strong>g to confront.<br />
Ch<strong>in</strong>ese Girl, 2002<br />
Oil on canvas . 63.8 x 51.2 <strong>in</strong> | 162 x 130 cm<br />
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