Jiang Guo Xiang

JIANG GUO XIANG  WAS BORN IN SHANTONG PROVINCE IN 1935. THE FAMILY MIGRATED TO BEIJING WHEN HE WAS SEVEN. IN 1958, HE GRADUATED FROM BEIJING NATIONAL DRAMA COLLEGE IN STAGE DESIGN. UPON GRADUATION HE WAS SENT TO WUHAN 
WHERE HE DESIGNED SETS FOR the modern drama troupe

 DURING THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION HE WAS SENT TO THE THIRD MACHINE TOOL PLANT AS A MILLING MACHINE OPERATOR.

 IN 1979, HE BECAME THE CHIEF OF DESIGN, GUANGDONG TELEVISIION UNTIL HE TOOK AN EARLY RETIREMENT. HE SECLUDED HIMSELF IN THE COUNTRY SIDE, PURSUING HIS LONG HELD DREAM TO BE A PAINTER. HE IMMERSED HIMSELF IN THE STUDY OF BUDDHISM FOR VISIONS AND INSPIRATIONS.

 JIANG GUO XIANG IS A BUDDHISM PRACTITIONER, DOES MEDITATION AND PRACTICE IN TERMS OF OIL PAINTING, AIMING TO BLEND ORIENTAL "NON- OBJECTIVITY" THOUGHTS OF ZEN AND WESTERN TERMINOLOGY OF FINE ARTS AND EXPRESSING THE ESSENCE OF THE UNIVERSE AND THE UNIQUE BEAUTY OF THE ZENISM ARTS WITH ABSTRACT LANGUAGE.

HE ESTABLISHED THE CHINESE MODERN ZEN OIL PAINTING AND CREATED A SERIES OF UNIQUE DRAWING TECHNIQUES, WHICH BROUGHT PEACE AND HAPPINESS TO VIEWERS. HE WROTE THE TREATISES OF ART THE THEORY OF 'NON-OBJECTIVITY'PAINTING, BUDDHISM IN ART,CONCRETE ABSTRACT 'NON-OBJECTIVITY'.

THE LAST FEW YEARS HE HAS PRACTICED TIBETAN BUDDHISM . HIS LAST WORKS ARE BASED ON THE FOUNDATION OF ZEN OIL PAINTINGS, ABSORBING THE ESSENCE OF TIBETAN BUDDHISM 'TIBETAN BOOK OF THE DEAD', DRAWING'S TECHNIQUE OF 'THE MANDALA' AND SO ON. HIS WORKS HAVE ALSO BEEN BLESSED BY THE RINPOCHES  LIVING BUDDHA OF TIBETAN BUDDHISM.

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