Gao Brothers: “Never-Ending Construction of Building Number Four”
The Gao Brothers (Gao Qiang, Born 1962 in Jinan, Shandong, China; Gao Zhen, Born 1956 in Jinan) are a pair of artist brothers based in Beijing, and authors of several published works, including “How...
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Picture This: Man In Mao
From the spiegel online: What’s in here? The Gao Brothers, a Chinese performance art team, onstage during the award ceremony for the Kandinsky Prize for modern art in Moscow. A gold-painted Mao-like...
View ArticleIn China, a Headless Mao Is a Game of Cat and Mouse
The New York Times profiles the Gao Brothers and looks at the limits on contemporary art in China today. One of the Gaos most famous works is a statue of Mao Zedong with a removable head: “It’s...
View ArticleProvocative Chinese Art in Missouri
PRI’s The World reports on an exhibit by the Gao Brothers now on display in Kansas City, Missouri. Listen here: The two Chinese artists known as the Gao Brothers have often run afoul of the censors. It...
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