Yang Maolin

Yang Maolin (Chinese: 楊茂林; pinyin: Yáng Màolín; born 1953) is a Taiwanese artist known for his political paintings and his art that investigates Taiwanese identity.[1]: 107 

Yang Maolin
楊茂林
Born10 June 1953 (1953-06-10) (age 70)
Changhua, Taiwan
NationalityTaiwanese
Alma mater
Websiteyang-maolin.com


Biography

Yang was born in 1953 in Changhua, Taiwan.[1]: 108  His father had served in the Japanese Army, and was imprisoned by the Kuomintang after World War II, while his relatives were involved in the February 28 incident.[1]: 109  Yang's father ran small manufacturing businesses with scant success, while his mother worked menial jobs.[2]

Yang studied painting at the Chinese Culture University from 1975 to 1979, and attended graduate school at the National Institute of the Arts in Taipei from 1999 to 2002.[3] From 1995, Yang was represented by Lin & Keng Gallery.[4]

Career

Yang was influenced by Italian Transavantgarde and Neo-expressionism when these movements were introduced to Taiwan in the early 1980s.[2] Yang co-founded successive artist groups dedicated to political and figurative art, including '101 Modern Art Group' and 'Taipei Art Group' in the 1980s, and 'Hantoo Art Group' in the 1990s.[1]: 114 

Yang is chiefly known for his politically charged paintings of the 1980s, and his decade-long investigation into the political, historical, and cultural aspects of Taiwanese identity during the 1990s, which comprises his painting series MADE IN TAIWAN (1989–2001).[1]: 117 [5][6][7] After the turn of the millennium, he started to explore sculpture, blending Buddhist iconography with manga characters.[8][9] Beyond numerous museum shows in Asia, Europe, and the US, Yang has participated in three collateral events at the Venice Biennale: the exhibition VOC: Handle with Care with Huang Yong Ping in 1999;[3] the solo show Temple of Sublime Beauty, Made in Taiwan in 2009;[9][10] and the exhibition Future Pass in 2011.

References
  1. McIntyre, Sophie (2018). Imagining Taiwan: The Role of Art in Taiwan's Quest for Identity (1987–2010). Brill. pp. 107–142. ISBN 978-90-04-29012-9.
  2. Gong, Jow-Jiun (2016). "Rebellious Nomadology: Yang Mao-Lin's Split Rhetoric and Sarcasm". Made in Taiwan — Yang Mao-Lin: A Retrospective. Taipei: Taipei Fine Arts Museum. pp. 30–43.
  3. Liao, Tsung-Ling, ed. (2016). "Biography". Made in Taiwan — Yang Mao-Lin: A Retrospective. Taipei: Taipei Fine Arts Museum. pp. 398–403. ISBN 9789860509793.
  4. Teng, Sue-feng (May 2008). "Seeing the Immortals--The World of Sculptor Yang Mao-lin". Taiwan Panorama. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  5. Harrell, Steven (1994). Cultural Change In Postwar Taiwan. Boulder: Westview Press.
  6. Gao, Minglu (1998). "Toward a Transnational Modernity". Inside/out: New Chinese Art. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. pp. 15–40.
  7. Her, Kelly (1 July 2020). "Drawing from the Heart". Taiwan Today. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  8. Schoeber, Felix (2009). "Yang Maolin and Taiwanese Identity: Agonistic Democracy and Clash of Global Powers". Temple of Sublime Beauty - Made in Taiwan: Yang Maolin. Taipei: Lin & Keng Gallery. pp. 81–86. ISBN 9789578238664.
  9. Fan, Pan (2011). "Post-colonial and Contemporary Art Trends in Taiwan". In Liu, Yuedi; Wiseman, Mary (eds.). Subversive Strategies in Contemporary Chinese Art. Brill. pp. 321–332. ISBN 978-90-04-18795-5.
  10. Wu, Amber (15 May 2009). "'Comic gods' to debut in Venice biennale". Taiwan Today. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
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