Guo Jian
- January 10, 2024
- Artist
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Guo Jian Biography
| Name | Guo Jian |
| Birthday | Jan 26 |
| Birth Year | 1962 |
| Place Of Birth | Guizhou |
| Birth Country | China |
| Birth Sign | Capricorn |
Guo Jian is one of the most popular and richest Artist who was born on January 26, 1962 in Guizhou, China. Growing as a child during the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976) had profound effects for Guo Jian’s time. It was a time in China’s past that is known by many as being the “Lost Decade” when the nation was a victim of the internal power struggles among Mao Zedong and his more moderate opposition. The Chinese were exposed to an unending cycle of constant and intense political indoctrination, battle sessions and violence in the community that resulted in a general distrust even of neighbours as well as family members. Additionally, millennia worth of customs, culture as well as beliefs and society were destroyed or abandoned in the course in the Four Olds campaign.
In 1985, Guo Jian was one of only three students admitted to the Minzu University of China art department in Beijing out of the thousands of applicants who took the entrance test from the province of his choice. He began by studying traditional Chinese calligraphy, painting along with inkwash paintings focusing on figurative painting. He later earned an Associate of Arts in Chinese painting and literature.
Like many students at the time, Guo Jian took part in the student protests and hunger strikes. Facing the soldiers together with the other students, he saw himself on both sides of the divide, both as a student and as the soldier. Guo Jian survived and graduated from university in July 1989, but his participation in the protest movement meant he was banned from being given employment through the formal job placement system for graduates at that time.
In April 1989 the liberal ex-communist party leader Hu Yaobang died. Initially a small group of students began to commemorate his death and called for his legacy to be reassessed. Over the next few months the protesters numbers grew.
In 1982, Guo Jian quit from the army. He returned to his hometown and became a publicity official in the regional transportation firm. He also was employed as truck driver for long hauls.
Guo Jian Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Artist |
| House | Living in own house. |
Guo Jian is one of the richest Artist from China. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Guo Jian 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
The year was 1978. Guo Jian was approached by the Minzu University of China, the state-level university that was that was specifically designed for ethnic minorities however, he was advised to wait a year before registering in the department of art. Soon after, PLA recruiters came to Guo Jian’s home town and told that he could be enrolled in the art school of the army in the event that he signed up.
Guo Jian joined Guo Jian joined the PLA in 1979. A month after his enlistment Guo Jian was informed that the army’s admissions to art colleges rules had changed and he was unable to be automatically admitted to the school. As part of Deng’s reform policies, all soldiers required to complete an official application for admission to military colleges. Guo Jian was initially assigned to the Telegraph Corps, 41st Division, 14th Corps, Yunnan Direction (the West Front) which was commanded by the Front Headquarters of Kunming Military Region in Kaiyuan Kai Yuan city. He was also charged with in the supervision of the armoury. He was elevated to the rank of Squad leader.
Following the Tiananmen protests and subsequent crackdown of 1989, the art sector and the overall social and political environment in Beijing and across China, remained restrictive, and conservative. As a result of pressure from the authorities, Guo Jian decided to leave China. In 1992 he immigrated to Australia. After arriving in Sydney, Guo Jian took up labouring jobs to finance himself and painted at night. His artwork gained the attention of curators and critics and his reputation grew.
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In 2014 Guo Jian was interviewed on the Australian TV series “Two Men In China” about his art and his sculpture of Tianianmen Square. Subsequently, on June 2, 2014 he gave an interview to FT and the next day was arrested by Chinese authorities citing “visa issues”.
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Guo Ranked on the list of most popular Artist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in China. Guo Jian celebrates birthday on January 26 of every year.
Guo’s more recent works are based on the Red Detachment of Women, a Cultural Revolution ballet of a battle between evil landowners and good Communist soldiers. The composition of this series of paintings, titled “Trigger Happy”, is more formal and structured than in previous works. Trigger Happy XI (2000), for example features a line of almost identical women leaning forward with their hands on their knees, gazing directly at the viewer. They wear nothing but army helmets as a kind of superficial protection against an airplane on fire, nose-diving toward the ground in the distance. In front of them, a ballerina from the Red Detachment of Women, wearing an army uniform of blue shirt and shorts, performs an arabesque on ballet pointed-shoes with her arms out-stretched, holding a red kerchief and a gun in her right hand. The contrasts between the naked women and the ballerina suggests a tension between two stereotypes of women (the seductress and the dutiful women) as well as past and present perceptions of the P.L.A…. In a further comment upon the current status of the P.L.A., Guo included in the painting a male soldier crouched on the ground clutching a gun. He wears only green underpants and a metal helmet, yet his body is covered in perspiration. His mouth is open and smiling and his eyes are half-closed, as if aroused. p. 196