Huaibin GUAN

Lives and works in Hangzhou.

1961    Born in Nantong
1989   Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts (China Academy of Art)
1998   M.F.A. Saitama University (JP)
2004  Ph.D. Tokyo University of the Arts (JP)

In contemporary Chinese installation art, Guan Huaibin is good at deconstructing and integrating traditional cultural elements and perception methods into his own language system and work structure; integrating Chinese classical gardening aesthetics into his spatial installation form, his works are always It is filled with the alternative temperament of Chinese contemporary art, from which we can feel the strong humanistic feelings and artistic conception displayed in the process of space creation; it enables the traditional cultural elements to be widely extended and expanded in the context of contemporary art.

SELECTED WORKS

Aesthetics of Weakness, 2012

Installation
Inflatable Membrane, Fan, Timer
variable sizes

No Man's World - The Sky, 2015

Installation
Metal Corrugated Plate, Steel Frame, LED lights, Stainless Steel Mirror, Falcon Specimen, Copper Sword, Horn
variable sizes

Blue Flower, 2000

video, Suzhou Garden

Linbo, 2017

Installation
Ink Bucket Parts, Glass, Cast Bronze Taihu Stone, Flower and Bird Collection

No Man's World - Melting Mirror, 2015

Installation
Glass Frame, Cast Aluminum Taihu Stone
variable sizes

Flow Gap, 2018

video
9’25”

Zheyuan-1, 2018

Installation
Cast Bronze Taihu Stone, Steel Plate, Iron Ball, Flower and Bird Collection

Distant Light, 2018

Installation
Copper Tube, Stainless Steel Mirror, Cast Aluminum Taihu Stone
variable sizes

Night Garden - White Light, 2015

Installation
Metal Iron Ring, LED lamp, Dimming Console, Bottle Fragments, Taihu Stone
variable sizes

Zheyuan-2, 2018

Installation
Iron Plate, Bronze Sword, Cast Bronze Taihu Stone