Wang Keping is a renowned sculptor who lives and works in France.
His sculptures focus on figuration and sensuality. He works primarily in hardwoods from France paying particular attention to the natural elements of the wood itself and incorporating them into his work, such as woodgrain patterns, knots, boils, and branches. With a natural intuition of space and balance, his sculptures convey a highly sensual representation of the female body, of couples, of a mother embracing her child or birds. By revealing the essence of the wood with its grain, knots, curves or even its flaws, he gracefully inspires subtle emotions that bring the works to life. He describes his sculptural process as a collaboration of what the wood has to give him and what he can bring to the wood.

Wang Keping

Wang Keping was one of the founders of the non-conformist artist group 'The Stars' (Xing Xing), formed in 1979 during the post-Cultural Revolution 'Beijing Spring'. This group of young avant-garde artists challenged the status quo and were pivotal in initiating some of the first free art expressions in the Post-Mao era bringing together like-minded artists such as Huang Rui and Ma Desheng. As one of France and China's foremost sculptors, Wang Keping's sculptures are an exploration of the human form. With a natural intuition of space and balance, they convey a highly sensual representation of the female body, of man and woman, mother and child. Wang Keping reveals the natural contours of the wood: the grain; knots; and flaws to evoke figurative representations in his work. Inspired in his early years by masters of European Modernist sculpture, his search today stems from Taoist ideas of simplicity and nature, material and the non-material, physical and spiritual, each piece defying definition.

Wang Keping was born in Beijing in 1949. In 1979, he took part in the Beijing Spring Democracy Movement. He is a founder of the Stars Group (Xing Xing), China's first avant-garde art group following the Cultural Revolution. In September 1979, the Stars Group organized the first non-conformist art exhibition at the gates of the National Art Museum of China in Beijing. It had a great impact in China. He has been living and working in Paris since 1984.

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