Linda Gallery in Singapore




Jiang Shuo was born in 1958, Beijing. She studied sculpture at the Central Academy of Arts and Design, which is now under Tsinghua University. Jiang, as the first female sculptor in China, completed her master degree in 1985 and started her career in teaching sculpture at the Central Academy until 1989. Jiang, with her husband Wu Shao Xiang, emigrated to Austria and worked at their joint studio there. Jiang's works have been widely exhibited around the world, especially in Europe. 

The sculpture that you are interested is titled Great Jump, it is one of her Red Guards Series. The Red Guards work follows in her folk art style but with the injection of a political theme to grab people's attention. The almost faceless guards with their wide-open mouths recall the period of turmoil in China when the spouting of slogans and mindless indoctrination was the path to survival. The sarcasm continues for the materialization that these red guard criticized during the Revolution, have now become their goals, to be pursued today. 

As one of the contemporary artists, she uses the accent lost-wax casting technique which was widespread in Europe until 19th Century. Great Jump is sized: 170 x 110 x110 cm, was done in the year of 2008, edition of 8 pieces. The bronze sculpture is great for outdoor display and it comes with an original certificate directly from the artist. (please see the picture as attached ) The gallery price for this piece is SGD 162,500.


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