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Born February 18, 1954 • Xiamen • China
Died October 19, 2019 (aged 65) • Paris • France
Notable Works “Bat Project” • “Four Paintings Created According to Random Instructions” • “Serpent d’Océan” • “The History of Chinese Painting and the History of Modern Western Art Washed in the Washing Machine for Two Minutes”
Movement / Style Dada • avant-garde

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Huang Yong Ping stands in front of his giant octopus sculpture with sprawling tentacles filling the museum hall behind him.
Installation view of Huang Yong Ping's "Empires" at featuring stacked colorful shipping containers and a giant serpent sculpture
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Chinese activist and artist Ai Weiwei in 2019, facing the camera and wearing a black zip-up jacket.
Ai Weiwei
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Cai Guo-Qiang
Chinese artist
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Zhang Huan
Chinese artist
Duchamp, Marcel
Marcel Duchamp
French artist
Niki de Saint Phalle: Tarot Garden
Niki de Saint Phalle
French-American artist
Jean Arp
Jean Arp
French artist
German artist Max Ernst stands indoors in a casual jacket with one hand on his hip, looking toward the camera, circa 1955 in France.
Max Ernst
German artist
Francis Picabia
Francis Picabia
French artist
André Breton
André Breton
French poet
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Louis Aragon
French author
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Philippe Soupault
French writer
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Tristan Tzara
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Julien Duvivier
French director
Gao Xingjian
Gao Xingjian
Chinese author and critic
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Christo
Bulgarian artist
Mickalene Thomas
Mickalene Thomas
American mixed-media artist
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Banksy
British graffiti artist
Rashid Johnson
Rashid Johnson
American multimedia artist
Artist Mark Bradford smiles in front of a textured abstract artwork at the 57th Venice Biennale art exhibition in Italy.
Mark Bradford
American multimedia artist
Lee Ufan
Lee Ufan
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