“我的作品大多是有感于中国的现实。目前，中国作为全球人口最密集地区，正在经历史上前所未有的巨变，每天都有稀奇古怪的故事上演，无论好坏。而这就是我的灵感来源。然而，即使我是受到周遭环境的影响，有特定的人事物，但我相信，在这些情境的背后，触发人类行为的深层元素是普遍的。无法被满足的欲望，权力的驱使，生命永恒的矛盾，似乎都植入在人类的基因里面。我的作品来源于当今中国这样的现状，但是又超越了这些界限去描绘抽象的、塑造人类间的互动和社会结构的力量。”
靳山出生于中国淮安，目前生活并工作于上海。他是中国最重要的新兴艺术家之一。通过多种媒介的创作，他的作品不仅折射出中国特有的日常生活，同时以一种更为抽象的概念诠释社会关系。
精选个展包括：《摄影》，ARCO个人项目，马德里，2008年；《观众史蒂芬》，东大名创库，上海，2009年；《它来自天空》， Spencer 美术馆，堪萨城，2011年。他参加的群展有 Van Abbe 美术馆，埃因霍芬，2010年；波罗的海 X 国际艺术三年展，立陶宛，2009年；Groninger 美术馆，荷兰，2008年；威尼斯双年展，2007年以及新加坡双年展，2006年。
“Most of the inspiration for my work comes from the present reality in China. At this moment in history, China, the most populous nation in the globe, is going through immense changes. From this incredible transformation so many absurd, terrible and amazing stories emerge everyday, and these stories become inspiration for my work. However, while I am influenced by particular stories and situations that take place in China, I believe the underlying elements that motivate people’s behaviour are universal. The impossibility of satisfying desire, the drive to power, the inherent contradictions in life, are all seemingly programmed into humans, into their DNA. In this respect my work begins with the specifics of present day China, but extends beyond these borders to portray the abstract forces that shape human interaction and structure societies.”
Jin Shan was born in Huai An, China, and currently lives and works in Shanghai. He is one of the most important emerging artists in China. Working in various media his art reflects both the specifics of daily life in China as well societal relationships in a more abstract sense.
Selected solo exhibitions include, Shoot, ARCO solo projects, Madrid, 2008; Stephen the Speculator, DDM Warehouse, Shanghai, 2009; It Came from the Sky, Spencer Museum of Art, Kansas City, 2011. He has participated in group exhibitions with The Van Abbe Museum, Einhoven, 2010; The X Baltic Triennial of International Art, CAC , Vilnius, Lithuania, 2009; Groninger Museum, Netherlands, 2008; the Venice Biennial, 2007 and Singapore Biennial, 2006.
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