{"id":54929,"date":"2024-09-05T09:00:08","date_gmt":"2024-09-05T13:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/?p=54929"},"modified":"2024-09-04T17:25:07","modified_gmt":"2024-09-04T21:25:07","slug":"chinese-artist-gao-zhen-arrested-for-defaming-heroes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/2024\/09\/chinese-artist-gao-zhen-arrested-for-defaming-heroes\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese Artist Gao Zhen Arrested For \u2018Defaming Heroes\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_54930\" style=\"width: 175px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Chrome_bust_of_Russian_Communist_leader_Vladimir_Lenin_in_West_Hollywood_California_LCCN2013631605.tif.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-54930\" class=\"wp-image-54930\" src=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Chrome_bust_of_Russian_Communist_leader_Vladimir_Lenin_in_West_Hollywood_California_LCCN2013631605.tif-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"A stainless steel bust of Vladimir Lenin with a small figure of Mao Zedong balancing on top.\" width=\"165\" height=\"248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Chrome_bust_of_Russian_Communist_leader_Vladimir_Lenin_in_West_Hollywood_California_LCCN2013631605.tif-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Chrome_bust_of_Russian_Communist_leader_Vladimir_Lenin_in_West_Hollywood_California_LCCN2013631605.tif.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 165px) 100vw, 165px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-54930\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Miss Mao Trying to Poise Herself at the Top of Lenin\u2019s Head<\/em> by the Gao Brothers<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">One of China\u2019s most prominent artists, Gao Zhen, has been arrested for criticizing the country\u2019s respected historical figures.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Gao is well-known in China for his work with his brother, Gao Qiang. The Gao Brothers have been active as artists since the mid-1980s, using media such as painting, sculpture, and performance art. Social and political criticism is common in their work, likely influenced by their upbringing during the Cultural Revolution. <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">This<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> was an effort by Mao Zedong to solidify state socialism\u2019s place in China by purging capitalist and some traditional aspects of Chinese culture. Students formed Red Guards and revolutionary committees to root out these influences. The Gao Brothers\u2019 father was arrested and allegedly committed suicide in prison during this time. Other Chinese artists of the same generation as the Gao Brothers had similar upbringings, including Ai Weiwei.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Cultural Revolution and its legacy are common themes in the Gao Brothers\u2019 work. Some of their early work <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">is meant<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> to commemorate the victims of the 1989 Tiananmen Square Massacre. This kind of art has become increasingly rare in China under Xi Jinping, who has cracked down on dissent in his attempts to consolidate power. In 2018, China\u2019s National People\u2019s Congress passed a law <\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/world\/china-makes-first-use-of-law-banning-defamation-of-national-heroes-idUSKCN1IN0IZ\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">criminalizing defamation of the country\u2019s \u201cheroes and martyrs<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201d<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. Xi spearheaded efforts to augment the law in 2021. During that year\u2019s Communist Party anniversary celebrations, Xi emphasized the party\u2019s purpose <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201c<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">to vigorously carry forward the red tradition<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201d<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. Government prosecutors have used these laws to target high-profile dissidents such as artists, journalists, and activists for their work as government critics. However, the state may also target random people for their social media posts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Gao Zhen has lived in the United States since 2022. He was visiting family in China last month when police arrested him in Sanhe, a town just east of Beijing. Gao Qiang stated that authorities also raided their studio and confiscated several of their artworks. Most of these confiscated works are over a decade old, predating the law that Gao <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">is accused<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> of violating. Many of these pieces use <\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/image.invaluable.com\/housePhotos\/Bonhams\/82\/674982\/H22141-L212519883.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Mao Zedong\u2019s likeness<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> and <\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/img.artrabbit.com\/events\/death-featuring-the-gao-brothers-and-works-by-nick-knight\/images\/tCjwNwmRISl2\/700x495\/73a55df7ac674eaedddc02ade672d1d4-0.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">recall the legacy of the Cultural Revolution<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Qiang <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">has<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> called the raid a \u201cretroactive punishment for actions that took place before the new law came into effect<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201d<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">.<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> He further commented that the brothers have <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">actually<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> stopped creating work relating to the Cultural Revolution as they are \u201ccompletely exhausted from dealing with [its] ghosts<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201d<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">When you\u2019re heading an authoritarian regime, suppressing dissident artists as a knee-jerk reaction may seem logical. However, in arresting them and confiscating their work, the government proves the point they make through their art. Gao Zhen faces up to three years in prison due to his work.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of China\u2019s most prominent artists, Gao Zhen, has been arrested for criticizing the country\u2019s respected historical figures. Gao is well-known in China for his work with his brother, Gao Qiang. The Gao Brothers have been active as artists since &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/2024\/09\/chinese-artist-gao-zhen-arrested-for-defaming-heroes\/?contemporary=N\">More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":54930,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,1],"tags":[923,1191,1192,798,429,367,120,11,9,386,32],"class_list":["post-54929","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rehs-galleries","category-rehs-contemporary","tag-20th-century-art","tag-20th-century-chinese-art","tag-21st-century-chinese-art","tag-china","tag-contemporary-art","tag-crime-and-punishment","tag-modern-art","tag-rehs-contemporary-news","tag-rehs-galleries-news","tag-tales-from-the-dark-side","tag-the-dark-side"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.7 (Yoast SEO v27.7) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Chinese Artist Gao Zhen Arrested For \u2018Defaming Heroes\u2019 - Rehs Galleries<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"One of China\u2019s most prominent artists, Gao Zhen, has been arrested for criticizing the country\u2019s respected historical figures.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/2024\/09\/chinese-artist-gao-zhen-arrested-for-defaming-heroes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Chinese Artist Gao Zhen Arrested For \u2018Defaming Heroes\u2019\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"One of China\u2019s most prominent artists, Gao Zhen, has been arrested for criticizing the country\u2019s respected historical figures.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/2024\/09\/chinese-artist-gao-zhen-arrested-for-defaming-heroes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Rehs Galleries\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RehsGalleriesInc\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-09-05T13:00:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Chrome_bust_of_Russian_Communist_leader_Vladimir_Lenin_in_West_Hollywood_California_LCCN2013631605.tif.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"959\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Nathan Scheer\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Nathan Scheer\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rehs.com\\\/eng\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/chinese-artist-gao-zhen-arrested-for-defaming-heroes\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rehs.com\\\/eng\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/chinese-artist-gao-zhen-arrested-for-defaming-heroes\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Nathan Scheer\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rehs.com\\\/eng\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/1d33fd182b28afdad8fc3548ffe6bdc4\"},\"headline\":\"Chinese Artist Gao Zhen Arrested For \u2018Defaming Heroes\u2019\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-09-05T13:00:08+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rehs.com\\\/eng\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/chinese-artist-gao-zhen-arrested-for-defaming-heroes\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":485,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rehs.com\\\/eng\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rehs.com\\\/eng\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/chinese-artist-gao-zhen-arrested-for-defaming-heroes\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rehs.com\\\/eng\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/Chrome_bust_of_Russian_Communist_leader_Vladimir_Lenin_in_West_Hollywood_California_LCCN2013631605.tif.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"20th Century Art\",\"20th Century Chinese Art\",\"21st Century Chinese Art\",\"China\",\"Contemporary art\",\"Crime and Punishment\",\"Modern Art\",\"Rehs Contemporary - Art World News\",\"Rehs Galleries - Art World News\",\"tales from the dark side\",\"The Dark Side of the Art World\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Rehs 19th &amp; 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