Musk Ming
Musk Ming is a contemporary Chinese artist who currently lives and works in Berlin, Germany.
The Artist
Musk Ming was born in China, since 2005 the young Chinese artist has lived and worked in Berlin.
Pseudonym
The name "Musk Ming" is a pseudonym of the artist. Musk (" " in Chinese) is a class of aromatic substances often used in perfumery as well as traditional Chinese medicine. "Ming", which denotes brightness or clarity in Chinese, is Musk Ming's birth name given by his grandmother as he was born on a sunny morning after a snowy, windy night.
Art Work
From his unique life background and studies, Musk Ming finds a way to combine the traditional Chinese art with the modern, western technique. His artwork reflects an international outlook and cross-cultural perspective The missing or hidden sexuality in classical Chinese art and the relatively open approach in the West are brought to the fore in Musk Ming's paintings, representing a kind of irony that highlights the marked differences in [...] values between the East and the West. Behind his [...] paintings, the topics always focus on the relationship between human being, society and nature. Musk Ming used for example in his work the subversive Maoism illustration style in order to propagate the sexually "enlightened history of China". Musk Ming also explores a return to Taoism values as a tolerant alternative and his work visualize the longing for an open-minded China.
Censorship in OFA Beijing 2008
Musk Ming's painting of athletes, "Go West", was chosen to take part in the official art exhibition accompanying the Olympic Games in Beijing(Olympic Fine Arts 2008). But the artist was forced by the Chinese authorities to remove the painting from the show shortly before its opening.
Exhibitions
- 2008 Behind the Chinese Curtain, Jackwerth Verlag, Berlin
- 2008 & 2009 From China to China und Sailor’s Delight, Galerie Mooiman, Groningen, Netherlands
- Art-Collector the Art Auction 2008, Akademie der Künste, Berlin
- Olympic Fine Arts 2008, Beijing, China
- 2008 [...] Revolution, Mu Mu arthouse, Bangkok, Thailand
- 1. bis 3. Tease Art Fair, Cologne with Agency Yorckberlin
- 3. 5. 6. und 7. Berliner Kunstsalon, Berlin with Agency Yorckberlin and Kunstraum Richard Sorge
- 2008 2009 und 2010 Contemporary Art Ruhr, with Agency Yorckberlin
- Berliner Liste 2007, Berlin with Agency Yorckberlin
- 2007 Jam Art, Mallorca, Spain with Galerie Agency Yorckberlin
- 2009 2011 & 2012 Open Art Fair, Utrecht, Netherlands with Galerie Mooiman
- 2010 „VORWÄRTS“, Kunstraum Richard Sorge Berlin
- 2010 „EXPECTATIONS - Musk Ming 2005-2010“, FENZ Kunstraum Cologne
- 2010 „THE UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF BEING“ Berlin Avantgarde
- 2010 The Affordable Art Fair Amsterdam, Netherlands with Galerie Mooiman
- 2011 Los Angeles Art Association „NOT A CAR“, Los Angeles, U.S.A.
- 2011 „[...] Art Expo“, WO-MEN IN FINE ART Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
- 2011 Miljonair Fair 2011, Amsterdam, Netherlands with Galerie Mooiman
- 2012 ART VILNIUS 2012, Vilnius, Litaunia with Galerie Berlin Avantgarde
- 2012 „Cult, Superstition & Das Kapital“, Berlin Avantgarde
- 2013 "China Goes to Dahme", ProCurand Am Schlosspark Dahme
- 2013 „Glory & Pride“, Berlin Avantgarde
- 2013 „[...] Earth“, Stiftung Starke Löwenpalais Berlin
Links
Grand Art Club Kunstraum Richard Sorge Orange Fruit Blog Creative City Berlin [...] Earth Exhibition The Art of Man, fifth edition, summer 2011